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. ==== Can I move furniture out of my room?====Yes! Provided that you do so without damaging the furniture, you may store unwanted room in the [[furniture room]]. Just note that you must put all furniture back in your room upon move-out. ==== 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 [[Escher Discord Server|Discord]] 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.

==== My room door/smoke detector/suite kitchen sink/etcI need to move. is broken -- how do How can I get helpout of my contract? ====Submit the The ICC handles all contract release requests. See [https://docsicc.google.comcoop/formshousing/u/2/d/e/1FAIpQLSfBicc-contract-HW38ydNSNMaD_84L0EXOAahsmmsXSMedSvderASJ3release-hLAinformation/viewform RFA this form]for getting started with that process and reach out to info@icc.coop if you have any questions. In general, and you'll have a member of the maintenance team will respond and address the issuemuch easier time getting one granted if you can find someone to replace your contract.

==== The internet is spotty in I can't make my suitework shift this week. What How do I doavoid a fine? ====Submit First, look for a swap! This can be done by posting in the Swaps forum on the discord server, or sending an email to the house. (escher@icc.coop) If you are sick or are experiencing a health or disability related issue, and have not missed 3 or more shifts this term you can fill out [this form|https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeadGygL4eYuLNZI6kayMGLlFcpBWDeWqhP-qNz1ex1FAIpQLSci_-ZwklMgYhuF2KmxWQFthj2q0a4e2OzfqE1O2VvKyUJbUxLmfVjw/viewform tech RFA form]to "call in sick." Members are usually excused from house labor in cases like these. '''Please, and under no circumstances show up to a member shift with an infectious disease.''' If you are out of the tech team house on a planned trip or otherwise are aware in advance that you will respond need to miss more than 1 week of chores. See: [[Release_Requests#Work_Release|Work Release]].  ==== I can make my kitchen shift, but I do have a cough. Should I go? ====No. If you have new symptoms, it is a health code violation to work in an industrial kitchen. Please let the [[Kitchen Manager]] and address the issueyour shift leader know of your absence as soon as possible and you will be 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, do not use it[[Kitchen Manager]].

==== What am I are my guests allowed to take /eat from the main kitchenseither kitchen? ====Members Guests are generally not allowed to use reasonable quantities of some items that Chef Lynn stores in the O'Keeffe kitchen pantry. Taking a cup or two of sugar is fine. Any consume guff food in the walk-in refrigerator is probably required for an upcoming dinner, so do not take things from there. When in doubtTo learn more, ask Chef Lynn or see the [[Kitchen ManagerGuest Policy]].

==== How do I run for a house officer position? Why do the meals have processed foodmight I want to run? ====Chef Lynn has a great deal of experience with cooking large quantities of food. She does her best House [[officers]] [[work]] in conjunction with running the Student Buyers Association to obtain fresh and local ingredients within house counts as their house labor. Elections take place by default at the constraints start of the house budget Fall contract period for Fall and Winter and often unskilled kitchen workers. If the start of Spring-Summer for Spring-Summer, but elections also take place whenever there is a specific ingredient vacancy in one of the essential positions. If you would like more or less want to run in one ofthese elections, feel free submit a statement to ask her either in person or by writing on the chalkboard near the door [[President]] and plan to attend the industrial kitchen areaHouse Meeting so you can answer your housemates questions.

==== Why do we You might run for any or all of the following reasons:* To have four different milk alternatives? ====a more flexible schedule* To boost your resume* To make improvements to the house* Because you prefer the type of work to other house labor like kitchen cleaning* To serve those around you in a big way!

==== Why do we have whole milk and chocolate milk rather than, say, skimWhere can I store my stuff over the summer? ====Escher The [[Trunk Room]] provides deep storage to members in accordance with our Trunk Room policy (see the [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzfIIXgFbHwNa1BNUW9NRk5ZYlk/view?usp=sharing standing rules]. This large room has made multiple changes enough space for a typical member to store all their belongings, which enables a convenient pattern: move everything to the kinds of milk we put trunk room in May when school lets out, then return to Escher in the milk dispensersfall and move everything back in. The It is secured by a door code known only by house voted to replace 2% with wholeofficers, and to remove skim. More members preferred whole milkso if you need access, and some skim milk drinkers were okay with making their own skim milk using wholereach out on in the #ask-an-officer thread on the [[Escher Discord Server|Discord]].

==== Why do so many of the vegetarian meals contain soyWhat is EscherFest? ====Soy [[Social Events#EscherFest | EscherFest]] is a common ingredient in many foodsmusic festival hosted by our coop (almost) every semester. Organized by the social chair, especially vegetarian optionsEscherFest brings popular local bands to the comfort of our [[Rec Room]].This event is open to all, so feel free to invite your friends!