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Posters in obscure locations may persist for months, so poster all over first, and they'll be there during the entire recruitment period with no more work from us.
When to poster
Ideally as soon as the blackout lifts (or maybe At least two weeks before the class starts), and maybe earlier. Keep postering up until and including the first day of class itself. We can only have two chances a year to recruit new members two times per year, so we need to make it count.
Finding space to poster
Bulletin boards at the Institute are cleared on Sunday and Thursday nights (depending on how busy facilities is). People are inconsiderate. My heuristics for "making space" on bulletin boards are:
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This isn't a passive business; our presence needs to be maintained. Other groups are much more cut-throat and you
have you have to keep things up. If I'm walking and find someone has covered one of our flyers, I don't think twice moving theirs. GET HELP. Other MIT-frequenting members should be recruited to police the postering.
Postering Blackout
At the beginning of the school year, during rush/orientation up until the activities midway, the ASA limits how student groups may recruit new students. This may interact with early postering you want to do. Check the official ASA rules or ask them for clarification to be sure.The ASA seems to have stopping having a blackout period, but check http://web.mit.edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/asa/rules/recruitment-rules.html and make sure we're following recruitment rules.