This is the collective knowledge gathered by past grad students while chairing committees for the various departmental events (Fall Picnic, Holiday Party, Wanton Mechanics)
Signed and approved documents (from the University) should probably not be posted publicly?
Past Wanton Mechanics Hosts
- 2017 -Benjamín Aleman
- 2016 – Spencer Chang
- 2015 – Tristan Ursell
- 2014 – Scott Fisher
- 2013 – Eric Corwin
- 2012 – Steve Kevan
Both Stephanie Majewski and Ben McMorran have expressed interested in hosting, but had other commitments when asked about hosting in 2016.
2016 Wanton Mechanics
- Room Reservation Estimate – Cost Estimate from Scheduling and Even Services about reserving Gerlinger Lounge
- Catering Waiver – Filled out Catering Waiver for Caspian
- Alcohol Monitor Map – Instead of sending (and making us pay for) alochol monitors, the department now has to assign our own. Along with the permission form, we had to submit a map of the space and where the monitors would be stationed (near the exits). This is that map.
2015 Wanton Mechanics
- Front Office Budget Document – This is the document the physics office uses to track Wanton costs. This was sent to us the following year (2016) when we asked about how much money was budgeted for Wanton.
2014 Wanton Mechanics
Room Information
- Facilities Resource List – List of all rooms on campus available for reservation
- Campus Rooms – Analysis of (some of the) rooms on above list and how they’d meet the needs for Wanton Mechanics
- Room Reservation Estimate – Cost Estimate from Scheduling and Even Services about reserving Gerlinger Lounge
Budget Information
- Original Budget Estimate – Needed for meeting with front office about increasing budget for Wanton to account for paying for room reservation
- Final Budget – Final Costs for Wanton Mechanics
- Physics Office’s Budget Document – This is a copy of the budget document the Front office used to manage Wanton Mechanics. This was sent to us by Patty Smith about 6 weeks after Wanton.
Other Documents
- Opening Meeting – Document for opening meeting about Wanton Mechanics (details what needs to happen before Wanton occurs)
2103 Wanton Mechanics
2012 Fall Picnic
2011 Wanton Mechanics
- 2011 Wanton Mechanics Planning Guide – The “Original” Wanton Mechanics Planning guide by Ian Pilgrim – Probably very, very out of date, but full of good information!