Last Weeks’ Minutes
o Donasia gave the minutes in her last act as secretary.
o Elections happened! The Saybrook Committee on Art was created!
Head of College
o Saybrook at the Rep is on Wednesday. The show is Manahatta. If you signed up, show up on time please!
o Mellon Forum is tomorrow for Seniors.
o Saybrook Potluck is Saturday in Biggs’ House.
Dean’s Report
o Rising seniors got an email about a new housing offer: mixed college annex housing in Arnold Hall!
o There will only be 45 beds, so it’s pretty small. There will be a lottery.
o You won’t lose your residential college affiliation.
SAC
o Amigos night is this Wednesday – make sure to sign up by 7pm on Wednesday!
o There will be a study break on March 5 th but GET READY!
Community Service
o Mikaela says hello and that she’s excited to work in this position!
By-Laws
o Did you know: elections happened last week and they are yearly!
Media
o No new posts, but keep an eye out.
Fischer Report
o Don’t break things. Please don’t break things. But if you do, call facilities!
SayQueer
o SayQueer sadly doesn’t have a budget this semester.
o Hero is going to take over the group.
o Proposal to change the name of SayQueer to GayBrook?
SlaYdies
o Events in the works! Contemplating going to the women’s basketball team this weekend!
o POI: Alex Cade starts for the team, and Klara the first-year crushes!
BlackBrook
o Dean Lafargue is moderating an event at the AFAM house in late February about cooking with Bryant Terry in the African diaspora.
o POI: Dean Lafargue says Bryant Terry is staying on campus in Saybrook that week and will do an event in the Lyceum Room.
o POI: Could he share one of his recipes with the dining hall staff to have that week?
College Seminar
o Interviews are supposed to start next week. TBD.
Kamm Report (Previously dining hall)
o Looking for someone to take over Joey’s job.
o We’ll send out an email about the available positions
Koomson Report
o There were no senior ladies. So Sam Rimm-Kaufman had an arugula salad that was very good.
IM’s
o We’re in the lead over Hopper by 66 points!
o Apparently TD forfeited to us because ‘they don’t like us’
o POI: Head Near says TD students have asked to ban Head Near from the dining hall.
Saybrew
o There will be transfer to secondary on Friday!
o The Eric’s are hoping to take over the job.
o If anyone has any Saybrook-wide events, Saybrew has a lot of beer that they want to serve!
o POI: Would the beer stay drinkable until April? Yes!
SYHSC
o Did you know? The Underbrook used to be a squash court!
YCC
o There are two new funds for YCC! Check your emails! There’s A LOT of money on the line.
Sustainability
o There’s a college-wide survey coming up about sustainability in the dining halls about environmental considerations when choosing what students eat.
SY Committee of Art
o When2Meet has been sent!
o POI: Artist Maria Moore who is doing a portrait of Bouchet is almost finished with the portrait and it is incredible! We’re still figuring out the frame. There’s a Bouchet celebration on campus and at Hopkins High School (which predates Yale!).
o POI: Bouchet was the first African-American Ph.D. in the United States (from Yale).
Old Business
o Thrift shop in the laundry room: there was some unclarity on what the idea was. Sort of a swap-market for items – you take something, you leave something.
o POI: Three years ago there was a thrift sale in the Fellow’s Room that generated a lot of money for donation.
o It might be hard to have a space for it though. To be discussed more.
Treasurer’s Report
o $0.00 in the fund!
New Business
o POI: On April 9th we will have a Saybrook movie night and it will not be the initially proposed movie. The movie is ‘The Room’ and ‘Disaster Artist’ paired together.
POI: Is this a lot of tommy wiseaux for one night?
POI: Lil asks: why is the Saybrook TV room so warm? The movie plan is for the common room though.
Motion to Adjourn
o Seconded!