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Originally Posted by boz130
FWIW, John's point about getting warm bodies in place is well-taken. However, one way to get people involved is to do a mailing to area alums (including those not necessarily from the host chapter).
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You can get a mailing list by geographic areas from HQ to help in this type of effort - UNC and Colorado State had a wide variety of alumni involvement from a variety of chapters. Usually, the chapter (or alumni org) needs to reach out to these alums....some might not even be aware a chapter is relatively nearby, and simply inviting them can open up the old purple, green, and gold memory banks and bring them in.
I wouldn't drop anyone from the mailing list for two or three cycles - we all know how life can get for us after college, and sometimes the time isn't right the first one or two mailings, but things do have a way of changing for alums over time.