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Presentation by Cristina Xu, Chancellor of IHAS

== What is an IHAS? ==
* IHAS = Institute on Higher Awesome Studies
* Experiment to develop minimal infrastructure to support Awesome Foundation without bogging it down
* Incorporated as a 503C
* Not affiliated with any chapter
* Want to enable faster and stronger growth for the foundation
* NOT: a service organization

== Past projects ==
* Designing Awesome Foundation site with Jessie Chan-Norris & web team
* Started and support Awesome Summit 
* Foundation support to launch and support chapters in Detroit and New Orleans -- those chapters have now been wound down

== What’s next? ==
* When we started IHAS, goal was to get infrastructure down so we can get it to grow
* Reached the limit of Christina’s vision, definitely time for new visions

== Working session ==
* How should IHAS and AF work together or not
* What should the responsibilities of the next chancellor be? Should it even be called a chancellor?
* How should we choose the next IHAS chancellor?
* How do we make the decisions in a way that involves chapters who are not here
* “And now, Kitten Voltron” - When all the kittens (chapters) have to work together, we summon [https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f4/1f/c8/f41fc8b144d49bdfc0b38e6e6fc4e307.jpg Kitten Voltron!]