Are you an active alumni member?

[Corsulian]

It's probably been asked before, but how many of you are actively involved with your GLO as an alum?

I'm involved.

Are you involved in the local, regional or (inter)national level?

I hold a volunteer position administered by our Grand Chapter. The position itself is regional in nature but mostly I help my local chapter.

What do you do, specifically?

Extend mostly unanswered offers for assistance, developed a Web site to help alumni in the region connect, and advise on assorted topics to my local chapter. I'm also working with local alumni on restarting a club.

Why did you choose this area of involvement?

The official position was offered to me. Since I have neither the time nor the money to physically visit all the chapters in my region, I utilized my basic Web development skills to put together a networking site. That helped build my skills and it can serve as a nice launch pad for future endeavors.

Are you also a dues paying alumni member of your GLO? If so, does that mean you pay dues only to your local alumni chapter or you pay separate local and international alumni dues to be considered an active alumna? If you are not a dues paying alumni member, why not?

Not currently. Our local alumni are looking to participate in a basic program our nationals administers where we pay $25 annually - $5 goes to nationals and we keep the $20. Nationals administers the account.

[ChitownPiPhi]

I'm a dues paying alumnae member of Pi Phi. For the past 4 years, I have served on the Alumnae Advisory Board for the local Pi Phi chapter. I have served on the exec board for the local Chicago Alumnae Club as club treasurer. I attended Convention in 2007 to accompany the collegiate chapter I advise. In addition, my little sister just pledged Pi Phi at my alma mater.

Overall, I consider myself to be an "very active" alumnae!

[TriDPrincess]

I just got my dues in on Monday at a Collegiate/Alumnae mixer and am so excited to be a part of the alumnae chapter! However, I think I'll have to put off trying for an office or being on any comittees due to my other responsibilities. However, if anyone needs help setting/cleaning up or bringing refreshments I'll be all over it .

[LoveHonorTruth]

What do you do, specifically?
I am the Vice President of Membership for my collegiate chapter's CHapter Association, an Advisor for a Colony, and a memeber of the local Alumnae Group.

Why did you choose this area of involvement?
The Chapter Association is really important because we give back to our collegiate chapter. We raise money to help the collegiates with Recruitment and other needs they may have.

Advising the Colony really spoke to me because it is a unique experience to help a group of women form my sorority on their campus. It has already been very rewarding!

Being a member of my local Alumnae Group has been amazing! I recently moved to a new city and instantly made new friends and connections through the group. It's also very important to me to pay my dues as an alum to support our National Organization.

Are you also a dues paying alumni member of your GLO? If so, does that mean you pay dues only to your local alumni chapter or you pay separate local and international alumni dues to be considered an active alumna? If you are not a dues paying alumni member, why not?

Yes, our dues are paid to our local and then a portion of that is sent to National Headquarters.

[jennlovesgphib]

I am currently the Chapter Advisor for my collegiate chapter. I also became frustrated with the lack of alumnae support in the area, so I started an alumnae chapter and we just celebrated our full first year as an alumnae chapter! I really wish I could learn new ways to get more alumnae involved because it really is so much fun.

[gruber]

I'm with KSigKid. I graduated two years ago & have been serving as a AAA for my chapter. I attend the majority of the chapter meetings I can, and help out when/where I can, including making donations to the chapter (first alumni doner since our rechaptering). As soon as I get the form sent in, I'll also start donating to our endowment fund.

I'm graduating this year (pending thesis completion), and potentially moving out of the area, so I might have to drop the AAA role, but I'd still like to remain active with the Fraternity in someway.

[b_estes19]

No as my chapter is closed. I do send money to the national. I do beleive and would like them to come back.

[TriDPrincess]

This past weekend I volunteered for a philanthropy event with my alumnae chapter and I'm looking forward to getting more involved as time goes on

[DubaiSis]

I have been actively involved, off and on with alumnae chapters in 3 cities over the last 20 years. I started an alumnae group a year and a half ago and then moved out of the country so I had to leave it in other very capable hands.

I am constantly amazed how we make a decision at 18 based on a whole bunch of superficial crap that works out to be a lifetime of friendship, fun, philanthropy, etc. It's too bad selling my sorority as such a great group as an alum would fall on utterly deaf ears to this year's group of PNM's. I'm laughing here thinking of how recruitment would be different if all done by 20 year alums.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

I have been actively involved, off and on with alumnae chapters in 3 cities over the last 20 years. I started an alumnae group a year and a half ago and then moved out of the country so I had to leave it in other very capable hands.

I am constantly amazed how we make a decision at 18 based on a whole bunch of superficial crap that works out to be a lifetime of friendship, fun, philanthropy, etc. It's too bad selling my sorority as such a great group as an alum would fall on utterly deaf ears to this year's group of PNM's. I'm laughing here thinking of how recruitment would be different if all done by 20 year alums.

Am I the only one who thinks this post is contradicting itself?

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Am I the only one who thinks this post is contradicting itself?

I don't think so. I had to read it 3 times.

I think she's saying that when she was young she had some reasons for joining that were superficial and silly. She did not think about the lifetime commitments, bonds, and other things that really make a sorority. If alum were running recruitment it would fall on deaf ears because the things that she learned upon graduating aren't what many PNMs are looking for/responding to.

[DrPhil]

I am.

[DubaiSis]

Sorry to be confusing. And yes, it is a contradiction. My lifetime membership in Alpha Xi Delta is priceless to me, but that didn't enter into it in the least when I was going through Rush. I was laughing to myself picturing a bunch of old ladies talking to a bunch of 18 year olds about what is REALLY important about sorority life. Somehow I don't think that would go over so well...

[DLanoliN]

I am an active Alumna of my Local sorority. I pay dues to the Alumni Association. All I'm doing officially right now is serving on a committee planning our upcoming anniversary. I try to make it to the bid nights/ Alumni Weekends, the big events. I haven't been out of school long, so I'm still close with many of the actives, so I serve as an informal advisor sometimes. They come to me with issues; I try to help them out of refer them to someone who can help them. It has really eased the pain of missing college! While I am still able to help out and share in the enjoyment of sisterhood, I also often witness examples of why I'm glad to have graduated I want to be able to do more, maybe try to serve on the Alumni Board once my life is more settled.

[als463]

I am an active alum! Thankfully, while at law school, I have seen another Sorority member (a member of Delta Gamma) wear her letters pretty much every day. She is a 3L and it makes me happy to see women do that! I have seen AGDs, KKGs, AXiDs, PiPhis, ChiOs, DZs, SKs, Tri-Delts, and some Phi Mus (yay) at my law school. When I see them rockin' letters-it is great cause I don't feel so bad wanting more.

I just got our sorority catalog and I am psyched about the Vera shirts! I plan on buying some and wearing them. I am currently VP of the Columbus Chapter. I worked as the Treasurer for the Syracuse Chapter. I also served as Secretary of the South Central Pennsylvania Chapter. I made it to last year's convention and plan on making it to this upcoming convention in July!

I love being an alum!!!