
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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A club now has 12 members and wishes to pick a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and publicity officer. No member can hold more than one position. Furthermore, the president must be one of the four founding members. In how many ways can we choose the officers?

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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