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<p class="MsoNormal" style="">Hey everyone,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="">Copied below is the invitation to the
community forums on the Preliminary Report of the Institute-wide
Planning Task Force. I encourage all of you to attend one of these
sessions as the recommendations put forward by this report will affect
MIT students for many years to come. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="">Best,<br>
Mike<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="">To Members of the MIT Community:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="">You are invited to attend an upcoming
forum to discuss the
Preliminary Report of the Institute-wide Planning Task Force. To ensure
as many
people as possible have the opportunity to attend, the forum will be
held
twice: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span
style="font-family: Symbol;">·</span></b><b><span
style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span></b><b>Thursday, September 17, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM, Room 10-250</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span
style="font-family: Symbol;">·</span></b><b><span
style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span></b><b>Monday, September 21, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM, Room 32-155</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="">Please visit [<a
href="http://web.mit.edu/instituteplanning/forum.html">http://web.mit.edu/instituteplanning/forum.html</a>]
for more information.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="">Since February 2009, approximately 200
faculty, students,
and staff on the Task Force have creatively explored new ways of
promoting our
historic excellence in teaching and research, while preserving MIT’s
financial stability. A preliminary report was shared with the Institute
community last month which included a full accounting of the 200+ ideas
conceived of by the Task Force, and a set of recommendations for moving
forward
and acting on the ideas. The preliminary report is available online by
logging
into the MIT Idea Bank [ideabank.mit.edu].<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="">While some of the Task Force’s ideas are
sufficiently developed and will be implemented early this fall, others
will
take months or years to evaluate and require extensive consultation
with the
many faculty, student, and staff committees that are the foundation of
the
Institute’s culture of shared governance. Recognizing that the work to
sculpt a stronger MIT will require collective wisdom and collaborative
action,
we encourage you to attend the forum to learn more and ask questions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="">Following a period of community feedback,
a final report
will be released later this fall.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="">The Institute-wide Planning Task Force (<i>co-sponsor</i>)<o:p></o:p></p>
Thomas A. Kochan, Chair of the Faculty (<i>co-sponsor</i>)
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