Once upon a midnight near Cory, HKN Officers gathered fresh and merry. 
Before past memories becomes too fleeting, we convene to hold a final meeting, 
The Midnight Meeting Spring 2008 on December 9th 2007:
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The rsec recognizes jtran, darren, shah, kmowery, rzheng, vishay, wsandy, nackner, clay, mychang, zhangz, 
ingrid, jhoffman, sjavdani, georgechen, sgowda, michelleau, mtao, aalipoury, bkim, jared, ingrid, brlam, 
angela, njoubert, suhaas, mattea, btaylor, jamesliao, min,

admonishes no one for absenteeism,

and welcomes honored guests sahandn, albert, lahini, tedgar, edchen, hguturu, aimee, stephenwu, sameer, 
blackman, hsiufan, alanwu, aimee, sshum, hzarka, csboyer, casey

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The honorable president Johnny Tran calls meeting to order at stroke of midnight; meeting officially 
begins at 20 minutes past midnight after much food were devoured. Johnny Tran present first orders of 
business: 
 =Rejected motos : 'to the Min' (reason for rejection: too cool for HKN) , 'spread the HKN hate' (not enough 
love) , 'let go of my frickin horn' (dangerous with michelle)
 =Unrejected moto:  =Officers should do at least as much as a candidate; the more the better
 =Retreat is fun, come!
 =Sign up for finals office hour, and prepare for pre-semester meeting with jtran 
 

Johnny Tran then yields floor to the honorable gentlemen from Compserv:
 =Don't break HKN servers
 =Read the compserv email carefully, and then reply
 =email ops@hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu if you have time
 =Join awesome mailing lists to maximize your expected utility


After more festivity, Johnny Tran initiates the compilation of the HKN semester report--The Structure and 
Interpretation of HKN Fall 2007:

Chapter I, the =) :
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-conference succeeded
-candidate semester succeeded
-candidates amazed all
-indrels swelled the HKN treasury
-activities were well-planned, well-attended, fun, and the act committee is appreciated by all
-retreat was recognized by consensus as awesome
-officers and candidates interacted with mutual respect
-interesting challenges were given by all
-officers attended many events
-the candidate demographics boast higher female to male ratio
-the officer corps features many new-comers
-the bridge committee worked magic into the slide show and is appreciated by all
-tutoring committee expanded HKN tutoring activities 
-the officer corps snatched a historic broomball victory from the clutch of the alumni
-the officer corps was cohesive
-the following events were recognized to be good: ice skating, broomball, fenton's, breast cancer walk, 
capture the flag, food bank, uhuru pies, soccer, bowling, sports night, karaoke, scav-hunt, potluck
-the following people were recognized to be cool: everyone
-potluck photos were updated in real time
-Albert and Lahini gave full measure of devotion to their duties and accomplished their tasks beautifully
-drivers were plentiful
-candidates were very helpful and enthusiastic
-group challenges amused all
-the one additional community service events was a good idea
-exam file committee is recognized to have done well
-we now respond to department demands with greater haste
-officer phone cards proved an invaluable asset
-mid-semester meetings kept officers focused
-candidates were assigned to committees early enough
-large tables during banquet encouraged socializing


Chapter II, the =(
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-capture the flag was organized poorly
-paintball lacked existence
-bridge committee lacks time-management skill
-initiation needs better phase delineation (when to start, etc)
-potluck was not social enough
-the zoo clean-up lacked existence as well
-indrel suffered post-career fair fatigue syndrome toward the end
-pub's tshirt efforts were in vain alas
-some officers opted to not go to any events
-exam file raffle disappointed exam file committee
-the duty files proved inaccessible early on
-tutoring bemoans the lack of an effective feedback/tracking system
-late arrivals to events plagued the semester
-RSVP system was ignored by many, incorrectly used by some, and abused by Niels
-officers did not prepare challenges during CM
-candidates found challenges a difficult concept to grasp
-prot sorely needs a candidate photo-quiz
-we missed some candidates pictures
-course survey instructions were unclear


Chapter III, the improvements:
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-tshirt
-harder but fewer challenges
-we must perform load balancing between scav-hunt and potluck
-bridge committee would like for yearbook to be online and have tags
-reduce latency between team return and judging in scav-hunt
-use checkpoint system for officers to ensure regular progress
-cleaning parties for the offices
-tutoring needs common questions, office policy FAQ
-leave NO dirty tissues in the office
-committee should talk to candidates after elections and convince them to do committee work and suggest 
concrete tasks
-joe-list, aka, the regular event-alert list
-more interaction within committees
-pre-semester meetings can prompt officers for questions
-update challenge bin (it's on hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu/prot)
-we should post minutes on the hkn public website
-cheaper AAD
-minor training for office tutors
-publicize public services more
-banquet could've used isolated room and more space
-currency with HKN dead presidents

Johnny Tran yields floor to tutoring committee for office hour sign-up and to compserv committee for 
account sign-up.

More festivity ensues as HKN celebrates Jared's birthday and wishes his newest journey around the sun to 
be a merry one.

The meeting adjourns at an indeterminate time deep into the night.


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The midnight meeting minute is respectfully made with smile by Min Xu, Recording Secretary of spring 2008.