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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please read the following
announcements carefully:</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-> [Action Requested] Update your Engage pages!</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ASA GBM minutes and make-ups</span></p>
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Student activities COVID-19 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: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Update
your Engage pages!</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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;">In
this virtual semester, we have been hearing from many first-year students that they are looking to find groups to join to become more involved in the MIT student community. One of the ways this is being accomplished is via looking up groups on Engage (engage.mit.edu),
but many groups are not properly utilizing their Engage page to advertise themselves well or effectively communicate how students can get involved. Here’s a list of steps that group admins should take so that interested students can easily find groups they
want to get involved with:</span></p>
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Check that your blurb on your Engage page is an </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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;">accurate
description of what you do</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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;">,
and contains information on </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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;">whether
you are currently recruiting</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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;">,
as well as the </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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;">expected
time commitment</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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;">2.
Check that your </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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;">contact
email</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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;"> is correct, and list
any </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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;">mailing
lists</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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;"> you use that students
can sign up on to get involved.</span></p>
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Add and/or update your </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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;">profile
picture</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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;"> and
</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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;">photo gallery</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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;">
to advertise what you do - public photos in your gallery are published as a slideshow on your group’s page! </span></p>
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Link any </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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;">social
media</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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;"> or
</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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;">websites</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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;">
that your group uses.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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;">With
the upcoming Thanksgiving break, this is a great time to take the time to make sure that your Engage page is informative and useful. Don’t know how to make these changes? SOLE has an extensive list of walkthrough tutorials on how to make your page as impactful
and effective as possible! <</span><a href="https://studentlife.mit.edu/sole/engage" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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://studentlife.mit.edu/sole/engage</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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 you can’t access your group’s page to edit it, contact <</span><a href="mailto:engage@mit.edu" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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;">engage@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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;">>
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: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ASA
GBM minutes and make-ups</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you to all the students
who attended our fall General Body Meeting! We appreciated all your questions and feedback. 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" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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/meeting-notes</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">>,
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.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Student
activities COVID-19 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: 10pt; 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;">To
assess how the activities of ASA and other types of student groups have been impacted by the new campus regulations, the ASA has launched a survey drafted with the help of the UA on how student groups were affected by the spring semester closure, what virtual
events have been planned and how successful they were, and what challenges student groups foresee themselves facing during the fall semester. This information will help us better advocate to the administration for student group needs and pitch in on any relevant
policy decisions.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can find the survey
here: <</span><a href="https://engage.mit.edu/submitter/form/start/444662" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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/444662</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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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by the end of November, and only submit one response per group. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As always, email
</span><a href="mailto:asa-exec@mit.edu" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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-exec@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">
with any questions or concerns you have at this time. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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: 10pt; 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;"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://asa.mit.edu/about-asa/board-members" style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://asa.mit.edu/about-asa/board-members</a></span></p>
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