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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Student Group Leaders,</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 read the following announcements carefully:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">-> Virtual CPW Registration extended through TONIGHT 4/13/20 11:59PM ET</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">->
<i>CPW Discord Server</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">-> ASA GBM Wednesday 4/15/20, 5:30-7:30 PM ET</span></i><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">//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//</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">Virtual CPW Registration extended through TONIGHT 4/13/20 11:59PM ET</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">tl;dr Fill out
</span><a href="https://engage.mit.edu/submitter/form/start/399622"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">engage form</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> by end of day TODAY
(4/13/20) to attend CPW Virtual Midway on 4/19/20 1-3PM ET</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">CPW is coming up and we’re working on a virtual midway website that can help adMITed students find potential clubs to join in the fall as well
as help current students discover new clubs! During the actual midway time, there will also be concurrent Zoom calls for any interested group occurring from 1-3 PM ET on Sunday, April 19th. These Zoom calls will be linked on the virtual website, allowing admitted
students to jump from conversation to conversation like they would in a real Midway. </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">The website itself will be up for the entire month for admitted students to explore student life on campus and record which groups they would
like to be connected with if they do decide to attend MIT.</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">In order to be on the site:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">1) Fill out this form by end of day Monday <</span><a href="https://engage.mit.edu/submitter/form/start/399622"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://engage.mit.edu/submitter/form/start/399622</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">>.
This form has been extended through Monday due to the large volume of last-minute issues. After Monday there is no guarantee that your club will be listed on time.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2) Expect an email Tuesday or Wednesday allowing you to upload additional pictures, YouTube links and do a final update of your page before
it goes live.</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">//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//</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">NEW: CPW Discord server sign-up</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">Admissions has been working hard on a CPW Discord Server (described at
</span><a href="https://community.mitcpw.org/?page_id=495"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://community.mitcpw.org/?page_id=495</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">)
to allow representatives of residences, ASA groups, and other formal entities, as well as select staff representatives, to connect with and help the adMITs. SIPB has been working hard to help us set this up, including, crucially, a verification/validation
process for MIT entities to nominate and credential their representatives. </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">Here is how this works:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> leaders (Presidents, CPW chairs,
or equivalent) of ASA groups, dorms, FSILGs, etc. that are interested in participating can fill out the form at <</span><a href="https://cpw2020.scripts.mit.edu:444/form/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://cpw2020.scripts.mit.edu:444/form/</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">>
with the kerberos' of their designated representatives. The form will send that information to a bot which will email the representatives for validation/confirmation and give them appropriate permissions on the server.
<b>For ASA groups, please do not register more than five members of your group.</b> CPW is an exciting time to connect with admitted students and show them the vibrancy of student life on campus, but we do not want to overwhelm the Discord with an excessive
number of students due to the large number of student groups we have. If you are a new or non-ASA student group that does not have an Engage entry at the moment but wishes to join the server, email <</span><a href="mailto:cpw-discord-access@mit.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">cpw-discord-access@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">>
with your group’s information and kerberos ID’s to be added.</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">As part of the validation/confirmation process, there is a planned "Discord 101" document that will include a brief user's guide, an outline
of community standards, etc. to help those who have not spent a lot of time on Discord before feel comfortable in the space. The timeline to get the bot running and the Discord populated is sometime this weekend, but there isn’t a deadline to apply to be added
to the server. Please send any questions to <</span><a href="mailto:cpw-discord-access@mit.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">cpw-discord-access@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">>,
and email <</span><a href="mailto:sipb-discord@mit.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">sipb-discord@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">> for technical issues</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">.</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">ASA GBM this Wednesday, 4/15/20 5:30-7:30 PM ET</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">Our upcoming General Body Meeting is on
<b>April 15th from 5:30-7:30 PM ET</b>; see the agenda here: <https://asa.mit.edu/sites/default/files/documents/ASA%20GBM%20Agenda%20SP20.pdf>.</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">At this meeting, we will be electing the officer positions for our Board, and are actively recruiting anyone who is interested in joining the
ASA at any level! This year will be a particularly challenging one as we enter a semester dealing with the personal, financial, and logistical impacts of COVID-19 on our campus community, and we want anyone who is interested in helping solve problems and supporting
student groups through the next year to join us!</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">We will have space in all parts of our board -- any position (space, funding, groups, secretary, president!) could be filled by any interested
student. You can find information on all positions on our board here: <<span style="background:white">bit.ly/2vyu7ID>, and apply using this form if you are interested! <</span></span><a href="https://engage.mit.edu/submitter/form/start/395752"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">https://engage.mit.edu/submitter/form/start/395752</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">></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">As always, email
</span><a href="mailto:asa-exec@mit.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">asa-exec@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> with any questions or concerns you have
at this time. </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">Best regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The ASA Executive Board</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="http://asa.mit.edu/about-asa/board-members"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">http://asa.mit.edu/about-asa/board-members</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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