[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by boz130

Alumni Affairs or the Development Office would be good places to start. Keep in mind, however, that nobody (the University, IHQ OR your alums) will have a completely correct list.

The reasons for this conundrum are complex. Combine an increasingly mobile society (especially for younger alums) with new USPS postal regs (how long can you be "temporarily away"???), and it's REALLLLLLLLLLY frustrating.

In most instances. all we can go by is "last best known" addresses. For many alums who simply drop off the grid, this is their parent's house. I tried to reach my Big Bro for a reunion a year ago, and contacted the address received from IHQ.

I wound up talking to his mom (80+). She had been ill and couldn't locate his address just then...you get the idea.

Another problem is finding someone to do just the address list fixing. If done properly, it can take hours. Not many of us volunteers have that luxury.

You said it all!!!!!

Hard work and time!