MEETING MINUTES
March 30th, 2015
Committee Reports
SAC (Saybrook Activities Committee)
- Viva’s night took place last week.
Community Service
- Working on securing volunteer opportunities for this month.
Facilities
- Turning the Dark Room into a gym annex.
- (Across from Computer Room)
- Dark Room made in a renovation in 2001
- Nobody has really used it in 4 or 5 years.
- Talked to donor that made that room possible.
- Will make it a second part of the gym – we need to consider what new equipment we want, which old things to keep, etc.
- Danielle will be participating in this endeavor.
- Treadmill and elliptical in the gym is working.
- Already turned garbage room into a music room.
- Laundry room update: laundry machines are frequently broken.
- Master’s Office is not involved in repairing those.
- Contracted out to third party.
- Most efficient way to get help: call the 1-(800) number on the machines.
- They are very quick to respond – just need to call!
- Will donate clothes that have been lying around. They will be donated to charity, so get clothes you have been neglecting from the laundry room by Tuesday night!
- Also, Mary Beth has 3 large bags of clothes that were left in the machine during break or previous semesters. E-mail her if you would like to take a look at the clothes. Otherwise, she will donate them to Spring Salvage.
Intramurals
- IM A-Hoops and B-Hoops teams played in semi-finals today.
- First spring game today. Won first softball game against TD!
- Danielle was the one who showed up and allowed us to play.
- IM athlete of the week will be reinstated – look out for pictures in the hall.
- Hudak points will be made a thing again. Players will be expected to tell the IM secretaries which sports they played in.
- It seems that someone has been stealing the IM sheets from the Common Room.
- Curse? Facilities? A thief?
- Brainstormed potential ideas for avoiding this issue – potentially putting the information on a computer or creating a Google Form.
Sustainability Committee
- Had a meeting to talk about potential sustainable changes.
- Big announcement: if your bathroom is a switch light and you would like it to be motion-sensored or vice-versa, let Ihna know. (i.e. for religious purposes)
- Earth Hour at the 12-pack last Saturday went successfully.
- Big event on Friday: waste audit in the courtyard around 1p.m.
- People in giant white suits will sort through Saybrook’s waste to make sure recycling is happening properly.
- Will be having ice cream (tentatively)…will be a social event where you watch other people go through your trash.
- FYI: electronic trash can be disposed in the Computer Room or given to the Student Techs at Bass.
- No one was deserving of Sustainable Star of the Week.
Media Committee
- Master-elect Thomas Near now follows Saybrook College Council on Twitter.
- Professor near signed up for IM softball.
Saybrook Historical Society Committee
- In 1956, students began registering electronic refrigerators.
Bylaws
- Order during meetings is not necessarily in line with the Saybrook Constitution!
Housing
- Well underway…open houses have been held.
- Sophomore housing took place last week.
- Rising senior housing lottery is this week, rising juniors to follow next week.
- Questions should be sent to Aaron or Joohee.
- Open house this Thursday.
YCC
- Closing time for YCC.
- Elections are next year.
- If anyone is interested in running for Saybrook representative, feel free to reach out to Magda or Chadd.
- Mental Health Forum: meeting on Thursday morning to go through the report.
New Business
- Saybrook curse? What is to be done? Michael thinks we should take action.