Frustrated!
I am taking over as Alumni Committee chair this fall, and am already frustrated with the situation I am facing.
There seems to be a phenomenon nationwide with my sorority that alumni, once they graduate, do not become active in the alumni organizations until they hit age 70. This was brought up at our national conference this summer, and little was solved. At the chapter level, my chapter holds an annual banquet dedicated to the alumni, they are invited to come to meetings, we send out invitations for them to come and take part in our initiation and rituals, and they don't want to. The only event which has been attended by an alumni was the banquet itself, and still only 5 of over 200 alums that we sent invites to replied, and only 2 actually showed up! We send them newsletters, invitations, we call them, and they're not interested in having anything to do with us, except when they want contributions to their chapter. What can I do?
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