Dining Advisory Committee Meeting:
Spring 2010 – February
11, 2010 – 12:15pm
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Welcome back &
Introductions!
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What's new this spring!
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In Resident:
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Valley Cafe
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Resident dining coffee
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Resident dining
vegetarian/vegan options
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In Retail:
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LTO’s
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Themed Displays –
Valentines Day
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$1 Menu at the Grill
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In house grab and go fresh
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Coffee Card
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Proposed dining plan
options for the 2010/11 year
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Open discussion:
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Next Meeting: Friday, March
25, 2010
Attendees:
Jeannie Lukin
Matthew Lubrano
Brittany
MacLeod
Travis Tellitocci
Teri
Bettencourt
Ginene Zeyer
Victoria
Banks
Steve Sansola
Mohamad Charafeddine
Notes:
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Open
Discussion: Questions, comments, concerns, issues:
o Calzones more often in the Dining Hall
o Soft Pretzels in retail
o Meal Combinations in Donnelly Café – Adding a
hot plate for an additional items
o Facebook and Social Media – To tentatively launch in
March
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New
Dining Plan Options Discussed by Steve Sansola
o Students desire more options, transparency,
and change. Through research and focus groups they were able to come up with
new dining plan options and service changes.
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New
plan offers freedom and options
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Diverse
meal plans
o Late Night Dining Option – NEW
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Monday-Thursday
8pm-10pm
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Offerings
Include: Cereal, soup, deli, pasta, desserts, and ice-cream – more limited evening
offerings.
o Platinum Plan - $2,025/semester – Unlimited
access including the late night option
o Access by # of meals
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120
Meals and $490 Thrifty cash for $1,430/semester – GOLD revised
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60
Meals and $270 Thrifty cash for $750.00/semester – SILVER revised
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30
Meals and $190 thrifty cash for $432.50/semester – BRONZE revised
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15 meal
and $150 thrifty cash for $275.00 – Apartment Option
o No A la Carte – Late night option is the
selling point for upperclassmen.
o Flexible and reloadable throughout the
semester if you run out and need any more.
o Plan of Implementation:
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Present
to SGA
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Present
to the IOU & Cabinet
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Fine
tuning
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Deadline
for completion and Dining Plan Reveal – April 1st