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One Success Story
My fraternity chapter just hosted a 50th reunion: men who were in the chapter between 1949 and 1951. About 25 men came with their wives & families for a two-day event that included a casual afternoon, a dinner, and golf the next day. They are fanatically loyal to the chapter (not to Pike national, but to the chapter).
The thing that seems to be most effective is when one guy takes it on himself to organize the other men in his age range. They respond to each other rather than the undergrads or to someone they don't know. The 1980-era alumni are just as fanatical in their loyalty as the 1950-era guys. But they only respond to their own peers.
I assue everyone is the same way: they respond to their own rather than to a mailing from the chapter or some stranger. It's been very successful for us.
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