The Student Assembly met last Thursday for the first time this summer to outline its goals and projects for the new term.
Summer Assembly President Matt Shafer '97 began the meeting by declaring the Summer Assembly would not be plagued by politics or infighting.
It will be an opportunity "to get a lot of good things done," he said.
Though 21 students attended the meeting, the number of voting members was not enough to elect the Summer Assembly secretary and treasurer. Thirteen voting members were needed for quorum, only five were present.
Shafer solved this problem by dividing the duties of the positions between himself and Summer Assembly Vice President Scott Rowekamp '97.
At the meeting, Shafer outlined the Assembly's summer projects.
The projects include producing a course guide, which willbe on the World Wide Web, a newsletter for incoming freshmen to give them "a flavor of what Dartmouth is like," a Scholastic Achievement Test preparation course for local high schools, and a program through which intoxicated students could get rides home without being penalized by the College.
Projects that will continue from last term include expanding computer service in the Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts, Collis Center and Thayer Dining Hall, getting a photocopier in Collis, and placing more change machines in more locations, Shafer said.
Shafer said interested students will be divided into groups to work on projects. He also asked for project ideas from other members.
Afterwards, Shafer said he thought the meeting was "very positive." He said this term the Assembly has a "pretty ambitious agenda."
Shafer said the Assembly is trying to refocus to solve students' needs more efficiently.
Rowekamp said the small number of people at the meeting was conducive to getting things done.
"If you have too many people, you have people who aren't involved," Rowekamp said.
"What we need from '97s is feedback," Shafer said. "If we improve [the Assembly's] reputation, we'll have accomplished a lot."