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<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>Please respond to </span></font><font
face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Shuna
Marr (</span></font><font face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:
"Courier New"'>Institute</span></font><font face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Courier New"'> of </span></font><font
face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Education</span></font><font
face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Courier New"'>) <a
href="s.a.marr@stir.ac.uk">s.a.marr@stir.ac.uk</a></span></font></p>
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size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
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size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>PhD Society</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>At the </span></font><font face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Courier New"'>SGRS</span></font><font face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Courier New"'> Induction day, Wilma Ellis
invited people to contact her if they wished to be involved with the PhD
Society. I was seemingly the only one who contacted her - but I'm
sure that I wasn't the only one who wanted to see a PhD Society in the
University.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>Having a PhD society would be a good thing, I think, for many of
the university's research students, both as a support network and as a
means of socialising. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>I would be willing to organise this society, but I can't
do it on my own. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>However, I think that people don't like to put their name
forward in case they end up with lots of extra work. So, I thought I'd
specify what involvement might be expected. I envisage 4 levels of commitment:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>1. STEERING COMMITTEE:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>There would need to be at least 3-5 people on a small steering
committee to make decisions about what was happening and when. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>The commitment from you would likely be a meeting once a month.
Whether this changed or not would depend on the committee itself and how much
we agreed we would be prepared to give of our time. We are all busy people. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>2. ASSOCIATE MEMBER:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>However, 3-5 people is probably too small to actually run larger
events so another 5-7 associate members would be needed to draw upon for
specific events. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>The commitment from you would be very small. You would be asked
to turn up for specific events to help out on the day - probably 1 or 2
times per year.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>3. SOCIETY MEMBERS:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>There would also need to be a large body of research students
who would be willing to turn up to support events that were organised. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>The commitment from you at this stage is your e-mail address so
I can keep you up to date with what happens. Later on we would ask you to
support the events.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>4. WEBSITE EDITOR:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>We would also need someone with some computer ability to be
willing to tend the society website and put events on the notice board.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>Do you see yourself as a 1, 2, 3 or 4?</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>Please contact me by e-mail and advise me if you want to be on
the steering committee, an associate member, society member or would be willing
to help with the website. Let's hope this gets off the ground. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>I'll keep you posted with the response.</span></font></p>
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size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
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size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>Cheers </span></font></p>
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size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>Shuna Marr</span></font></p>
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size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>s.a.marr@stir.ac.uk</span></font></p>
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