January 31, 2011

1. ICEBREAKERS
what is your favorite thing to do for chinese new year?
Yueyue, 12, president, watching the spring festival chinese show with family
Lin, 13, watch the spring festival
Alice, 13, secretary, get paid!!
Gavin, 14, go home from school
Anna, 14, freshmen rep, crashing the med school formal after lunar new year event
Dan, grad student, sledding on the golf course after setting up
Meeko, 14, freshmen rep, eat
Eric, 11, getting lucky red envelopes
Rachael, 14, red envelopes from 1st grade
Diane, 14, spring festivals on tv
Dennis, 12, watching the parade in chinatown
Natalie, 12, horseback ride (year of the horse)
Tomi, 10, eat grandma's five spice rolls
Flo, 11, wait for family to come visit and see cousins
Stephanie, 12, VP, food

2. LUNAR NEW YEAR RECAP
co-sponsored with DAO, good food and presentations! thanks to everyone who helped out and attended!

3. BOSTON
if you're going, you've already received a blitz! please blitz back to the DCCS account with your phone number to confirm that you're going. we will be eating at fire and ice for lunch, and you can pick your dinner options. MEET BEHIND ROBO AT 9AM THIS SATURDAY, 2/5!!!!

4. HOT POT
Sunday 2/20-- get excited! phi tau from (tentatively) 12-3PM. if you have suggestions for what to get, please blitz them in!

January 24, 2011 Minutes

1. ICEBREAKER
What are you doing to escape/take advantage of the cold?
Yueyue, 12, President, staying inside
Steph, 12, VP, loves the cold
Flo, 11, wearing more spandex
Duong, 11, drinking hot tea
Eric, 11, PE credit in -30 weather
Meeko, 14, freshmen rep, eating mac and cheese in order to not go outside
Rachael, 14, ice skating on Occom Pond
Dan, grad student, backcountry sledding with CNT
Diane, 14, appreciates the cold
Emily, 14, doesn't mind the cold because she comes from Toronto, which is even colder
Gavin, 14, throwing boiling hot water into the air outside
Robin, 14, wants to go snowboarding
Katherine, 13, treasurer, enjoying 7:45 drill
Alice, 13, secretary, ordering take-out
Cody, 13, going to the gym
Huan, 13, PAC rep, stay in Collis 212

2. PAC UPDATES
1/26 Wednesday 7-8:30 Community Dinner "Beyond Lateral Oppression" featuring Dean Spears, Collis Commonground, Orient Dinner will be served, RSVP to PAC account

3. NIGHT MARKET
1/29 Saturday, BLITZ IN to help set up at 1:00PM!!!

4. OTHER EVENTS
Thursday, 1/27 Fundraiser in NOVACK from 9-11-- McDonald's: blitz in if you can help out!

Boston Trip 2/5

Upcoming discussions, we'll keep you posted!

Januar 17, 2011 Minutes

1. ICEBREAKER
what's your zodiac sign?
Yueyue, 12, president, aquarius/horse
John, 13, aries/sheep
Huan, 13, aquarius/sheep
Alice, 13, secretary, gemini/sheep
Katherine, 13, treasurer, libra/scorpio/virgo/sheep
Cody, 13, aquarius/sheep
Kevin, 13, sagitarrius/horse
Betty, 14, leo/monkey
Emily, 14, gemini/monkey
Frank, 14, leo/monkey
Diane, 14, gemini/monkey
Anna, 14, freshmen rep, aquarius/sheep
Dennis, 12, horse
Flo, 11, scorpio/snake
Eric, 11, libra/snake
Meeko, 14, freshmen rep, gemini/monkey
Tomi, 08, webmaster, aquarius/rabbit
Derrick, 14, capricorn

2. LUNAR NEW YEAR/NIGHT MARKET
Saturday, 1/29/11
Collis Commonground
joint event between DCCS/DAO/DTA
lots of booths, good times
we need volunteers to man booths, cook, and set up/clean up, so blitz in and sign up!
Diane is emcee-ing, so if you'd also like to, please let us know.

3. BOSTON TRIP
eat, hang out-- all day trip on Saturday, 2/5 probably until 10PM
blitz in and sign up!

4. OTHER EVENTS
a) blitz Katherine by Thursday!
b) hotpot, 2/20 time and place TBA
c) fundraisers: 1/27-- mcdonald's-- blitz in if you have any other fundraising suggestions/ideas!

5. BUDDIES
upperclassmen buddy for freshmen! blitz in if you want a buddy

6. PAC REP ELECTION
Congrats to Huan He, our new PAC rep!

January 10, 2011 Minutes

1. ICEBREAKER
What are you looking forward to most/least?
Yueyue, '12, president, corporate recruiting
Stephanie, '12, VP, ice skating
Henry, '11, finishing this term/thesis
Betty, '11, wine tasting class
Katherine, '13, treasurer, snow
Katie, '12, intro to engineering
Eric, '11, hanging out
Meeko, '14, freshmen rep, DCCS
Rachael, '14, winter carnival
Tina, '14, cold
Diane, '14, cold
Vince, 14, playing intramural basketball
Shangguan, 13, polar bear swim
Will, 13, playing pong and hanging out
Curtis, 14, learning how to ski
Robin, 14, finishing this term as fast as possible
Anna, 14, freshmen rep, skiing/snow
Gavin, 14, sleeping tonight
Kevin, 13, DCN
Frank, 14, fire alarm
Tim, 14, skiing PE
Emily, 14, 7:45 class
Joanne, 14, winter carnival
David, 12, being back on campus
Dennis, 12, carnival
Cody, 13, carnival
Flo, 11, movie pass, wine tasting
Duong, 11, 8am PE class
Jane, 13, uncurved physics course
Matt, 13, no science on wednesday
John, 13, renewing passport
Huan, 13, going to Boston
Alice, 13, secretary, Yueyue being president

2. EXEC MEALS
sign up/blitz in if you'd like a meal with an exec!

3. PAC UPDATES
- community discussion 1/26 7-8:30 collis commonground: lateral (intra-racial) oppression/discrimination-- foreign vs. american populations
- John isn't PAC rep anymore so blitz in nominations if you have someone in mind for this position (for next 2 terms)

4. DCN
- 2/19 6-8 pm in collis commonground
- play (theme: kims of oz) and student performances
- THIS wednesday 3-6 collis commonground: auditions for the play
- Asian Hip Hop crew

5. NIGHT MARKET
- collaborating with DTA
- blitz in to help out

other events this term:
Boston Trip (based on attendance)
Lunar New Year celebration (first week of February)
Hot Pot event
movie night (suggestions welcome)
and others to come!

Blitz DCCS if you want to be put on the social list/if you have a song for song of the week!