CORe Digest

March 2nd, 2007

Joe writes to us from the faraway land of Baja, Mexico, where he's involved in a semester-long wilderness survival course. As he describes in his letter, they don't get the chance to send or receive mail too often, but we were lucky! I'm sure we all wish Joe well ... we sure miss him on the GA (-: This is a fun Digest, so keep reading ...

• Want to be part of Olin's history? Yearbook Snapshots are due tomorrow night (March 3) at midnight.
• Bathroom Inspections are next week, so get scrubbing!
• As per Emily's email yesterday, make sure you don't park in tiers 1, 2, or 3 for candidate's weekend.
• Interested in photography? Babson is hosting introductory classes in B&W Photography on April 7 and April 14. The fee is $50 for Olin students, staff, and faculty. Contact Kay Sorensen for more information.
• CORe held a town meeting last week to discuss the use of public resources at Olin (tools, equipment, kitchens, lounges, etc). We will continue to investigate specific solutions; feedback is always welcome at CORe@olin.edu.

What else is on the horizon? Well, in less than 6 weeks, E-board elections will be upon us! In order to convince my fellow students to step up to the plate for the awesome job of Vice President of Communication, I took a look back at the past four years of VPCs. I always end up with Digests coming out in the wee hours of the morning ... I wonder how Chris, Grant, and Mike did before me?

What you see above is the time of night when the Digest comes out ... looking back four years! These data are accurate to the minute, for each one of the 100 CORe Digests since the current Seniors arrived on campus. A special thanks goes out to Simon Helmore for digging back into his archives to get me that first year of data ... from when I was still in high school. As you can see, I've been doing an OK good job getting it done before sunrise. But just think, you could be the first VPC with mad time management skills!

What else is CORe up to?

• Mini-Minutes! Check out the full EBoard, GA, and Town Meeting minutes.
  
  
  • CONGRATULATIONS to all of our Candidates! We're excited to have you here. Good luck!
  • The E-Board submitted a recommendation to the Board of Trustees about transitioning BOT committee student representatives.
  • R2s have been selected for coming school year. There are no returning R2s.
  • Process of beginning Annual Review has started. AR Writing Committees were populated at last night's General Assembly.
  • Spending Guidelines Revision Committee facilitated discussion about changes to the current Spending Guidelines document.
  • A new Budget Process document was approved.
  • Further Developments
    
    
    • Bonfire and related permitting are in the process of being obtained for Phoenix Fest events.
    • IT is working on mailing lists for residence halls, the General Assembly, and class representatives.
  • To think about:
    
    
    • How to fund student/staff lunches by DeltaCORe in a sustainable manner?
    • How should we revise the Spending Guidelines document? Talk to a CORe Rep, club president, or join the CORe Discussion mailing list for more information!
• Line Items:
  
  
  • Open: $605 [GA] - Drag Show equipment rental
  • Open: $300 [EB] - Set decorations for drag show
  • Open: $300 [EB] - Fee for drag show performer
  • Open: $80 [GA] - Drag Show mannequin hanging supplies
  • Open: $39.78 [GA] - Drag Show mannequin clothing (post facto)
  • Olin Media Group: $572 [GA] - Newspaper Printing
  • Olin Media Group: $109 [GA] - ACP Membership
  • SAC: $330 [GA] - Mysterious dance decorations
  • SAC: $300 [GA] - Mysterious dance food
  • Farmers United: $419.44 [EB] - Fence supplies & Lighting
  • Farmers United: $126.89 (budget), $104.06 (NIF) [GA] - Lighting Extra
  • ROC: $150.26 [GA] - Republican paraphernalia for Gala (post facto)
  • Cooking Club: $150 [EB] - Basic kitchen supplies
  • Cheese Club: $110 [EB] - Cheese for event
  • SWE: $75 [EB] - Food for event
  • SWE: $50 [EB] - Supplies for design/build outreach event
  • Operating Expenses: $50 [GA] - Folding table
  • Operating Expenses: $11.95 [GA] - Nametags/Sharpies (post facto)
  • Class of 2007: $20 [GA] - Beverages for event

• 8am-4:30pm: $200,000 Contest on Clean Energy - Workship
• 2pm-3:45pm: Mingle with Candidates, Foundry Open House
• 5:45pm-6:30pm: Faculty/Alumni Chats
• 8pm-9pm: Mini-Expo
• 8pm-10pm: FWOP: The Importance of Being Earnest

• Yearbook: Snapshots Due
• SAC: CWe Variety Show
• 1:30pm-4pm: Olin Unplugged
• 8pm-10pm: FWOP: The Importance of Being Earnest
• 8pm-10pm: Needham: Homegrown Coffeehouse Open Mic Night
• 8pm-8:45pm: CWe Variety Show
• 8:45pm-9:15pm: FireHazard Performance
• 9pm-10pm: SWE Social & Dorm Tours

• Bathroom Inspections Week
• 11:30am-1:30pm: Nutrition and Disordered Eating Resources Table

• 7pm-9pm: SWE Alumni & Faculty Social Evening
• 7pm-9pm: GA Meeting

• 3pm-5pm: Bake care packages for CityYear Volunteers
• 8pm-9:30pm: Dare to Diva 2007

Phew. I think it's just about bedtime. G'night all!

Sincerely,

Chris "Danger" Dellin

Your Vice President of Communication