Meeting Minutes, 2/4/13

Lisa’s items:

Election Commissioner

• Elections for SRB in Spring – need election coordinators (no one who is running for office)
  • Tara Norris and Emily Cusick

 

Admitted Students Weekend – volunteers requested from DOS

 

Financial Aid Committee

• 1L rep Committee that works on financial aid for the law school
  • Valerie Duchesneau would like to represent international students
  • Paul Suitter

 

Student polling:

• SRB must send out a poll to the student body concerning big issues. Email Lisa Lana with ideas about what should be included on the poll (facilities issues, registrar issues, source interest for possible initiatives).
• Ideas:
  • Calendar @ Law update
  • Does anyone read News @ Law?
  • Color of the pub?

 

Money for Sections

• Andrew and Lisa meet regularly with DOS and requested money to be budgeted for section events in second and third year – $500/section each year starting this year.
• To be reported to the treasurer; must have a critical mass of section members attend.
• Restrictions on type of event remain the same as those applied to 1L sections (with regards to alcohol, etc.)

 

 

RA/pub updates

• Adding more food in The Pub at 3pm-8pm.
• Put up board across from the pub to better publicize hours.
• Pending: attempt to get somewhere to be open 2:30pm-5pm for coffee and snacks due to the lack of available coffee during that time.
• Coffee machine in The Pub so that lattes and other coffee drinks are available to students.

 

Refrigerator in tunnels

• There is a refrigerator in the tunnels underneath Lewis – by a microwave and vending machines.
• Convenient enough location? HLS attempted to place it in an area without much traffic.
• Cleaned frequently enough?

 

Computer locks in library

• DOS agreed contingent on library agreement

 

Academic issues (Ben)

Lunches with professors

• Small group lunches for sign-up.
• When: early March.
  • Doesn’t conflict with Ames brief due dates for 1Ls.
  • Professor contact list?
    • Email list currently being compiled for SPIF auction.
    • Can bring letters to mail room.
    • Better to contact assistants for scheduling purposes.

 

Registrar’s Issues and Concerns

• Extending the add/drop period by another week.
  • Should at least be extended past the firesale.
  • How can the registrar make their communication more effective?
    • Section 3: got the elective list wrong last semester and included electives that conflicted with Section 3 classes.
    • Complaints over the LRW schedules for 1Ls that conflicted with Negotiation Workshop.
    • Cross-registration information:
      • Would be helpful to have a lunch-hour information/teaching module “How to Cross Register.”
      • Updates on course offerings: registrar could create a subscriber listserv about course offerings and registration issues.
      • Counseling available for choosing classes?
        • Programs on study available, but don’t seem very effective/comprehensive for all programs on study (i.e., international).
          • Many 1Ls don’t understand how they work.
          • Programs on study fair?
• Perhaps having a go-to person in the Registrar’s office.
• Professors from 1L sections have given that kind of information, it would be useful if they compile it.

 

1L information synthesis and evaluation:

• Provide link to student handbook
• Schedule a time during which to go through the 1L information.
  • Bring any materials given within sections about 1Ls.

 

Calendar @ Law update: do people like it? Put on survey to student body.

 

Section 6 would like to know about the Pub Night that they won.

 

Possible Community Fair Grant from January Meeting?

• Not applied: liability issues to have children present on campus.
• Plan for other SRB events with available funds
  • Pub Night at Queenshead – March 7
  • Trivia?
  • Don’t want to conflict with Parody

 

ABA Conference on February 23

• Students from all different law schools will be at the Harvard campus.
• Food available.

 

Other thoughts/items from Board members

• Tivli channels no longer available to law students – limited to undergrads.

 

Present Members:

Emily Cusick

Jennifer Chan

Lisa Lana

Andrew London

David Husband

Paul Suitter

Valerie Duchesneau

Dina Guenther

Gustavo Ribeiro

David Dorfman

Afton Cissell

Dahoud Asker

Ben Apple

Next meeting?

• February 25 at 8pm