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<b>tl;dr: Care about dorm life? Run for a position on DormCon! Election meeting is 5/10.</b></div>
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Hi everyone!</div>
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DormCon is the governing and advocacy body for all dormitory residents, and if you hold an interest in dorm life or the relationship between dorms and the MIT administration, this is the perfect way to get involved. We on DormCon exec spend our time meeting
with administrators, representing students' concerns and desires, and developing policies that improve student life at the institute. This is a wonderful opportunity to have an impact on both the lives of those around you and the future of MIT student life,
with a great group of people at your side!</div>
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This year's DormCon officer elections will be held on <b>Thursday, May 10th in</b> <b>room 1-150 at 7:30pm.</b></div>
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We will be electing the following positions:</div>
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President</div>
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Vice President</div>
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Secretary</div>
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Treasurer</div>
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Housing Chair(s)</div>
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Dining Chair(s)</div>
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Risk Management Chair(s)</div>
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Judicial Committee Chair(s)</div>
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If you plan to run and would like to submit a platform so that your candidacy will be emailed out before the meeting, please email the DormCon secretary (<a href="mailto:dormcon-execer@mit.edu" title="Cmd+Click to follow link" target="_blank">dormcon-execer@mit.edu</a>)
with your platform by <b>Tuesday, May 8th at 5pm</b>. Submitting a platform is encouraged but not required. If you cannot make the election meeting, you may send someone as proxy.</div>
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DormCon meets every other Thursday 7:30pm-9:00pm. We will have our next general body meeting <b>in two weeks on Thursday (5/17) in Simmons at 7:30pm.</b> Consider coming to check out all the improvements we're working on and hear about the current state of
residential life. You can add yourself to <a href="https://groups.mit.edu/webmoira/list/dormcon-announce" target="_blank">dormcon-announce</a> to get future updates.<br>
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Descriptions of each position's duties are at the bottom of this email. All dormitory residents are eligible to run for all positions, with the exception of current officers of the UA, IFC, Panhel, and LGC. <b>No prior experience is required.
</b>If you have any questions, please contact us at dormcon-execer@mit.edu!</div>
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Dormtacularly yours,</div>
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Yuge Ji, DormCon President</div>
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Allie Stanton, DormCon Vice President</div>
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Max Beeman, DormCon Secretary</div>
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<div style=""><font face="Segoe UI,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" size="3" style=""><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style=""><b style=""><u style="">Position descriptions:</u></b></font></font></div>
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<div style=""><font face="Segoe UI,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" size="3"><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Note</b></font><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">: all positions are held for a term of 1 year, starting and ending on June 1st.</font></font></div>
<div style=""><font face="Segoe UI,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" size="3"><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Also, all positions are a part of DormCon exec, and thus have an impact on all DormCon issues, regardless of whether they are part of their position's
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<div style=""><font face="Segoe UI,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" size="3"><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><u>President</u></font></font></div>
<font face="Segoe UI,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" size="3" style="">The DormCon President is responsible for carrying out the DormCon Constitution and overseeing all decisions of DormCon. The president is also responsible for presiding over all DormCon meetings.
Lastly, the president is DormCon's chief representative to all external bodies, MIT or otherwise. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Segoe UI,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" size="3"><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><u>Vice President</u></font></font></div>
<font face="Segoe UI,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" size="3">The DormCon Vice President is officially charged with assisting and supplementing the DormCon president, and de facto has many of the same powers and requirements as the president. In addition, the Vice
President directs many of the large projects of DormCon.</font></div>
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<font face="Segoe UI,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" size="3">The DormCon Treasurer keeps track of all things monetary. They are responsible for creating a budget for the semester and updating it throughout the term.</font></div>
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<font size="3"><font face="Segoe UI,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" style="">The DormCon Secretary maintains all the official records of DormCon. This includes taking minutes at meetings. This also involves publicizing DormCon events, including sending out reminder
emails about meetings. They are also in charge of DormCon's online presence, include its website, its shiny new wiki, and its Twitter account.</font><font face="Segoe UI,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"></font></font>
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<font size="3"><font face="Segoe UI,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" style="">The Dormcon Housing Chair position is responsible for all things housing! In recent years, the chairs have been in charge of issues such as drafting new mural policies, designing welcome
week to introduce incoming freshmen to MIT's dorm system, and working on dorm storage. We elect up to 2.</font><font face="Segoe UI,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"></font></font>
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<font size="3"><font face="Segoe UI,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" style="">The DormCon Dining Chairs are DormCon’s main advocate on food and dining related issues. They are responsible for representing both dining- and cook-for-yourself dorms in discussions related
to both house and retail dining. Recently, the dining chairs have worked to select a new dining vendor, develop new meal plans, and to help establish a low-cost grocery store on campus. We elect up to 2.</font><font face="Segoe UI,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"></font></font>
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<font size="3"><font face="Segoe UI,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" style="">The DormCon Risk Managers oversee all aspects of safety in dorms and in dorm life, especially on matters of policy surrounding alcohol, drugs, party-registration, party-safe training,
bystander intervention, and the institute's Good Samaritan policies. This position allows you to influence the Institute's approach to risk management, and to make it easier for students to do fun things, while also being safe and responsible. We elect up
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<font face="Segoe UI,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" size="3" style="">The DormCon Judcomm chairs interpret the Constitution and run elections. They also chair DormCon's judicial committee. We elect up to 2.</font></div>
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