SA Community Life Committee

SA Residence and Community Life Committee Meeting Goldwin Smith 162 November 3, 2009

Increasing/Revitalizing Interest in Program Houses

• Problems:
  • Program houses already hold open events, but no one goes to them
  • Distance is an issue
• Possible Solutions:
  • Promote program houses in the Fall since leases for Collegetown housing must be signed early in the school year
  • Hold events/tours during Cornell Days
    • Have Red Carpet Society coordinate with program houses to have activities
• Housing/Program Housing Festival

  • Club fest style
  • Food, music, fun, etc.
  • Cultural festival
  • Strategically set up event so that traditional and program housing tables/booths are mixed together

  • Have a weekly spot in the Sun to promote upcoming activities in program houses
  • Place quarter cards on dining hall tables (in the plastic frames) to display upcoming events
  • Special Projects may be able to help
  • Establish deadlines/timeline for the University to renovate
    • Sense of the body resolution
  • Update Program House website
    • If Campuslife reluctant, encourage individual houses to update

Updates

• Ray and Sasha were chosen by Susan Murphy to be on the Program House Review Committee�Congrats!
• Meeting with Joe Burke (last Wednesday)
  • Serene will remain as a appointed representative
  • Another student will be selected through the application process
  • Ways to advertise open position:
    • Word-of-mouth
    • An article in the Sun or Cornell Review
      • SA Newsletter (a page in the Sun)
    • Send out notifications through class council listservs
    • Provide online applications
    • Facebook advertising
    • Contact/notify RHDs and Hall Councils