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Well, the alumni pages won't load right now.
The deals that you are speaking about, well, I was pretty sure that they were for all alumni, but I could be wrong. And I registered for convention and got no break on my registration cost.
The thing about Alpha Phi Omega is that our national alumni structure could be much stronger. The difference between us, and say Phi Beta Sigma, is that they have an extremely active alumni network. Their alumni/graduate chapters are encouraged to have their own programs of service and fellowship. They also pay chapter and national dues. Their life membership (though expensive) does offer the benefit of NEVER having to pay national dues again.
APO is nowhere near that structure. APO is over 75 years old. Our alumni network should be as strong as any other civic organization, such as the Kiwanis or Jaycees.
In order for people to see the benefit of becoming a life member and making the relatively small financial contribution to APO, we need to be presenting them with an active and extensive alumni network. There's no reason that their can't be an active alumni association in every major urban area in the United States. If people actually SEE that the committment doesn't stop at graduation, that could encourage them to become life members.
And I'm not going to put the blame on the students. If all the alumni involvement they saw as undergrads was in the form of section staff and advisors, I might not be active, either. We shouldn't expect each of our recent alums to jump into staff with both feet. Hell, I've been on staff, and it ain't fun.
And YES, I plan on doing something about all of that.
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