Meeting 14: Sun 2/11, 5PM, Marston Science Library 1st Floor

ELECTIONS! We'll start the night by asking around who is interested in running for any office. You need no nomination, and no qualifications can be added (e.g. how many meetings you've attended or your time of tenure). Then, once we have a list of officer positions and candidates, we will use secret ballots to conduct the election, as outlined in our constitution, Article VIII. We will have an open count involving at least two officers, and allow the ballots to be viewed afterwards to ensure accuracy. And it's that simple. After the election, we'll have a group discussion for a while before going to socialize.

I've been giving our meetings some thought, and I've decided to try out weekends a few times. I've heard from more than a couple of our members that our scheduled meetings are never convenient for them, and they've asked why we don't meet sometimes on the weekend, when classes aren't an issue and most people have more free time. Their cry has been heard.

First, time: it seems reasonable to move the meeting to a bit earlier in the day on a Sunday, since people will likely not be out on-campus that day, and most will probably want to return home earlier in order to do work.

Second, locale: We could still meet in CLB 414, but on the weekend, my building is locked. Although I have a key, it would be time-consuming and difficult for me to let everyone in, and some people would surely end up getting locked out once the meeting had started.

Thus, I propose we meet at one of the two major libraries -- Library West or Marston Science Library, in an area that allows talking.

According to the website, Library West allows talking on floors 1, 2 and 3, and Marston Science Library has a general discussion / group study area on the 1st floor. The library hours of both Library West and Marston Science are 10am - 1am on Sunday. Being familiar with both libraries, I think it wise for us to meet at Marston Science on the 1st floor; Libary West is much more popular and noisy, and Marston will probably be dead on Sunday.

So it's that simple -- meet at 5PM on Sunday, February 11th in Marston Science Library on the 1st floor (it's like a basement). We'll hold elections first and then have group discussion on the previous week's topics and anything else of interest, then whoever is interested will go out to eat and socialize.

See you there!