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Originally posted by Heather17
Cream-- WHAT? Volunteering is not an option for you or most alumnae??? There is something for EVERYONE in the new volunteer structure. There are positions that take a few hours a day, a few hours a week or a few hours a year. You don't have to go to Convention if you are a volunteer. And on occasion, Convention costs are subsidized for volunteers (not always).
I too have always wondered why we have Conventions so far away from our base. The answers I have received are: our collegians don't want to just have a Convention in their city-- they want to go somewhere fun AND it is extremely expensive to have a Convention in the NE compared with other parts of the country. When they pick Convention sites, it is based on bids and where we can get the best deals. But I will also say that it looks like (from my inside sources) the next Convention after San Antonio may return to the NE if we can find an inexpensive site.
That's my 26 cents!
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Actually, volunteering really isn't an option for me or too many alumnae I know. I have been out of college for about ten years and free time to volunteer is a luxury that I do not have. My time and that of my friends is consumed with career and family responsibilities that new alumnae usually do not have. After college, priorities shift.
As for a NE convention, there was a beautiful one in NJ to celebrate our 75th Anniversary in 1992. It was less expensive because there was no plane fare for many if not most attendees.
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Originally posted by Heather17
Oh and we do have some young alumnae groups-- but we have to rely on our motivated and excited alumnae to start them!!!
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Originally posted by shadokat
To be a bit of devil's advocate, if you want something you have to be willing to go and get it if it's important to you. Cream, I'd encourage you to start that young alumnae group in your area. Heather17 is right...volunteering is so diversified, and you can do something that takes 10 minutes a day or 2 hours a day or 2 hours a year. It's up to YOU what you can do 
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I'm now too old for a young alumnae association. I'm referring to when I was first out of college ten years ago. I know my friend in another sorority was invited to join her sorority's Junior or Young (I can't remember which) AA after college. I thought that would be a good way to remain involved. Unfortunately, there wasn't that option in the early 1990's. I'm glad to learn that that has changed.
I'm surprised that my little post received so many responses. I respect your volunteerism. My point, which I think might have been overlooked, is
a good way to strengthen AAs is to have a Young AA for recent alumnae in order to maintain the momentum that they had as undergrads. If there are strong Young (and old
) Alumnae Associations in every major city, that's step in the right direction in 'improving one thing in D Phi E' in my opinion.