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Dear Senators,</div>
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Welcome to the 2021-2020 academic year! </div>
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At this time we are planning to resume in-person meetings and have secured our regular location in the EMU Crater Lake rooms for all but one of our scheduled meetings.</div>
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The meeting schedule and location can be found here:</div>
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<a href="https://senate.uoregon.edu/senate-meetings/2021-2022" id="LPlnk">https://senate.uoregon.edu/senate-meetings/2021-2022</a><br>
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<div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Agendas and related materials are posted about a week in advance of each meeting, which are held Wednesday afternoons from 3:00 - 5:00 P.M. We are holding an Orientation meeting
on September 29, 2021 and are presently hammering out final details.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">We ask that you take the time to skim through the UO Constitution and Senate Bylaws to familiarize yourself with our operating procedures. Those documents can be found
</span><a href="https://senate.uoregon.edu/about" title="https://senate.uoregon.edu/about" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b>HERE</b></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">. If
you think you will be absent for a meeting, please email and let me know as far in advance as possible. There is a provision in the bylaws that encourages you to find a substitute from your constituent group to fill in on your behalf. </span><br>
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<div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">Please let me know if you have any questions.</span><br>
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<div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">Best,</span></span></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Betina Lynn</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Executive Coordinator, University Senate</span></font></div>
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