<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">FYI Tang.<br class=""><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Israel Ruiz <<a href="mailto:iruiz-reply@mit.edu" class="">iruiz-reply@mit.edu</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Snow update</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">February 8, 2017 at 6:11:52 PM EST<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><<a href="mailto:colquitt@mit.edu" class="">colquitt@mit.edu</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><<a href="mailto:iruiz-reply@mit.edu" class="">iruiz-reply@mit.edu</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><div class="content"><img border="0" hspace="0" alt="MIT" src="http://web.mit.edu/jag/Public/mitemails/MIT-Ruiz.png" class=""></div><div class=""> </div><div class="">To the members of the MIT community,</div><div class=""> </div><div class="">As you probably know, a snowstorm is forecast for Thursday, February 9, 2017. As of now, MIT expects to be open. As we continue to learn more about the path of this storm, we may have additional information. If the decision changes, an announcement about closing will be made on the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://o6os.mj.am/lnk/AHkAAASp198AASVwxk0AAFoDyGYAAP_9618AFzsPAATIvQBYm6W4U0fByO4ARtOliZwq_gezFwAEleU/1/rX0yabc92s21AJbzTFN9aA/aHR0cDovL3dlYi5taXQuZWR1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="">MIT home page</a>, the Snow Line (617-253-7669 or 617-253-SNOW), and on some local news stations: WBZ, radio and TV.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div class=""> </div><div class="">We encourage employees to discuss with their supervisors whether they can effectively work from home on Thursday and we encourage supervisors to grant those requests where possible. Essential personnel, of course, must report to work. Other employees who cannot work from home but who cannot get to work due to the storm may take any accrued vacation time or personal time.</div><div class=""> </div><div class="">If MIT will be open as usual, we encourage everyone who can to leave their cars at T or commuter rail stations and take public transportation. If the commute is slow, MIT will follow its policy of Excused Lateness by Institute Notice for tomorrow (Personnel Policy Manual<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://o6os.mj.am/lnk/AHkAAASp198AASVwxk0AAFoDyGYAAP_9618AFzsPAATIvQBYm6W4U0fByO4ARtOliZwq_gezFwAEleU/2/wRktFQhIl2YPVIY-NT-NSA/aHR0cDovL2hyd2ViLm1pdC5lZHUvcG9saWN5LzUtNw" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="">section 5.7.2</a>. Under that policy, employees who are late in reporting to work because of the snow will be paid for the hours they were normally scheduled to work, and no disciplinary action will be taken for tardiness. No special code is used and the hours of excused lateness are simply recorded as hours worked.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div class=""> </div><div class="">Sincerely,</div><div class=""> </div><div class="">Israel Ruiz<br class="">Executive Vice President and Treasurer</div><div class=""> </div><div class=""> </div><div class=""> </div><div class=""> </div><div class=""><p style="text-align: right; font-size: 0.5em; color: rgb(154, 151, 151); margin-top: 50px;" class="">This email has been sent to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:colquitt@mit.edu" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(154, 151, 151);" class="">colquitt@mit.edu</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://o6os.mj.am/unsub2?hl=en&m=AHkAAASp198AASVwxk0AAFoDyGYAAP_9618AFzsPAATIvQBYm6W4U0fByO4ARtOliZwq_gezFwAEleU&b=eff8445c&e=51a7ab7a&email=colquitt@mit.edu" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(154, 151, 151);" class="">click here to unsubscribe</a>.</p><div class=""> </div></div></div><br style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><img src="http://o6os.mj.am/oo/AHkAAASp198AASVwxk0AAFoDyGYAAP_9618AFzsPAATIvQBYm6W4U0fByO4ARtOliZwq_gezFwAEleU/3d2f5612/e.gif" height="1" width="1" alt="" border="0" style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); height: 1px; width: 1px; border: 0px;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none;" class=""></span></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>