Economics of Happiness Q & A with

Helena Norberg-Hodge

Share the Love, 18 February 2011

Thanks to Kady for the photos!

getting ready for spring!

Goodbye Winter!

Berk (and Xilo)

Beryl and Jeamme

Nellen, Pops, Shannon

27 February 2011

1. Missing: Anya, Tomas, Dahlia
2. March 7th: Info Sessions for New Members
a. Monday 1-2
b. Tuesday 2:30-3:30
c. Wednesday 6-7
3. Eat lentils; lentils=love
4. Big dinner funded; Poppy’s event, tea and jam not funded by Senate, but found alternate funding
5. Bulk: Xilo will call natural food store and whole foods, Bronxville re: price and compare with whole foods→brown rice, granola, beans and quinoa
6. Party: “money is imaginary” We’re not having another event. Not having another baked goods. Elizabeth will be paid back by not paying for two weeks.
7. Thanks for doing dishes today!

Jan 23rd Meeting

Goals and Projects -What we haven’t done/What we could do better:

- A party a monthy

o February 11^th Sweets Potluck

§ Support other groups on campus

§ Jaime Budget

o “Tea and Jam” March 31^st

o Big Event Earth Day with other environmental groups!! Saturday April 20^th?

§ Clothing Swap

§ PETA

§ Fund a speaker? Alums? A Band?

· Annie Novak

· Woman who works at the barge

· Geography department’s Enviro summit (Dahlia)

§ Utilize social justice groups on campus

§ Potential schedule:

· Dinner on Friday

· Band Saturday afternoon, clothing swap, PETA BBQ

o Mini Beer Garden

§ Coordination

· 2 people in charge of the whole thing

o Submit budget for big party NOW

- Northeastern Real Food Challenge (Shannon) in February

o Shannon

o Jaime get funding

- “Economics of Happiness” film (Dahlia) at Cooper Union 6:30

- Co-op

o petition website

o Send out a doodle (Anya)

o List

§ Berkeley

§ Nellen

§ Shannon

§ Lauren

§ Liam

§ Anya

- SSSF Dinner (Laren

- Ideas for events:

o Valentines event

o Tea and Jam

o Big Party (nicer weather?)

Ideas for house positions:

- Poppy will make the list of house positions to put up

House Notes:

- keep the honey right side up

Shopping:

- $20

- Owe lenna $15

- Buy Pasta

Last House Meeting of the Semester

Missing: Poppy, Xilo, Anya, Tomas, Berkeley, Nellen, Elizabeth

Garden:

• close it up for the winter, break up soil, cover it up w/ cardboard
• Wednesday or Thursday
• help Liam!

Fridge:

• clear out perishables
• clean out drawers, make it a 2 person chore
• shopping for less food

• $20 this week

• Another sustainable house: make a petition over break, get signatures and give them to Housing

House Meeting 11/21/10

Missing: Poppy, Anya, Nora, Elizabeth

Stuff:

• go shopping Monday
• try for 10:00 Sunday meeting
• 10 mins of dishes/ kitchen cleaning worked well
• Jeamme, Dahlia, Xilo staying here
• make sure kitchen’s clean before leaving
• last week we went over, Shannon won’t pay for a couple weeks
• Xcel document of who pays?
• lock doors while on break

House Meeting 11/14/10

Missing: Jeamme, Dahlia, Shannon

$25 this week

Cheese:

• save till Friday instead of Thursday

Food shopping:

• Fairway, rice cakes from A& P
• heartier bread

CSA:

· Nellen can volunteer, we need to hear from woman in charge

· last week to get vegetables

Dishes:

• kitchen was nasty
• don’t fill sink with dishes? space to do them

Staying for T-giving:

Jeamme and Xilo

Fire safety crap:

Hide your stuff!

Meeting Notes Nov 7 2010

Missing: Beryl, Nora

1. Money and Food:
this week $25, ran low on food this week; essential things; fairway; less treats, more essentials;
staples: bread, milk, egg, cheese, rice cake, peanut butter, butter, tomatoes, jam, flour, onions, garlic, coffee, (tea), nuts and dried berries, veggies (csa), yogurt
liam- apple butter
2. Tea: Darjeeling or duke of earl, kava?
3. Shopping Vans:
a. Berk- Tuesday after 1:30
Wed between 330-7
b. Anya Wed before 1
c. dahlia wed before 12:30, 3:30-7
d. operations talk to mo about van
4. shopping this week:
a. Anya and Shannon with Hazel’s car: $5 for gas
b. CSA:
i. Volunteer: next Monday, Nellen’s going next Monday 3-6, Xilo and Berk may be able to go;
ii. Food: Berk is going with Lenna
5. Dishes: Dahlia noticed dishes built up but not as bad; Shannon says Xilo is rock star; Xilo- kitchen now, not dishes
6. Cleaning: Tomas looking for pots and saw in cabinet there’s some residue, bacteria substance; add cupboard chore
7. Common Room Quiet Hours: not observed this week
8. Table: got a table for living room; Berk and Xilo got table
9. Slonim Green and Future Events: Submitted budget for $300 event in living room, perhaps slo living room, maybe next semester, not here; excited about their event, maybe we can give a few hands and support it; last week of nov and first week of dec;
10. Winter Event: hot chai and snacks; perhaps don-prof dinner, wine, second semester; Tea and Jam event, potluck, low key, cider; December maybe
11. Science barge: next semester ; Taylor Roof: Tuesday between 1:30 and 3:30 perhaps