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<font face="Arial" size="2">Dear Postdocs looking for <b>leadership</b> positions on campus,</font></div>
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<font face="Arial" size="2">Elections will be held for the Chair of the Advocacy Committee and the Chair of the Orientation Committee on </font><font face="Arial" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>December 11, 2018, </b></span></font><font face="Arial" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>12:00pm </b></span></font><font face="Arial" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>Rm
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<div style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: 13.32px;"><font face="Arial"><b>I) Role of the Advocacy Committee Chair</b></font></span></font></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 14pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2">a) Communicate concerns to the faculty & administration on behalf of the postdocs</font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 14pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2">b) Identify and address issues pertaining to careers, health care, benefits, salary, immigration, child care, grant-funding mechanisms, etc.</font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 14pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2">c) Establish a unified postdoc voice and increase the profile of postdocs within the MIT community</font></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 14pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>II) Proposed Role of the Orientation Committee Chair</b></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><b> </b></font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 14pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2">a) Coordinate the MIT PDA Orientation for new postdocs</font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 14pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2">b) Generate and maintain </font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="background-color: white;">updated </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2">resources relevant to new incoming
postdocs </font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="background-color: white;">that includes but not limited to</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2">: housing, commuting options, benefits, child care support, etc.</font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 14pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="background-color: white;">c) The orientation committee chair shall personally lead the presentation at the orientation sessions and in case of his/her absence, is responsible
for finding a suitable replacement to lead the session.</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; background-color: white;">To be eligible you have to be a current postdoc at MIT and can only nominate yourself for any one position advertised. If you are interested in
running, please email </span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; background-color: white;"><b>pda-president@mit.edu</b></span><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="background-color: white;"> by December 10th, 2018 with details of your name, currently title
at MIT, less than 300 word statement on why you believe you make a good fit for the position as well as plans once you get elected (this statement will be made public and sent to all the postdocs). On the day of the elections you will be asked to give a short </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="background-color: white;">speech</span></font><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; background-color: white;"> and
voting will be held.</span></div>
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