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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">-> ASA GBM Minutes and make-ups</span></i><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">-> Annual required re-recognition starts next week!</span></i><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 Minutes and make-ups</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">Thank you to all the students who attended our General Body Meeting last Wednesday! We appreciated all your questions and feedback, and are
very excited to start the next year with a board full of new and returning members. </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">Any groups who did not attend the meeting can find the meeting notes on our website: <</span><a href="http://asa.mit.edu/about-asa/meeting-notes"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">http://asa.mit.edu/about-asa/meeting-notes</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">>,
which contains a link to check in so your group gets credit for making up the absence. We will not be fining groups for missing this GBM due to the nature of these times, but will still note any lack of attendance to keep in mind during re-recognition if part
of a pattern of continued inactivity. This also contains a link to the ASA/SOLE/student group relationships statement that was discussed at the meeting, along with a form to collect any feedback on that document.</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 elected our new officers at the GBM, but the Board is always open to any interested students who want to help out in making student life
happen on campus, particularly as we head towards an academic year full of a lot of uncertainty. Reach out to <</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">>
if you’re interested in joining 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">//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//</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">The annual required re-recognition process for ASA groups starts next week!</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">It is approaching the time for the ASA’s annual re-recognition process. We use this to verify groups are active and have enough members, and
to confirm that groups will abide by the Massachusetts hazing law and MIT non-discrimination policies.
<b><u>Please note that Club Sports, FSILG groups, and Panhellenic groups will NOT have to complete this ASA process and should NOT respond for their groups</u></b>. </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 materials for this process will be distributed at the beginning of next week.
<b>The re-recognition process must be completed by Friday, May 15th at 11:59 PM ET</b>. Clubs with late submissions will be penalized with fines and will be suspended and/or derecognized if the submission is not completed. </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">Keep an eye out for that ASA Official next week, or check on our website for all the information as well once the process has started! <</span><a href="http://asa.mit.edu/start-group/spring-re-recognition"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">http://asa.mit.edu/start-group/spring-re-recognition</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">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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