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Originally Posted by Tom Earp
RHO, is supposed to keep the Alumni updated about the Chapter.
Alumni President is ment to help disiminate info for Alumni Functions within the Alums.
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That's what I thought, but the High Rho Manual suggests an, "Alumni newsletter published twice per year which includes a ratio of 80% alumni news and 20% chapter news."
"The content of your chapter-alumni newsletter should be about 80% alumni-related news and only 20% chapter news. The reasoning is that alumni want to read about other alumni. The typical alumnus does not care who the current associate members are as much as he does about one of his friends from his undergraduate days.
Remember not to burden the alumni with details. Each story should be concise, yet interesting. A good rule of thumb is that if the undergraduates find a newsletter very interesting, the alumni will probably not like it. The only chapter related information to include would be about a campus happening, a traditional chapter event, or an update of the chapter's condition."
I may be atypical, but I do not agree with this assessment. Yes, I want to read about other alumni, but unless I get to know them as undergraduates, why would I care about them as alumni? My chapter is approaching 700 initiates. Why would I only want to hear about the same 60 or 70 guys I knew in school 35 years ago?
The chapter should tell us something about the current undergraduates - who they are, where they're from, what they're majoring in, what offices they hold, and when they graduate. Then there will be a lot of alumni I will look forward to reading about. But those future stories can be written in the alumni association's newsletter.
What do you guys think? Is it just me?
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