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<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear fellow undergraduate,</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In early October, the UA Ad Hoc Committee on Student-Administrator Collaboration outlined a proposed plan that aims to directly address the issues of communication and transparency between the MIT administration and the undergraduate student body. Per the charge of the Committee, a vitally important piece of this plan involves gathering student feedback and input so that we can work toward outlining expectations and best practices in the future. </span></p>

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<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The committee is inviting students to participate in a series of focus groups (schedule at the bottom of the email) that aims to foster an open conversation about various issues on campus, including aspects of student life, and how the student body and the administration communicate about these matters. Your feedback will be anonymous but will be critical to creating a complete and comprehensive set of recommendations. </span></p>

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<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you are interested in participating, please fill out </span><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14BTzz-OdbOt9NWL662nW0y53OgLtSPncuGd_1oYkwCI/viewform" style="text-decoration:none">this form</a>,</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and note any dietary restrictions since food will be provided. The committee will let you know the room number if you are selected to participate in a focus group.</span></p>

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<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you have any questions for the committee, please feel free to email </span><a href="mailto:ua-sac@mit.edu" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ua-sac@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> at any time.</span></p>

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<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Schedule of Focus Groups</span></p><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Focus Group 1: Thursday, November 14th, 7:00pm-8:30pm </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Focus Group 2: Tuesday, November 19th, 8:00pm-9:30pm </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Focus Group 3: Wednesday, November 20th, 5:00pm-6:30pm </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Focus Group 4: Monday, November 25th, 7:00pm-8:30pm </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Focus Group 5: Tuesday, November 26th, 8:00pm-9:30pm </span></p><div><br></div></span>-- <br>

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