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Originally posted by XOMichelle
Wow! I'm a recent alum, and my chapter has so much to do, I hardly think it is their sole job to keep alumni realtions up. I'd rather they focus on being a better chapter! I don't need them to plan reuinions for me (although a tailgate during homecoming would be nice!). If I want a reunion, I can go to my alumi association and plan it myself.
Personally, my chapter spent too much money this year trying to get in contact with their alumni. When the advisors helped plan an alumni brunch at the reuinion, they spent hundreds of dollars more than they had budgeted, and didn't seem to care that it wasn't thier money. Also, the chapter did two mailings to hundreds of alumna, when one annual mailing would be sufficeint. It really kills me to see them not have enough money to buy food on retreats, but have the advisors go hog-wild on a brunch that didn't bring in enough donations to cover the cost.
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I asked Firehouse about this at some point on GC. He summed it up very well by saying it's their job to concentrate on being the best chapter and the alumni's job to get organized on their end.
-Rudey