Institute-wide Planning Task Force Community Forums

[Mike Bennie]

Hey everyone,

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.

Best,
Mike

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To Members of the MIT Community:

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: 

*·**      **Thursday, September 17, 5:00 PM -- 6:30 PM, Room 10-250*

*·**      **Monday, September 21, 4:00 PM -- 5:30 PM, Room 32-155*

Please visit [http://web.mit.edu/instituteplanning/forum.html] for more 
information.

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].

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.

Following a period of community feedback, a final report will be 
released later this fall.

Sincerely,

The Institute-wide Planning Task Force (/co-sponsor/)

Thomas A. Kochan, Chair of the Faculty (/co-sponsor/)
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