Princeton University

February 11th Meeting Notes

  • Transportation
    • Charlie Tennyson from the Transportation office described the University’s initiative to reform transportation (buses, scooters, bike shares, and car shares) as part of the Mobility Framework. They are currently looking for input from the community and offered a few ways to do so:
      • The survey we forwarded. It is important that many grad students respond to the survey since we are the primary users of tiger-transit.
      • There will be an open house this Friday in Dylan gym between 10am-2pm.
      • There was also a focus group held in Frist, multi-purpose room A on Wednesday, Feb 12 though this was not open to the public at large.
    • The committee also raised a number of concerns including: the spotty service during the summer, demand for increased service on the weekends (including from the weekend shopper), and that the Lawrence shuttle does not run late enough on weekdays.
    • The University is doing a complete rethink of the transportation, so please fill out the survey. The link for the survey: https://www.princetoncampusmobility.org/survey

  • Constitution amendment
    • A proposal will be made to merge the role of web-master and secretary and replace it with a facilities manager position. Over the coming weeks a proposal to reform the Lawrence Constitution to reflect this change will be made and brought forth before the committee.

  • Social Events:
    • Sunday, March 8th: We will screen an episode of the Great British Bake Off and have some delicious baked goods.
    • April:  There will be an ice cream social.

  • Gardening:
    • There is a maintenance issue with the composter. As residential composting goes to serve as animal feed it may not be able to serve as a substitute. There will be a search for funding from various university offices (sustainability, facilities, etc.) for funding to fix the issue.
    • The garden will reopen after the roomdraw.

  • Yoga
    • Lawrence Yoga was an outstanding success with 11 attendees! In this light we discussed ways of strengthening the sense of community in Lawrence. Suggestions were made for coffee and cookie hours and for small community social grants for groups who organize themselves. Budget constraints will determine what may be done.

  • Roll call:
    • Amit H
    • Charlie T
    • Richard G
    • Chris T
    • Noam R
    • Michael H
    • Kendra B
    • Zachary C
    • Kevin F
    • Chadi S