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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Student Group Leaders,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please take note of the following announcements:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">-> </span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Winter LEF/ARCADE Application Late Deadline is
<b>tomorrow,</b></span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> 12/12/2019 at 11:59 PM EST! </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Winter LEF/ARCADE Application Late Deadline Extended (Due 12/12/2019)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The deadline to submit late applications to the Large Event Fund (LEF) and the Assisting Recurring Cultural And Diversity Events (ARCADE) Fund
Winter Cycle is <b>TOMORROW</b>, Thursday, December 12th at 11:59PM EST. This deadline is for events occurring between January 1, 2019 and March 31, 2019. Please note that there will be penalties for late applications. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please use this link to apply: <</span><a href="https://engage.mit.edu/submitter/form/start/359631"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://engage.mit.edu/submitter/form/start/359631</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">>.
Do <b>NOT</b> use the old form (that operated through the ASA webpage.) We will <b>
ONLY</b> be processing applications submitted through the Engage form linked above.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">More information about eligibility for these funds is available at the new ASA website: <</span><a href="http://asa.mit.edu/group-resources/funding-large-events"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">http://asa.mit.edu/group-resources/funding-large-events</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">You are encouraged to meet with someone from the Student Activities Office to discuss your application, particularly if it is for a new event
or you are making substantial changes to a recurring event. You MUST meet with the Student Activities Office to discuss an event if it will involve paying a speaker or performer. Email <</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#954F72">sao-desk@mit.edu</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">>
with any questions!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Feel free to email <</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#954F72">asa-exec@mit.edu</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">>
with any questions! </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Best regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The ASA Executive Board</span></p>
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<a href="http://asa.mit.edu/about-asa/board-members"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#954F72">http://asa.mit.edu/about-asa/board-members</span></a></p>
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