{"id":10963,"key":"SfGS_August_26,_2005","title":"SfGS August 26, 2005","latest":{"id":1207248,"timestamp":"2025-11-27T21:50:56Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"== Ideas for next year and funding stuffs ==\n\n* '''Speaker Series'''\n** Have one large seminar in the fall, and a few other smaller ones\n*** Large seminar\n**** Large Event Funding (deadline = September 1).\n**** Shan will work with Masa on the application for this.\n*** Small seminar\n**** hold every month at same date.\n**** Use GSC funding (deadline = September 1).\n**** We will rotate who organizes this\n**** Masa and Samantha will write up application for this.\n** Shan will set up a wiki page to brainstorm speaker ideas\n* '''Mixers with other Sustainability groups'''\n** Host an MIT-wide sustainability mixer. Apply for GSC funding (deadline = Septmeber 1).\n** Host a Boston-wide mixer.\n*** Should we invite many groups at once, or one at a time?\n*** How can we make it sustainable?\n\n== MCAN conference ==\n\n* Too much grunt work. Don't host it this year, and Tufts will.\n* Set up a workshop for the conference?\n\n== Activities Midway ==\n\n* Will occur on September 2 from 4 - 7 PM, at Johnson Arena. Setup is at 3 PM.\n* Please sign up to man the booth! Sign-up sheet is at [[SfGS Midway Sign-up Sheet|Midway Sign-up Sheet]]\n* Table items:\n** Brochure (see below)\n** Flier for next meeting (Ari sets)\n** Sign-up sheet\n** StudioSus\n** SfGS poster (must get this from the SAVE room. Must get combo!)\n\n== StudioSus update ==\n\n* Went out on a CD for the frosh mailing (Elke)\n\n== Brochures ==\n\n* Make a new SfGS brochure for distribution at Midway and through LFEE, PSC.\n* Hope to have it in time for next week's orientation activities.\n* Christine is taking the lead.\n\n== GSVD ==\n\n* SfGS is [[SfGS upcoming events (and other ways to get involved)|hosting a volunteer site]] for Graduate Student Volunteer Day at The Food Project in Roxbury, learning about sustainable [[urban agriculture]]. [http://gsc.mit.edu/gsvd/ Sign-up if you're interested!]\n\n== Energy White Paper ==\n\n* The MIT Energy Club is writing a white paper to advise Susan Hockfield on future MIT Energy research and initiatives. How should we get involved?\n* Elke will organize a meeting about this. Stay tuned.\n* [[Survey for En Initiative.xls|Energy Club survey]] (to be sent to libway at mit dot edu)\n\n{{Categories needed}}\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n}}"}