ALISS Open Meeting

1/22/03 – MGH – iSalon

Attending: Amanda Hirst, Aaron Louie, Sandra Macke, Susan St. John, 18 students

Introductions: Officers and Students

Class Feedback:

• 540:
• Kim is being very good at soliciting feedback with anonymous e-mail and bulletin board system.
• Class feels crammed with only 90 minutes of lecture often followed immediately by lab. Hard to digest information.
• Course feels overambitious for objectives described in course description.
• Confusion over final project.
• Some feedback will be taken to the student leader with Mike.

• 570: Jon Haupt plugged his research project: team work and group projects at the iSchool.

• Plug for the community analysis class in the spring.

Booksale:

• February 20 & 21, 2003 in ByGeorge.
• Collecting now – all media except software
• Sorting party the week before.
• More information to appear in February.

Bowling:

• At the Hub
• February 10, approx. 5:30p to 9:30p
• Teams?

Report from the Faculty Meeting:

• Interim President Spoke – Tuition most likely going up next year
• All course evaluations are read by both Mike and teacher
• Portfolio – Failed after revision requested procedure solidified.
• All reviews after first revision will be done by Associate Dean and Dean.
• Student will have four chances.