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<td>Fwd: Hampshire Student Union Statement: Orientation Staff Payment</td>
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<td>2014-04-11 19:58</td>
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<td>Coordinating Board <coordboard@hampshire.edu></td>
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<td>Adrianna Perry <atp12@hampshire.edu></td>
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<td>2014-04-11 19:47</td>
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<td>Coordinating Board <coordboard@hampshire.edu></td>
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<td>Jonathan Lash <jlPR@hampshire.edu>, Byron McCrae <bmccrae@hampshire.edu></td>
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<td>Joanna Olin <jlcPR@hampshire.edu>, "Josiah S. Litant" <jlitant@hampshire.edu>, Jessica Ortiz <jortiz@hampshire.edu></td>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>Dear President Lash and Dean McCrae,</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr">In an email sent at 3:52pm on April 11th, 2014 Orientation Leaders and Coordinators were notified that their positions would no longer be paid. Over the last eight weeks all candidates were told that their positions would be paid a stipend of $300 for Orientation Leaders and $400 for Coordinators. Applicants had an understanding about the nature of their positions and its payment going into the application process. The college administration violated that understanding and trust. </p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>In light of this the Hampshire Student Union requests that you enact the following by Monday, April 14th at Noon: </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>1. Extend the deadline for student orientation staff to accept their positions to Friday, April 18th, at 4:30pm. Students need the time to consider this sudden change in policy and its potential impact on their financial situations. Furthermore, students deserve the opportunity to discuss this change with their peers. The next Town Meeting occurs after the deadline at which students have been asked to accept or deny their employment offers. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>2. Release to the student body in an all community email the policy from which the removal of payment for Orientation Leaders and Coordinators was derived.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>3. Provide an explanation for why these changes were not communicated to students before the application process. Students committed significant and valuable time to the application process and should have been notified of any conversations regarding a change in their monetary compensation.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>We are calling upon on all students to attend Town Meeting to express their opinions on this issue. Town Meeting will be this Tuesday, April 15th, at 8:30pm in FPH West Lecture Hall.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>-The Coordinating Board of the Hampshire Student Union</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>Mitchell Krieger F11</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Dina Amouzigh F11</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Wesley Evans F12</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Adrianna Perry F12</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Ryan Hitch F12</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Christopher Porzenheim F12</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Mike Merzel F12</span></p>
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