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<style> BODY { font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px; }</style>Ciao a tutti!<br>
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I hope everyone's summer has gone well. I will be
sending another e-mail to the group on the night before our first
meeting (which will take place during the evening of this coming
Thursday), but I wanted to reach out to all of you before the Club Fair.<br>
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Despite my illness last semester, I have been planning great things
for the Italian Club this year. I have had several requests from
returning members for information about these plans, and I promise to
relate them in due time! Your enthusiasm does more to keep this club
alive than anything I can do, even with the support of the Executive
Board. For now, I will just mention a few important things for the
upcoming week; stay tuned for updates as this week unfolds.<br>
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Convocation is scheduled for THIS <span style="font-weight: bold;">WEDNESDAY, the 8th of September</span>. That afternoon, we will advertise for SIC at the <span style="font-weight: bold;">RSO Club Fair,</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">from 3 to 4pm</span>.
The following night, I will give a brief presentation for both the new
and returning members. You will receive an e-mail describing the time
and place of this "Introductory Meeting." If you are interested in
lending a hand at the booth, let me know via e-mail, or else talk to our
secretary Lauren Mayer, and she will contact me. The same night holds
the <span style="font-weight: bold;">ESC "Chip and Dip" event (8-10:30pm, setup at 7)</span>, in which we
are participating (alongside the rest of the ethnic RSOs). This is a
chance to "meet and greet" the members of various organizations, enjoy a
cultural snack, and play carnival-style games sponsored by the clubs
involved. It also provides you all with the opportunity to reconnect
with the members of SIC, especially if you were not able to make it to
the club fair. If anyone asks about what music, food, prizes, etc. we
are contributing, please defer the question to me.<br>
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I have classes that overlap with BOTH EVENTS. This means that I will
scarcely be present, save for the setup of our table at the Fair and
for a short time during Chip and Dip. The current E-Board will be left
in charge, and I will do my best to stop by once periodically once the
events are under way. For these two events there is a great need for the
General Body members to help run our station; I expect at least three
volunteers for these events, and more if members plan to rotate events,
shifts, etc. It's time to put SIC back on the radar!<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Intro Meeting</span>:<br>
After a very short meeting Thursday night,
we will adventure (as a group) to the Hoboken Italian Festival. In case
you didn't make it last year, the annual festival brings alive a wide
variety of Italian traditions (from all over the country) and offers a
ton of junk food that even I would think twice about passing up
(zeppole!). For us, it means a chance to hang out again and experience
each other's company in an environment conducive to ... scratch that, it
means we get time time to hang out and have fun!<br>
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That's about all for now. I'll end with a small teaser: here are some of the things you can look forward to this year!<br>
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-A scavenger hunt throughout Hoboken<br>
-More AMICI meetings<br>
-A guest or two from Verona<br>
-Contact with the Cake Boss<br>
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E' tutto per stasera! Ci vediamo presto, ciao!<br>
<span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><br>
-Joe Natale<br>
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