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It is important to coach alumni on two things
#1 - tell them what advisory positions you need to be filled
#2 - tell them what duties and time commitment will be needed from them
Get a list put together (position, duties, time commitment) and then email it out to every alumnus you have contact information for. Contact Headquarters and let them know what you are trying to accomplish and that you need an Excel version of their most up-to-date alumni list. They track every phone call and email and show the last contact date. This is very helpful.
You may want to consider putting together an alumni newsletter to go along with this. Alumni are more willing to help if they feel a connection with their local chapter and what is going on there.
Don't try and go too fast and end up doing a poor job. I would strongly recommend piecing together a quality alumni list and building a quality newsletter throughout the spring semester. Try to make it a 50/50 split between undergraduate articles and alumni articles. Just don't forget - your audience is alumni, so make it relevent to them. I recommend your goal should be to put the alumni advisory board together over the summer so you can hit the ground running in the fall.
Feel free to contact me directly if you want more consulting on the matter.
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