[Kevin]

This is great Tom. The other side of this issue is that the alums are not powerless in this situation. I have the benefit of being a founding member of a very young chapter.

Sigma Nu has Alumni Chapters which are set up for the alums of a particular chapter. Their requirement to form one of these bad boys is a petition filled out including the signatures of 10 alums of the chapter. As soon as we had 10 alums to fill one of these things out, it was written.

This is a great vehicle for alums to essentially force the chapter to recognize them. We not only have the alumni chapter, we have also paired each officer up with an advisor, as well as having advisors to several important committees (exec, j-board). We have a very involved alumni base which I sincerely hope will continue to regenerate and expand as the years progress.

I was an active participant in that group, but since starting school again, I'm just too swamped to adequately fill those shoes. It's fun stuff, and there's nothing like having front-row seats to see something that you helped start prosper.