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<font style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;" color="#212121"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">HI MIT Postdocs,<br>
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<font style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;" color="#212121"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Today is the last day of the MIT Postdoctoral Association (</span><span class="currentHitHighlight" id="0.20623532129940036" name="searchHitInReadingPane" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">PDA</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">)
accepting nominations for several leadership roles in the upcoming MIT-</span><span class="highlight" id="0.9678348813791389" name="searchHitInReadingPane" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">PDA</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">
Elections. The nominations period ends <strong>TODAY</strong> </span><strong style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">20 August 2020</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">.
Please click </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Ce846RCxcwSDrhB1TufQeuL70xywjSquAn-C-ey_Rj4/edit" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">here</span></a><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Ce846RCxcwSDrhB1TufQeuL70xywjSquAn-C-ey_Rj4/edit" target="_blank">​</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> to
</span><span class="highlight" id="0.06968021855441286" name="searchHitInReadingPane" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">nominate</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">
yourself.</span></font></div>
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<div style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"></span><font style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;" color="#212121"><font style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;" color="black"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">The
following positions are open;</span></font><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">
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<div style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"></span><font style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;" color="#212121"><font style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;" color="black"><strong style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">​5
Executive positions:</span></strong></font><font style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;" color="black"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Corresponding and Recording Secretaries.</span></font></font></div>
<div style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"></span><font style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;" color="#212121"><font style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;" color="black"><strong style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">9 Chairs
of Standing Committees:</span></strong></font><font style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;" color="black"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> Advocacy, Professional Development, Community Building and Outreach, Alumni,
Fundraising, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion/Human Affairs, Information Flow & IT Support, Orientation and Sports.</span></font></font></div>
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<div style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"></span><font style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;" color="#212121"><font style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;" color="black"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">​A
comprehensive list of roles and responsibilities of each position are available in the
</span><a href="https://pda.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BYLAWS-OF-THE-MIT-POSTDOCTORAL-ASSOCIATION_11-April-2019.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">MIT-</span><span class="highlight" id="0.31167762141537836" name="searchHitInReadingPane" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">PDA</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">
bylaws​</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">.</span></font><font style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;" color="black"> </font></font></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"></span><font style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;" color="#212121"><font style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;" color="black"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">The
MIT-</span><span class="highlight" id="0.7888895270055769" name="searchHitInReadingPane" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">PDA</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">
is a postdoc-led o</span></font><font style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;" color="black"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">rganization that is supported by the Office of the Vice President for Research. </span></font><font style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;" color="black"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">If
you are looking for leadership opportunities at MIT and a way to connect with and influence the 1500 strong postdoc community on campus, please consider becoming an officer for the 2020-2021 term.</span></font></font>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" color="#003366">Regards,</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" color="#003366"><em><a href="https://www.nataliabarbour.com/" id="NoLP">nataliabarbour.com</a> | @natalia_barbour</em></font></div>
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