Author: Noam Reich

On Thursday, September 9th, 2021 the Lawrence Committee held its regularly scheduled committee meeting. The following are the minutes of that meeting. The Committee will reach out to the office of environmental health and safety to request that formal instructions be given in case of what to do in a tornado in the Lawrence buildings […]

Dear Lawrentines,On Tuesday May 11th, 2021 at 6:30 PM, the Lawrence Committee held its regularly scheduled monthly meeting. The following are the minutes from that meeting: An election to replace the committee’s external relations delegate will be scheduled to be held sometime over the summer. Interested residents should remain on the lookout for an e-mail […]

On March 9th 2021, the Lawrence Committee held a regularly scheduled meeting. The following are the minutes of that meeting: The University’s transportation office has reported that they have taken actions to reduce crowding on the Weekend Shopper and in general on the buses. These actions include increased service, larger buses, and increased enforcement of […]

On February 9th, 2021 the Lawrence Committee held a regularly scheduled meeting. The following are the minutes of that meeting: It was decided that the minutes sent to the residents will highlight important information with a link to the full minutes on the website. Deepen (committee president) will create a to-do list that will be […]

The following are the minutes from the January Lawrence Committee Meeting held on January 12th, 2021. Officer Sean Ryder from public safety was in attendance and discussed programs run by public safety and answered questions from residents.  Saumyashree Ghosh, the facilities manager, has contacted facilities and put in a request to change the lock to […]

The following are the minutes from the Lawrence Committee Meeting, held on Tuesday December 8th, 2020: The results of the Lawrence Committee elections are as follows: President: Deepen Garg Vice President: Chadi Saad-Roy Secretary: Noam Reich External Relations Delegate: Yunxiu Zhou Social Chair: Nastya Karpova Garden Coordinator: Liz Helfenberger Facilities Manager: Saumyashree Ghosh Various ongoing […]

The following are the minutes from the November Lawrence Committee meeting, held on November 10th, 2020: Chadi will talk to GSG about the threat of injury from stray golf balls coming from the golf course to our community Residents are requested to report any event of golf ball incoming here The committee is thinking of asking the […]

The following are the minutes from the Lawrence Committee’s October meeting, held on October 13, 2020: Residents are advised to break the boxes before putting them in the recycling bins. Also please do not add plastic bags and Styrofoam in them. Chris will put up signs in Lawrence 1 laundry to keep the doors open […]

The following are the Lawrence Committee Meeting minutes from the meeting held on Tuesday, Sep 8, 2020: Outdoor Yoga/Fitness We are exploring the option of having a possible outdoor yoga weekly session but it involves a lot of moving pieces and cannot be promised at this moment. Dillon gym is open now. People can always […]

The following are the minutes for the Lawrence committee meeting held on Tuesday June 9th The next committee meeting will be in September. However given the special times we are in, the committee will be ready to meet during July as well as August if required. The proposed amendment  to the constitution is passed with […]

Below are the notes from the last committee meeting held on May 12, 2020. Lawrence Committee MeetingTuesday, May 12 2020 Roll Call Amit H Chris T Kendra B Richard G Chadi S Noam R Michael H Kevin F Deepen G No objection to the amendment. We will send out the proposed amendment text today for […]

Below are the notes from the last committee meeting held on April 21, 2020. Lawrence Committee MeetingTuesday, April 21 2020 The Alexander bridge construction work is scheduled to be completed “during the week of May 4, weather and COVID permitting” We have proposed amendments to the Lawrence constitution regarding the committee composition. The final text […]

Cancelled due to coronavirus

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 […]

Constitutional reform Create new position of “facilities coordinator” (name pending) Example of GCHC: “Facilities Chair” Merge two other positions Perhaps Webmaster and Secretary Rename GSG Representative to reflect the full scope of their responsibilities Example of Lakeside: “External Relations Delegation” Rename committee meetings to encourage public participation Example of Lakeside: “Town hall meeting” Playground Old […]

Elections were held  for the 2020 Lawrence committee and following are the results President – Amit Halevi Vice President – Chris Tokita Secretary – Deepen Garg Social Coordinator – Richard Gagliardi GSG Representative – Chadi Saad-Roy Webmaster – Noam Reich Garden Coordinator – Kendra Bergstedt Yoga Classes: We will continue the yoga classes on the same […]