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Originally posted by 33girl
As far as meetings are concerned, if there are SOME alums that are trying to run things or speaking out of turn in meetings...deal with them as individuals. Don't make all the alums feel unwanted and spurned.
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good point. my chapter had a few alums that would cause problems at events - we used to have an "open alum invitation" to events (including formal and socials) until a few started causing problems. exec started to require that alums be invited by them to events so the problem ones wouldn't come and create problems.
we do leave weekly meetings open, but request that they contact exec to let them know as a courtesy and it has worked well. we have also educated alums to let them know if they would like to speak at meeting, they need to get approval from exec before hand. again just to keep unneeded problems from flaring up (ie - alums coming to complain how "bad" things are since they left and the chapter is going down hill b/c they left)
technically, our procedures say alums can't come to meeting unless they have official business, but we felt it was unproductive to not allow them to attend if they are visiting for the weekend or just want to stop by and see how things are going. seems to work well now. chapter also invites alums to philanthropy and initiation.