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Why does the group need ASA recognition? What resources do you expect to use?
This group requires ASA recognition to exist as a legitimate platform for bringing religious groups on campus together. We plan on organizing many interfaith events throughout the academic year, and being an official club at MIT as opposed to a disorganized group of students would facilitate our communications with the chaplains as well as the belief groups on campus.
First, we would like ASA recognition in order to legitimately use MIT as part of our name. Our primary focus is on involving MIT students; thus, SynBUM is the most appropriate name for our group, and we would like to legitimize our use of this name by obtaining ASA recognition.
Second, the ability to attend the ASA Activities Midways during Orientation and Campus Preview Weekend would be very helpful. In addition for recruiting purposes, we would also try to improve the perception of synthetic biology in the public eye. People in general fear the idea of synthetic biology simply because they misunderstand the concepts and motivation behind the research. We would like the opportunity to work to change that bias in a larger audience.
First, the ability to attend and advertise at the ASA Activities Midways throughout the year would help us not only recruit new, excited members, but also give the religious community at MIT a fresh and welcoming quality. Even if someone's specific belief group does not exist on campus, Interfaith can be proof of MIT's active endeavor to make all students feel comfortable and part of an approachable community on campus.
Second, many of our events throughout the year would require us to reserve rooms, and we would appreciate this ability through recognition as an ASA group. We would also like to Third, we would appreciate being able to reserve rooms, acquire a small lab space, and apply for money from the Fresh Fund for supplies and instruments as a legitimate organizationour first interfaith events on campus.
Finally, we would like Lastly, this group requires ASA recognition to exist as an entity under MIT that would give us a legitimate platform on which to contact professors, industry leaders and other sponsors outside of MIT to help us in promoting the idea of synthetic biologyfor bringing religious groups on campus together. We plan on working with many organizations such as Synberc, SBWG, Biobuilder.org, the SEED program, the COPUS group, and iGEM, organizing many interfaith events throughout the academic year, and being an official club at MIT as opposed to a loosely tied disorganized group of undergraduates students would facilitate our communications with them.the chaplains as well as the belief groups on campus.
How do you plan to fund the group?
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