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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dear Student Group Leaders,</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please take note of the
following announcements:</span></p>
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ASA Space reallocation postponed</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-> Applications are OPEN for new groups and funding status changes</span></p>
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Required student leadership summit</span></p>
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Admissions survey</span></p>
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Space access request form</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ASA
Space Reallocation Postponed</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ASA does a biennial space
reallocation cycle; we were supposed to do one this year as well, but given the current situation, we have decided to postpone it until Fall 2021 (subject to change). If you absolutely need ASA storage space for this academic year, email us at
</span><a href="mailto:asa-space@mit.edu" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">asa-space@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Applications
are OPEN for new groups and funding status changes</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ASA is currently accepting applications for new student groups
and changes in funding status for existing groups. The deadline for submission is
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">September 30th, 2020</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">
at 11:59 PM EDT. The application can be found here: <</span><a href="https://asa.mit.edu/start-group/new-group-application" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://asa.mit.edu/start-group/new-group-application</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">>.
You may need to log into Engage first before accessing the form if you receive an error. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please note that applications will not be reviewed until a couple
of weeks into the semester, so there is no rush to get an application in. You may want to familiarize yourself with the group application process (</span><a href="http://asa.mit.edu/start-group" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://asa.mit.edu/start-group</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)
and guidelines on what privileges ASA groups receive (</span><a href="https://asa.mit.edu/group-privileges" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://asa.mit.edu/group-privileges</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">).
Feel free to email asa-groups@mit.edu with any further questions.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Form link:
</span><a href="https://engage.mit.edu/submitter/form/start/439384" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://engage.mit.edu/submitter/form/start/439384</span></a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Required
Student Leadership Summit</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The
following is a message from the Student Organization Leadership Committee. Any questions about the summit or registration should be directed to
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><</span><a href="mailto:studentleadership@mit.edu" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">studentleadership@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">,
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">not</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">
the ASA.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Student Officer Leadership
Summit, a required program for all student organizations, will provide necessary tools to help make student organizations at MIT more successful through a range of immersive trainings, as well an opportunity to learn how to navigate the current COVID landscape.
Based on your feedback from last year, the 2020 Summit will no longer be a one-day program – but will be split up over a few weeks, allowing student leaders to have more flexibility within their schedule. The first kickoff meeting and networking session will
be taking place on Thursday, September 17</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size:0.6em;vertical-align:super;">th</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">
at 8:00PM EST, with the sessions running from Monday September 21</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size:0.6em;vertical-align:super;">st</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">
until mid-October.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can find details about
the summit sessions and format on their website: <</span><a href="https://studentlife.mit.edu/sole/leadership-summit-2020" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://studentlife.mit.edu/sole/leadership-summit-2020</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">>. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Each organization is required
to send a presidential-level member – or an executive board proxy to these sessions. Failure to attend may impact your organization’s ability to have events approved of by SOLE and MIT. If you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to email <</span><a href="mailto:studentleadership@mit.edu" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">studentleadership@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">>.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Admissions
Survey</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The survey to assess student
group needs in the upcoming semester announced in August is still under development.
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If your group is already
considering or implementing virtual events or activities, the upcoming survey will ask about what those events look like and what challenges groups are facing in making them happen. A blogger from MIT admissions is also interested in sharing with admitted
students what creative and innovative ways student groups have been staying active in this virtual world. If you are interested in sharing what your group has adjusted to being virtual or what virtual events you have held/are planning to hold, you can fill
out this form: <</span><a href="https://forms.gle/QBUu5tZv5nfxW18a8" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://forms.gle/QBUu5tZv5nfxW18a8</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">>. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Space
access request form</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A form exists for student
groups to request access to their storage or office space for any necessary reasons. Student organization offices may not be used for meetings, events, or other in-person programming. However, student groups may be able to temporarily access their spaces by
request to pick up specific items necessary for their operations. Items may not be returned and new items may not be stored in the club rooms in order to address concerns around contamination.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The form can be found
after logging into <engage.mit.edu> under the “Forms” tab, titled “Access to Student Organization Office/Storage”, or by first logging into Engage and then access bit.ly/orgroomaccess. Please email <sole@mit.edu> with any questions or concerns about the process.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Feel free to email <asa-exec@mit.edu>
with any questions! </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Best regards,</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The ASA Executive Board</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="http://asa.mit.edu/about-asa/board-members" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://asa.mit.edu/about-asa/board-members</span></a></p>
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