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I am not sure if you have heard but for anyone in the DC area, they are about to start an alumni association for anyone in the DC area. Here is the link

Fellow Alumni:

First of all, thanks for your strong response for my initial
announcement regarding the starting of a new Alpha Phi Omega Alumni
Association in the National Capital Area. Based on survey results,
somewhere between 45 and 80 Brothers are interested. I specifically
received emails from many of these individuals, and I appreciate all
of them.

Based on the survey results, here is the consensus I was able to
establish regarding the date, time, and location of our organizational
meeting. It will be on a Sunday, August 29th. The meeting will start
at 2:00 p.m., giving everyone a chance to attend morning religious
services, and will end by 5:00 p.m., enabling attendance at evening
services. As for location, the consensus pointed to a location inside
the Beltway, preferably to the West side. After some searching, I
found a good location with the Arlington County Central Library. It
is less than a quarter-mile from the Ballston Metrorail Station and it
has available parking. This location, along with the date and time,
will be finalized tomorrow, so if you have any questions or comments
before then, please let me know as soon as possible.

With a meeting date and location established, we now have two
important tasks. The first is promoting the meeting to our fellow
alumni. If you know of any living in the area, please let them know.
If you would like, pass their email or snail mail address onto me so I
can send them a reminder message and/or post card. If you are in
government employment, or with a large private employer, and have the
ability to inform your co-workers about events such as these, please
announce the meeting. We will also make an effort to see that a
public service announcement on this meeting is published in local
newspapers and broadcasts on local radio and television as
appropriate.

The second task is much more introspective. We need to think about
what we want this alumni association to be. What service projects do
we want to perform? How far do we want to go in developing
relationships with active chapters? Do we want to actively support
extension efforts? At the same time, we need to take care of a few
internal organizational matters, such as review of bylaws and
selection of alumni willing to help out in putting together the first
meeting. To facilitate these discussions, I set-up a Yahoo!Group that
will serve as our listserv and information depository. To sign-up,
visit the group's website:

http://groups.yahoo.com/aponca/

The more discussion we generate prior to the meeting, the better off
we will be in developing an outline that can facilitate our group's
future conversations and reduce discourse. In the site's "Files"
section, you will find a draft set of bylaws, which are based on
bylaws I developed for another alumni association I founded in
Tennessee.

Again, thank you very much for all of your interest. Let me know if
you have any questions or ideas.

In Leadership, Friendship, and Service,
Kenneth Hunter
Alum, Tau Epsilon, Tennessee Tech
Manassas, VA
kwhunter@g...