1st WEST - EAST CAMPUS ROOMING PROCEDURES

Except where noted, all class designations refer to the class everyone
will be entering the next year.

Selections at the rooming meeting will be made in the following order:

    1.Squatters
    2.Seniors
    3.Juniors
    4.Sophomores

Within each class, preference will be given to those with the most
number of terms on 1W. In case of preference ties, a random
selection method (i.e. coin toss, dice, etc.) will be used.

An upperclassman who has moved onto 1W at anytime during the
year will choose with his or her own class at the next
scheduled room meeting.  Within their class,
     1.  They will be ranked by straight seniority the year
they move on.
     2.  If they are on the hall for more than 30 days, that
shall count as a full term, but only in the years following
the year they actually move on.

Those doubled for their entire freshman year will have
preference over those doubled for only a term of their
freshmen year. Singled freshmen will have lowest priority of
the three.

Upperclassmen who are doubled will have no preference over
their class members unless they are forced into the double by the dorm.
If upperclassmen are forced into doubles, they will be
ranked within their class by the amount of time they were
forced to double.

If an upperclassman is forced into a double for a full year,
he or she will have priority over class members for the
following TWO years, i.e., as a junior and as a senior.

Any person may squat on a room that he or she presently occupies
providing that:
  1.  He or she has occupied the room since the beginning of
the spring term.
  2.  The room will remain a single if presently a single
and a double if presently a double.

Roommates may squat on their room provided that it will not be
dedoubled.  One of two roommates may squat on their room
provided that it will not be dedoubled and he or she agrees
to accept another roommate.

An upperclassman who moves onto the hall at anytime during
the school year has NO right to bump a member of a lower
class from a room.  The upperclassman moving onto the hall
must live in the room assigned by the dorm.  Room selection
and preference will only be honored at the rooming meeting.

Room changes that are agreed upon by ALL parties involved will be
allowed.  This includes anyone who would have rights to a
room by lottery order.

If a room that has been chosen by a hall member is doubled at some
later time, that hall member and all those with lower rooming
preference must hold another rooming meeting to chose new rooms.

If there is any change during the course of the year, no new
random methods of preference shall be used. All random
preference results should be recorded at the rooming meeting
in case they are needed for later use.

If a room becomes available during the year, the new resident of this
room will be selected using these preference rules.
Squatters remain squatters unless at least two rooms open
up, OR it is one month into the first term following the
lottery.   If these conditions occur, squatters will have
last priority within their class.  A random drawing shall be
used to differentiate between squatters.

DECROWDING.  Priority for decrowding will go in the
following order:
     1.  Class
     2.  Anyone who has turned in an official decrowding
request.  In order for this rule to apply, the request must
have been made prior to the person's learning that a room
has opened for decrowding.
     3.  Those in crowded doubles
     4.  Random draw (but see below).
   For the purpose of decrowding, roommates will be grouped
together, with each groups' priority determined by the
higher-ranked person.   The priority of the other person in
the group will be used to break ties.

When two roommates decrowd, there will be a random drawing
to determine priority between them.  The one with higher
priority may choose to move into an open room or stay by
himself/herself in the double room.

All residents must be present at the rooming meeting. If a resident
absolutely cannot be present at a rooming meeting, he or she must
notify the hall chair(s) beforehand with a list of top room selections
and a name of the person who is to act on his or her behalf
in case of a random preference choice. Otherwise, preference
is lost and the person will choose from whatever rooms
remain after the meeting.

No discussion about the rules or why they were approved or
disapproved will be allowed at the rooming meeting. Such
discussion must be made outside the rooming meeting (at
another hall meeting).

No changes may be made to these procedures unless the change is
proposed at a hall meeting, the proposal then receives a second, and
the change is approved by a two-thirds majority of the
members present at the meeting.  Any such meeting must have
a 2/3 quorum of nonseniors.

In order to hold a meeting to change these rules, a majority
of nonseniors must agree to hold the meeting.  Any meeting
in any way related to rooming must be announced via the
stickmen mailing list at least 3 days in advance.