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Originally posted by 33girl
I don't think other groups can help with alum support. Your group needs to look within itself and see why alums are or are not supportive and be realistic. It's easy to say "people are so busy nowadays and this generation doesn't want to do anything" but that's a copout. If your level of alumnae participation plummeted after you (totally random & silly example) changed the national mascot from a cow to a duck, well then, maybe the alums didn't want that and you should have explored it further before you unilaterally did it.
Making sure alums do not feel disenfranchised increases support, which increases donations and the amount of alums enthused about their sorority, which makes everything better.
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I wouldn’t expect a group rebuild another alumnae base, it would be inappropriate. What I’m saying is that (for example) alumnae support is integral to having a strong organization. I think we can learn from each other about how we transition collegiate members into alumnae. Some of the medium to smaller orgs are great at keeping alumnae members involved, that is what I think we need help other orgs replicate. How do we find ways to keep sorority participation if they are the only alumna in 60 miles?
I think that these types of ideas are beneficial to share across the board, none of us can say we don’t need more alumnae support.
I really feel like expansion is great, but not the key to long term survival.
ditto on moving the expansion convo...