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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400;">Dear Student Group Leaders,</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400;">Please read the following announcements carefully:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700;">LEF/ARCADE Applications Open</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400;">LEF/ARCADE applications <</span><a href="https://cglink.me/2cy/s202"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;">https://cglink.me/2cy/s202</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400;">>
are now open and due June 1. The Large Event Fund (LEF) and the Assisting Recurring Cultural and Diversity Events (ARCADE) Fund are ways that you can get additional funding for events you hold that serve the broader MIT community! Read more about them here:
<</span><a href="https://asa.mit.edu/group-resources/funding-large-events"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;">https://asa.mit.edu/group-resources/funding-large-events</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400;">>.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700;">Spring Re-recognition</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400;">The Spring Re-recognition cycle is now open, and is due May 20th at 11:59pm. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400;">Groups recognized this semester, Club Sports, FSILG groups and Student Governments are not required to complete the re-recognition process. If your group does not fall
into one of these categories, your group will be required to complete re-recognition. Please read through and complete each of the following steps for your group.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700;">Step 1 - Officer Response:
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400;">The group president, or other officer, fills out the Engage form found here: <</span><a href="https://cglink.me/2cy/s198"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;">https://cglink.me/2cy/s198</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400;">>. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400;">The officer must confirm that the group will not discriminate following MIT’s non-discrimination policy, agree to the MA state anti-hazing laws, confirm and define their
group membership, and upload a copy of their constitution, complete with a member removal clause. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400;">If you are an officer of multiple groups, you will need to complete the form multiple times. Only one response per group is required.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400;">If your group does not appear in the dropdown, and is required to complete re-recognition, please email <</span><a href="mailto:asa-groups@mit.edu"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;">asa-groups@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400;">>.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700;">Step 2 - Member Response:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400;"> Distribute the following Engage form to your
members, and have at least five MIT student members confirm their membership in your group by completing this form: <</span><a href="https://cglink.me/2cy/s201"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;">https://cglink.me/2cy/s201</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400;">>. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400;">Students that are members of multiple groups will need to complete the form individually for each club.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400;">The deadline to complete both steps of this process is
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700;">Friday, May 20th at 11:59 PM ET.
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400;">Groups with late submissions will be penalized with fines unless late due to extenuating circumstances, and will be suspended and/or derecognized if re-recognition
is not completed at all.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400;">To ensure groups are aware of their status in the completion of steps, we will be posting a running update on groups’ completion of re-recognition on our website: <</span><a href="https://asa.mit.edu/start-group/spring-re-recognition"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;">https://asa.mit.edu/start-group/spring-re-recognition</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400;">>.
This will be updated every few days for the first week, and more frequently as we approach the deadline. If you have questions about this process, please email <</span><a href="mailto:asa-groups@mit.edu"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;">asa-groups@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400;">>.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400;">Please feel free to email <</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 400;">asa-exec@mit.edu</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400;">>
with any requests, questions, or other inquiries.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400;">Sincerely,</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400;">The ASA Executive Board</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400;"><</span><a href="https://owa.exchange.mit.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=yJZiAshjpbls53XEeUTtaeG7QyQZOrRww1ynwDsXIq7mEiCV5MHWCA..&URL=http%3a%2f%2fweb.mit.edu%2fasa%2fabout%2fboard-members.html"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 400;">http://web.mit.edu/asa/about/board-members.html</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400;">></span></p>
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