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<div><b>As MIT is a sustaining member of the National Postdoc
Association, MIT postdocs have access to this new benefit as described
below.</b></div>
<div><b><br></b></div>
<div><b>Janet Fischer and Marilyn Smith</b></div>
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<div><br></div>
<div>Dear NPA Sustaining Member:</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>As many of you have heard, the NPA has launched its new
affiliate</div>
<div>membership program this week. This is a significant new benefit
for NPA</div>
<div>sustaining member research institutions. Under the new
affiliate</div>
<div>membership program, any individual affiliated with your
institution may</div>
<div>obtain a free affiliate membership in the NPA. This offer
includes</div>
<div>postdocs, administrators, graduate students, faculty and alumni.
In</div>
<div>effect, anyone who has an e-mail address associated with
your</div>
<div>institution can join the NPA as an affiliate member for free. All
they</div>
<div>need to do is complete an online application using their
institutional</div>
<div>e-mail address.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Affiliate members receive a modified package of benefits,
including</div>
<div>subscriptions to NPA publications, access to members-only web
content,</div>
<div>and eligibility for NPA committee service. Please note that
affiliate</div>
<div>members are not eligible to vote or serve on the NPA Board.
Affiliate</div>
<div>members who wish to vote in NPA elections or to serve on the
Board</div>
<div>should join the NPA as individual members (dues = $35 for
postdocs/grad</div>
<div>students; $75 for others).</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>The affiliate member enrollment form may be found online at</div>
<div>www.nationalpostdoc.org/affiliate_membership. We strongly
encourage</div>
<div>you to inform postdocs and other interested parties at your
institution</div>
<div>about this new benefit you have purchased on their behalf.
Attached you</div>
<div>will find electronic versions of the promotional flyers which can
be</div>
<div>adapted with your institution's name and logo. We encourage you
to</div>
<div>include the flyers in orientation packets and at other
programs/events</div>
<div>where postdocs gather.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Thank you for your assistance in promoting this new member
benefit to</div>
<div>postdocs at your institution. If you have any questions about
this new</div>
<div>benefit, please feel free to contact me.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Sincerely,</div>
<div>Kenetia Thompson</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>************************************************</div>
<div>Kenetia K. Thompson</div>
<div>Program Manager</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>National Postdoctoral Association</div>
<div>1200 New York Avenue</div>
<div>Room 637</div>
<div>Washington, DC 20005</div>
<div>Phone: (202) 326-6428</div>
<div>Fax: (202) 371-9849</div>
<div>************************************************</div>
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