House Meeting

SidneyGraduate Community

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Pacific

Agenda• Constitutional Amendment Voting

Results• EZRide Update• New Resident Gifts• Service Award• Upcoming Events• Open Floor

Constitutional Amendment• Introduced at June House Meeting• Officers voted at July House Meeting• Resident referendum before August

House Meeting

Constitutional Amendment• Amendment in Section V of the

Constitution – Board of Trustees – Previous

• “Decisions of the Board shall be made by majority vote, with the Residential Life Associate serving in an advisory capacity.”

– New • “Decisions of the Board shall be made by

majority vote."

Northwest/EZRide Shuttle Dossier

Housing and Community Affairs Committee

Pictures of Old/New Buses

Old Northwest Shuttle New EZRide Shuttle

Important Information• The EZRide replaced Northwest Shuttle on August 9th

• Three periods of operation each day (Monday – Friday):– Morning: 6:50 – 10:40 AM (every 10 minutes)– Midday: 10:54 AM – 2:54 PM (MIT Loop every 20

minutes)– Evening: 3:00 – 7:30 PM (every 10 minutes)

• MIT ID will be required for free bus riding. Here are the rates:– MIT Student w/ ID: Free– General Public: $1.00– Non-MIT Students: $0.50– Children under 12: Free– Free passes (reusable) are available at front desk for your guests.

Further Information• For Morning and Evening operation:

– “Inbound”: This designation indicates the bus is heading towards North Station, the final destination. Thus, if one gets on the inbound from the Northwest campus, they are heading “in” to MIT (North Station via MIT)

– “Outbound” :This designation indicates the bus is heading away from North Station, towards Cambridgeport. Thus, if one get’s on the outbound from Kendall Square of any other site on campus they will be taken towards the Northwest Campus.

– Both “In-bound” and “Out-bound” buses will stop on the same side of the road at Kendall. Be aware of which one you are getting on.

• For Mid-Day operation:– This route is specifically designed for MIT. The Mid-Day service is

essentially a loop around campus which does not come from or return to North Station.

Morning Route

Note:• After MIT Media Lab, you’re heading towards North Station• Does not run along Memorial Drive

Mid-Day Loop

Note:• No more MIT Media Lab stop (K)• No Erie Street stops

Evening Route

Note:• No more Vassar Street stops• Outbound not effective at bringing you back to campus

When will it arrive at my residence?

• The following are estimates (+/- 2 minutes):– Morning: on the 1’s (6:51, 7:01, 7:11…10:41)– Mid-Day: on the 4’s (10:54, 11:14, 11:34…2:54)– Evening: on the 1’s (3:01, 3:11, 3:21…7:31)

• Notes– In the mornings and evenings, EZRide is NOT a loop. If you

stay on passed MIT Media Lab you will end up heading towards Galleria, Lechmere, and North Station.

– NextBus tracking service will be available by October– EZRide route provides access to Lechmere and the Galleria

as well.

New Resident Gifts

New Resident Gifts• Reusable Shopping Bag• Stainless Steel Travel Mug• Orientation Guidebook• MBTA CharlieCard & Map

• Assemble after meeting

Service Awards

Service Award• Dedicated and

enthusiastic HC• Many successful 3S

and joint events• Frequent volunteer

at SP events• High Five Friday

George Lan3-South Hall Councilor

Service Award• Helping with regalia

rentals• Maintaining and

increasing SP's extensive inventory

• Rapidly responding to new inventory requests

Jagdish RamakrishnanInventory Chair

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events• Fri  8/13 The Greater Boston Food Bank• Sat 8/14 New England Revolution Game• Sun 8/15 August Brunch• Wed 8/18 Persian Coffee Hour• Sat 8/21 Westfield Air Show

Orientation Events (1)• Sat 8/28 Open Doors Night• Sun 8/29 Art Crawl• Mon 8/30 New England Aquarium• Tue 8/31 Orientation BBQ and Movie (w/ GSC) • Wed 9/1 Prudential Skywalk (w/ GSC)• Thu 9/2 Museum of Fine Arts • Sun 9/5 Orientation Brunch (w/ GSC)• Sun 9/5 Sailing Outing• Mon 9/6 Bike Outing

Orientation Events (2)• Tue 9/7 Sports and Games Night• Wed 9/8 Welcome Reception• Fri 9/10 Orientation Dance Party (w/ GSC) • Sat 9/11 Arboretum Outing• Sat 9/11 Hall Meetings and Dinner Outing• Sun 9/12 Ice Cream Outing • Mon-Tue 9/13-9/14 Housemasters Welcome

Dinner• Wed 9/1 Cultural Coffee Hour • Mon 9/27 Thank You Volunteers Event

Open Floor

Open Floor• Questions? Comments?

Food