Orientation addresses many [[Frequently Asked Questions|frequently asked questions]], but may leave other important questions unanswered. If you==== What is the WiFi password? ====Our WiFi're new to Escher, you may be wondering..s password is guffinternet.

==== The internet is spotty in my suite. How do I get help? ====Submit a [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeadGygL4eYuLNZI6kayMGLlFcpBWDeWqhP-qNz1ex-ZwklMg/viewform tech RFA form]. A member of the tech team will respond to any tech-related issues. ==== How do I use the printer? ====I wish I knew. I'll update here if I ever figure out its mysteries. You can beat me to it by reaching out to the [[Technology Advisor]] for any and all questions about house electronics. ==== My room's ____ is broken. How do I get help? ====Submit a [https://docs.google.com/forms/u/2/d/e/1FAIpQLSfB-HW38ydNSNMaD_84L0EXOAahsmmsXSMedSvderASJ3-hLA/viewform Maintenance RFA] and a member of the maintenance team will respond and address the issue. ==== The house's ____ is broken. How do I get help? ====Submit a [https://docs.google.com/forms/u/2/d/e/1FAIpQLSfB-HW38ydNSNMaD_84L0EXOAahsmmsXSMedSvderASJ3-hLA/viewform Maintenance RFA] and a member of the maintenance team will respond and address the issue. It is everyone's responsibility to report issues when they are discovered so they can be resolved quickly. For most things, using a sticky note to show that an RFA has already been submitted is helpful since it saves your fellow housemates time. If a TOILET IS FLOODING, or you discover a similarly urgent issue, send a message in the [Discord|https://discord.com/invite/Xf7eHskmN7] with @MaintenanceManager and @MaintenanceTeam to get immediate assistance. If response there is not quick enough, contact the [[Maintenance Manager]] directly. ==== What are all my responsibilities exactly? Am Will I about to get in trouble for not doing something I didn't even know I was supposed had to do? ====

==== I was fined by an officer, and I think the fine is unfair/incorrect. How do I appeal it? ====Email the [[President]] with a statement explaining why you think the fine is unfairundeserved. The President will call for a [[Judiciary Committee]] meeting, where you and the officer involved are encouraged to explain and answer questions in person. In clear-cut cases (for example, a car accident or sudden illness preventing a member from reaching their kitchen shift on time), the vote is effectively just a formality. If you believe the fine to be incorrect, say, you have attended all your shifts, it is likely a mistake, so reach out to the [[President]] and other relevant officers and they will rectify it without the need for a hearing. ==== I need to move. How can I get out of my contract? ====The ICC handles all contract release requests. See [https://icc.coop/housing/icc-contract-release-information/ this form] for getting started with that process and reach out to info@icc.coop if you have any questions. In general, you'll have a much easier time getting one granted if you can find someone to replace your contract.

==== My room door/smoke detector/suite kitchen sink/etcI can't make my work shift this week. is broken - how How do I get helpavoid a fine? ====Submit Read the [https://docs.google.com/forms/u/2document/d/e1aqH7VDvwtfjFJ2epVMWzB3gpHMyYrHAxTlox8mWS1JM/1FAIpQLSfB-HW38ydNSNMaD_84L0EXOAahsmmsXSMedSvderASJ3-hLA/viewform RFA formedit?usp=sharing Member's Guide to Work at Escher], ! It is crucial that you understand how to request a swap and under what circumstances you may submit for a [[Release Requests|work release]]. As a member of reminder, when you filled out the maintenance team will respond [[Work|Work Survey]] you checked a box stating you read and address the issueunderstood that document.Make sure this is true so you don't rack up any fines!

==== The internet is spotty in I can make my suitekitchen shift, but I do have a cough. What do Should I dogo? ====Submit No. If you have new symptoms, it is a health code violation to work in an industrial kitchen. Please let the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeadGygL4eYuLNZI6kayMGLlFcpBWDeWqhP-qNz1ex-ZwklMg/viewform tech RFA form[Kitchen Manager]], and a member your shift leader know of the tech team your absence as soon as possible and you will respond and address the issuebe excused from your shift.

A fairly minimal set of house rules is set forth in the [https://icc.coop/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Escher-House-Constitution.pdf constitution]. It is fairly difficult to amend the constitution, but it is certainly possible provided a clear majority of the house feels strongly in favor of the change. Most day-to-day operations at Escher are governed by [[Standing Rules|https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jDMF9yDc_RRIKP4mNqlXKZHvgLX307uxrvUTnzw9KYE/edit standing rules]], which are voted on at [[House Meetings|house meetings]]. Any member may propose a standing rule, and a simple majority is sufficient to enact it. Some changes are more about purchasing things than making rules. If you would like for the house to purchase a non-consumable thing that everyone can use (e.g. a projector, a video game console, plants), put together your best estimate of the cost and bring this proposal to the house. The house may vote to use the [[House Budget|amenities fund]] to make the purchase you request. ==== When is dinner? ====During the Fall and Winter semesters, dinner is served seven days a week from 6-7pm except for during [https://ro.umich.edu/sites/default/files/calendar/pdfs/Cal_2022-2023.pdf University of Michigan holidays] (to include study breaks). Over the Spring/Summer semester, dinner is served only on weekdays, also excluding holidays. If you can't make the 6-7pm window some nights, just fill out a 'save meal' card located by the silverware and insert it in the appropriate slot on the industrial kitchen door's organizer (available in both kitchens). For more info on save meals and other dinner-related topics, click [[Food|here]]. ==== What am I allowed to take/eat from the main kitchens? ====Members are allowed to use reasonable quantities of some items that our chef stores in the kitchen pantries and [[guff]] fridges. For example, taking a cup of sugar, making a sandwich or two, or borrowing a bowl and spoon. Note that all dishes should be returned to the dish bins (to be cleaned for you by daily shifts) within 24 hours; hoarding is uncooperative and results in shortages for everyone. Food and cookware in the main kitchen, where food prep takes place, should only be handled by [[Chef Giselle]] and those on kitchen shifts. When in doubt, ask [[Chef Giselle]] or the [[Kitchen Manager]]. ==== What am I allowed to take/eat from my suite kitchen? ====Feel free to use the pots and pans in your own suite kitchen. You may even borrow pots and pans from other suite kitchens, provided you return them. If a member's name is on an item, or the item is in a bin or on a shelf with a member's name, do not use it without their permission.

Some changes are more about purchasing things than making rules. If you would like for the house Most consumable items in suite kitchens and refrigerators belong to purchase a non-consumable thing that everyone can use (e.gparticular member. a projectorThese should be labeled, but to be certain refrain from eating food that doesn't clearly have a video game console, plants), put together your best estimate of the cost and bring this proposal to the house. The house may vote to use the [[Amenities Fundguff]] to make the purchase you requestlabel on it.

==== What am I allowed to take from the suite kitchenreally liked tonight's dessert. Where can I express my gratitude/ask for a recipe/request it more often? ====Feel free The chalkboard near the door to use the pots and pans industrial kitchen area in your own suite kitchenO'Keefe is a great place to leave comments for [[Chef Giselle]]. You may even borrow pots and pans from other suite kitchens, provided you return them. Most consumable items can also chat with her in suite kitchens and refrigerators belong to a particular member. If a memberperson whenever she's name is on an item, in the house or email the item is in a bin or on a shelf with a member's name[[Kitchen Manager]]. ==== What are my guests allowed to take/eat from either kitchen? ====Guests are generally not allowed to consume guff food. To learn more, do not use itsee the [[Guest Policy]].

House [[officers]] are elected at the start of each contract period and their [[work]] in running the house counts as their house labor. Elections take place by default at the start of the Fall contract period for Fall and Winter and the start of Spring-Summer for Spring-Summer, but elections also take place whenever there is a vacancy in one of the essential positions. If you want to run in one of these elections, submit a statement to the [[President]] and plan to attend the House Meeting so you can answer your housemates questions.

==== What am Where can I allowed to take from store my stuff over the main kitchenssummer? ====Members are allowed to use reasonable quantities of some items that Chef Lynn stores in the O'Keeffe kitchen pantry and The [[guffTrunk Room]] fridges. Taking a cup or two of sugar is fine. Any food provides deep storage to members in the walk-in refrigerator accordance with our Trunk Room policy (inside see the main kitchen) is probably required for an upcoming dinner, so do not take things from there[https://drive. When in doubt, ask [[Chef Giselle]] or the [[Kitchen Manager]]google. ==== Why do the meals have processed foodcom/file/d/0BzfIIXgFbHwNa1BNUW9NRk5ZYlk/view? usp====Chef Lynn sharing standing rules]. This large room has enough space for a great deal of experience with cooking large quantities of food. She does her best typical member to store all their belongings, which enables a convenient pattern: move everything to the trunk room in conjunction with the Student Buyers Association May when school lets out, then return to obtain fresh and local ingredients within Escher in the constraints of the house budget fall and often unskilled kitchen workersmove everything back in. If there It is secured by a specific ingredient door code known only by house officers, so if you would like more or less ofneed access, feel free to reach out on in the #ask her either in person or by writing -an-officer thread on the chalkboard near the door to the industrial kitchen area[https://discord.com/invite/Xf7eHskmN7 Discord server].

==== Why do we have four different milk alternativesWhat is EscherFest? ====[https://www[EscherFest]] is a music festival hosted by our coop (almost) every semester.youtubeOrganized by the social chair, EscherFest brings popular local bands to the comfort of our [[Rec Room]].com/watch?v=xz6OGVCdov8| Because]This event is open to all, so feel free to invite your friends!