<div dir="auto">There seems to be an emerging consensus for sometime tomorrow, so if anyone wants to come and can’t make it tomorrow, fill out the form by the end of the day if you can!! I will let everyone know the agreed upon time at the end of the day today :)</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 1:24 PM Alexandra Dalaya <<a href="mailto:adalaya@arizona.edu">adalaya@arizona.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div><span style="word-spacing:1px;color:rgb(49,49,49)">Hello fellow SPLS grad students:</span><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><span style="word-spacing:1px;color:rgb(49,49,49)">My name is Ally Dalaya and I am a 2nd year PhD student in SPLS. Some students have brought up the idea of restarting the graduate student club in SPLS so that we can get together regularly, share our research with each other, plan social events (such as a semesterly softball/kickball game, trivia night etc), assist each other with comprehensive exam studying, and work on professional development. I have researched how to create an ASUA recognized club and wanted to schedule a meeting for everyone to discuss this idea!</span><div style="font-size:1rem;word-spacing:1px;color:rgb(117,117,117)" dir="auto"><br><br><br><br><b>The gist</b>: Graduate student club discussion with pizza :)<br><br><br><br><b>When</b>: Fill this form out so we can find a meeting time that works best for everyone, and I will let you know the results.<br><br><br><br><a href="https://www.when2meet.com/?18886616-rye6l" rel="noreferrer" style="font-size:1rem" target="_blank">https://www.when2meet.com/?18886616-rye6l</a><br><br><br><br></div><span style="word-spacing:1px;color:rgb(49,49,49)"><b>Where</b>: 3rd floor conference room in the Marley building. Pizza from No Anchovies and soft drinks will be provided. Please let me know if you have any dietary restrictions, or pizza flavor preferences.</span><div style="font-size:1rem;word-spacing:1px;color:rgb(117,117,117)" dir="auto"><br><br><br><br>More details below for those who are interested.<br><br><br><br></div><span style="word-spacing:1px;color:rgb(49,49,49)">The objective of this meeting is to gauge interest in restarting the graduate student club for SPLS. If people are interested, we would hold a brief election for executive board members (President, treasurer, etc), and adopt a constitution. We would also discuss creating a new name for this club- suggestions are welcome and encouraged. Current suggestions include PPHAGE: Plant sciences and Phytopathology Association for Graduate Education, Phytofiends, and Phytocats.</span><div dir="auto"><span style="word-spacing:1px;color:rgb(49,49,49)"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><font style="color:rgb(49,49,49)"><span style="word-spacing:1px">Thank you,</span></font></div><div dir="auto"><font style="color:rgb(49,49,49)"><span style="word-spacing:1px"><br></span></font></div><div dir="auto"><font style="color:rgb(49,49,49)"><span style="word-spacing:1px">Ally Dalaya </span></font></div>
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