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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hello Comics Scholars of CSS,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> To those of whom I’ve not yet had the pleasure of meeting, my name is Zachary J.A. Rondinelli (Zach), and I am the current President of the Graduate Student Caucus (GSC) of the
Comics Studies Society (CSS). This email is intended primarily for current members of the GSC (</span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://comicsstudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CSS-20-21-Bylaws.pdf__;!!KGKeukY!zi0PKyjyYKMuHy2xEoA_hfjSIVHA_WMPGHIt6zbmoJcbSAIxVwFnQfaBjxoDd59PTHcPlbvd6kVpTXyiEqTuwq2EN_w12d3Nu9fZ$"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">so defined
within the current CSS Bylaws as “graduate students, postdoctoral students, and adjuncts in the field”</span></b></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">) and I am sending it out across the CSS Listserv in hopes of reaching as many members
as possible. However, CSS general members may also be interested in the work that the GSC Executive Committee has been doing throughout the year. We encourage and invite all members to read our exciting announcement!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Since January, your GSC Executive Committee has been committed to a substantial process of amendment for our current Constitution. These revisions were undertaken to ensure that
our organization continues to reflect the expansive vision and exciting futures of our field. They include an aesthetic and organizational redesign, the addition of six entirely new sections within the document, and revised language to previously established
articles. Some highlights include:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ensuring the alignment of the GSC Constitution and CSS ByLaws<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Addressing a lack of clarity surrounding GSC membership<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Refining and expanding the GSC’s commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Reflecting the financial responsibilities of our newly acquired GSC Annual Budget<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Clarifying responsibilities of Executive Officers<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Creating an additional appointed Executive Officer: The Social Media Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Defining transparent procedures for Executive appointments<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">and much more…<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> We invite GSC members (and interested CSS general members) to please review the documents attached to this email. First, you will find a PDF copy of our current Constitution,
titled “<b>Current GSC Constitution (rev. 2019)</b>.” Second, you will find a PDF copy of our proposed revisions, titled “<b>Proposed GSC Constitution (rev. 2022)</b>.” </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Readers may find it easiest to review the “<b>Proposed GSC Constitution (rev. 2022)</b>” first since all revisions and newly added language are identified in bolded, blue text
such as this: </span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">example of revised language</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. Using this approach, the “<b>Current GSC Constitution (rev. 2019)</b>” might
be referred to as necessary when one wishes to review the old language that the GSC Executive Committee is proposing revisions for. Due to the substantive nature of these revisions, a single comparative “At A Glance” document proved to be unwieldy and so we
have chosen not to include one. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> In order to ratify these revisions to the GSC Constitution, we will hold a vote at our GSC Business Meeting, which will be held during the 5th Annual CSS Conference at Michigan
State University in East Lansing, MI this summer. To accommodate those members who are unable to join us in person this year, and in order to ensure that the diversity of GSC member voices are heard, we will be providing a method for joining our Annual Business
Meeting virtually. Both those present in-person at the conference and those joining us online will be permitted to vote on the ratification of the proposed amendments to the Constitution. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> We are confident that these revisions reflect the best interests of the GSC membership and so present them to you today for your consideration. If you have questions, thoughts,
or concerns regarding any of the proposed revisions, we invite you to send an email to
</span><a href="mailto:gsccsspresident@gmail.com"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">cssgscpresident@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> and we would be happy to hear and consider them. To facilitate
this process, we ask that any feedback be shared with the GSC by <b>June 30, 2022</b>. This is so that the GSC Executive can address smaller clean-ups and corrections as soon as possible, or prepare the information required to discuss more substantial questions
and comments at the Annual Business Meeting.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> We recognize that the summer is upon us and that you are all very much due for some rest and relaxation after what has been a long and busy academic year, so we are very grateful
for your attention here. We look forward to hearing from you and meeting you (in person or virtually) at this year’s conference. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Yours truly,</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Zachary J.A. Rondinelli, </span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#EF170E">M.A., B.Ed., B.Mus</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ph.D. Student [Educational Studies], </span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">Brock University</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">President, </span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#FFC000">Graduate Student Caucus of the Comics Studies Society</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://zrondinelli.wixsite.com/welcometoslumberland/about__;!!KGKeukY!zi0PKyjyYKMuHy2xEoA_hfjSIVHA_WMPGHIt6zbmoJcbSAIxVwFnQfaBjxoDd59PTHcPlbvd6kVpTXyiEqTuwq2EN_w12QWq7IdC$" target="_blank" title="https://zrondinelli.wixsite.com/welcometoslumberland/about"><span style="color:#0563C1">#WelcomeToSlumberland</span></a> Social
Media Research, Principal Investigator (<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.twitter.com/LittleNemo1905__;!!KGKeukY!zi0PKyjyYKMuHy2xEoA_hfjSIVHA_WMPGHIt6zbmoJcbSAIxVwFnQfaBjxoDd59PTHcPlbvd6kVpTXyiEqTuwq2EN_w12VnrfECV$" target="_blank" title="http://www.twitter.com/LittleNemo1905"><span style="color:#0563C1">@LittleNemo1905</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“Comicbook should be written as one word… I want you to remember that. I never want to see the word comicbook written as two words. They are not funny books. They are not comic
books, they are comicbooks! Remember that, or incur my wrath.” - <b>Stan Lee</b></span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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