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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As we mentioned in the post-grad induction, we’re having an event where you can come along and share some free pizza and beer with us, and join the society if you fancy! It’s <b><u>this Wednesday</u> (15<sup>th</sup> October), <u>at 5:30pm</u> in the common room on Level 8</b> (where the tea etc. was after the talk).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>There is no requirement to be a member to come along, but if you would like to sign up you will need to be a member of the Optical Society of America, European Physical Society or Institute of Physics (or other European national physics society, eg. DPG) and bring along your membership number – then you can join for free!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>While I’m on the subject, we need <b>new committee members</b>! The current committee is graduating soon, so 1) will not have time to arrange the fun stuff that SCOPE is for, and 2) will be gone completely in about half a year anyway. To that end, if you’d like to get involved, this Wednesday is a great time to do so.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>Reasons for joining the committee:<o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Doing what you want with the society! <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Want a visit to a company? Organise it, with the help of our academic adviser, and make it happen! Want to go for go-karting? Apply for funds and get a whole group going! Experience dealing with the public? Get involved with outreach events with the financial backing of the OSA and EPS through SCOPE.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>International travel!<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>OSA leadership conference – (up to $2,000 USD for travel costs for one representative, free registration for the FiO conference and 2 nights in a hotel). Last year was in Orlando, FL. Why not bolt on a holiday in the US afterwards?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>EPS Young-minds leadership meeting – meeting with committee members from across Europe, last year in Paris. Again, travel and accommodation paid for.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Your CV! <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Employers look for more than just experience in doing your PhD, everyone you know here will get that. Participation in the committees of student organisations, especially respectable ones like OSA chapters, are a good thing for your CV, showing teamwork, leadership, and all sorts of buzzwords they always try and get you to add.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Building contacts!<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Being part of the leadership of a student chapter for OSA makes for surprising contacts across the world. The physics world is surprisingly small, if you meet a student OSA member across the world they may well have met someone in your chapter before, which creates a great initial connection. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Organising company visits requires email connections with senior people within the company, a direct contact that can come in handy if ever you consider industry jobs in that field. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You can do however much you want, it’s up to you guys. For example, none of us felt like updating the old website, so we never did – there’s no pressure really.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hope to see you all there this Wednesday, or you can email me if you are interested but can’t make it. If there’s anyone you know that this email hasn’t reached, who might be interested, please forward it on to them (masters students for example, I’m not sure if they’re on the postgrad list)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bryn <span style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Current president of SCOPE<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Follow us: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/scope.strathclyde">www.facebook.com/scope.strathclyde</a> (you don’t need to sign up to facebook to view it, don’t worry)<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>