RoboOrg Minutes from March 15, 2002

Action Items

Justin & Aaron will send out an email requesting nominations for the Cool

person award.

Raghu will coordinate roboOrg organized Open house activities-

Dinner and party on 3/23

Lunch on 3/25

Rob will organize the PSR for March 29 (or possibly 22nd).

Carl & Allison will provide a summary of the survey results by April 19.

David, Mayaan, Jeremy and others will provide information about grad student stipends at other comparable schools.

Minutes

1. GSA Happenings

• Spring funding info should be available within the next week.
• Health insurance is increasing by a significant amount (30-40%)
• RI stipends will increase by $75 to partially offset this.

o We're going to look into what the funding situation is at other relevant institutes.

o It may make sense for people with spouses/children to get insurance independently.

2. CQC Happening

• Survey turn out was good with 62 of 87 students responding.
• Results will be made available by next meeting (April 19).

3. RI Open House

• Preparations are continuing on track.

4. RI Gala

• Cool person award nomination request will go out shortly.

5. Year-End move status

• First years will be moving from the cubicles.
• A list of available office slots will be provided shortly to students involved in the move.

6. Upcoming events

• March 22 or 29 PSR organized by the second years.
• April 16 PSR organized by the first years.
• Wine & Cheese will be moved to next semester.
• Black Friday event will be organized by the second years.
• Tour for tour guides tour needs to be organized soon.

7. Miscellaneous Updates

• Group Photo - no news, will follow up.
• Xbox update- communication breakdown on the DEC/5 side, will be straightened out.
• T-Shirts- we may give some of the nice colored ones to prospective students, if Suzanne doesn't already have some.

Next Meeting

The next meeting date will be April 19.