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Hello GAPS members!</div>
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We will be holding elections for the GAPS committee at the meeting on <b>Friday September 25th at 3 pm in the MOB Conference Room and online</b>. All positions on the committee are open for nominations.</div>
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In order to run for an elected position, with the exception of Chair, you must have attended at least 2 committee meetings (i.e. if you attend the GAPS meeting on September 18th, and then the election on the 25th you will be eligible) and nominate yourself/be
nominated for the position you are interested in. To run for Chair/Co-Chair, interested GAPS members must have been part of the GAPS Committee for at least 6 months. We also have a series of appointed positions if you would like to volunteer.
<b>Regardless of interest in running for a position, all GAPS members are eligible to vote for elected positions. </b></div>
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In order to nominate yourself or others, please fill out the form here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/4Ef62KgGgz</div>
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The following are elected positions, for which you can self-nominate, or nominate someone else:</div>
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<div role="presentation">Vice-Chair Advocacy/HR (currently Iris Halilovic)</div>
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<div role="presentation">Vice-Chair HR/Advocacy (currently vacant as we have 2 co-chairs)</div>
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<div role="presentation">Treasurer (currently Kartikeya Sharma)</div>
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Appointed positions:</div>
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<div role="presentation">Website Maintainer</div>
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<div role="presentation">Social Media Manager</div>
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Full descriptions of each role can be found in our Terms Of Reference, attached to this email. You can also get more information by attending our next meeting, or by reaching out to the committee directly. </div>
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Please come to the next meeting if you are interested in getting involved! We’re always happy to see new members!</div>
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Best,</div>
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The GAPS Committee</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;">Remember to check out our
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activities calendar</u></a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;"> to stay tuned! </span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>The Grads And Postdocs Society (GAPS) at TRIUMF is committed to fostering a sense of community among the graduate students and postdocs, and developing an infrastructure to support their needs. For more information, please
visit our website at </i></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 134, 240);"><a href="http://gaps.triumf.ca/" id="OWAce78a351-cc9d-d6b3-f1ad-a6090ead49c7" class="OWAAutoLink" title="http://gaps.triumf.ca" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-outlook-id="69c89cc5-6c0b-490e-91f3-891db81d8185" data-ogsc="" style="color: rgb(0, 134, 240); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><i>gaps.triumf.ca</i></a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>.
You can follow us on Instagram at </i></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 134, 240);"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/triumfgaps/" id="OWA23bdc413-9988-f65d-2910-a67b94a9d02e" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Ftriumfgaps%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cgaps%40triumf.ca%7Cabe82f982f414623c2b208df094e5d8c%7Cc20535109cb34679a2d38f442e03b587%7C1%7C0%7C639239905702968618%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=PnOrr3IfQHpdE0bkYuJNo3HjlO0PjClZVkeZc3xIlwA%3D&reserved=0" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-ogsc="rgb(0, 134, 240)" data-outlook-id="80ba2d56-8c47-45bb-adc4-d62c87ff2122" style="color: rgb(0, 134, 240); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><i>triumfgaps</i></a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i> and
join us on </i></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 134, 240);"><a href="https://discord.com/invite/usv89Wve7c" id="OWA3e7cc3cd-f97f-e0b4-e3b9-ce947e2997bf" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscord.com%2Finvite%2Fusv89Wve7c&data=05%7C02%7Cgaps%40triumf.ca%7Cabe82f982f414623c2b208df094e5d8c%7Cc20535109cb34679a2d38f442e03b587%7C1%7C0%7C639239905702990024%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Pky%2FoEI7YyWMPD3x4vsgDT0IAWa13C%2FnrTqXURSOxKo%3D&reserved=0" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-outlook-id="48b2156f-1835-40bf-b1e1-a8ca21a0fcfd" data-ogsc="" style="color: rgb(0, 134, 240); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><i>discord</i></a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>!</i></span></div>
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<span style="text-transform: none;"><i>TRIUMF is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people, who for millennia have passed on their culture, history, and traditions from one generation to the next on this
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