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Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna
Believe it or not, your alumnae have very busy lives. Most of them are at the point in their lives - age 40 or so - where they have teen-agers or older children who are involved in ballgames, scouts, dance, karate, etc etc. Many also work full-time jobs. It's VERY difficult to get them to break away for two or three events a year.
Once a year - or every 5 years - should be enough to expect - but don't stop inviting them! Send a newsletter every year (right after recruitment would be great, and maybe another in the early spring). It's so cheap to do it now with e-mail - but make sure you also send paper copies to those who don't have e-mail.
I commend you for doing your best to keep your alumnae informed and a part of the chapter!  |
Oh, trust me, I know they're very busy. The point is, most of the alumnae come out on the big anniversaries (10, 15, 20...), so to have a lot of alumnae in one place at one time, even once every 5 years, is great. We have little events, and mainly the alum who are recent graduates and who are unmarried without children are the ones that come. The idea of this formal, is for one weekend, to get a whole bunch of alumnae to show up. The chapter is aware that there will always be a few that definitely come every year (again, usually the ones who graduated within the past couple years that don't have crazy busy lives yet). But they want, for just one weekend, for everyone to come. It's just a matter of keeping busy for the weekend, and keeping their interest so that they'll attend.
Which is where I'm asking all of you for help
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