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If you want to be an alumni volunteer, sometimes you just have to keep pushing at it. It may take awhile. There are a lot of opportunities, at several levels. There is (or used to be) an on-line booklet on them.
Sit down and put down (at least for your self) what you can do and what you are good at. Presentor/trainer (and in what)? advisor? section or region staff member (and in what)? etc.
The areas that most sections & regions have are stuff like leadership development, service, membership, extension, scouting/youth services, etc. What in those areas are you interested in.
Consider region staff in addition to sections. Consider attending upcoming section conferences and region conferences and meet people face to face (they are more likely to get you involved if they've met you and know what you can do, they are less likely to get you involved if you are just a name in an email or a voice over the phone).
It took me awhile to get into what I wanted as an alumni volunteer. A lot of that was proving myself to the people in charge.
Hope this helps.
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Michael Brown
APO LM & TB
Chapter Advisor
Section 71 Chair
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Our section was in horrible shape and right after I got there, we had a fall section conference because we hadn't had a sectional conference in several years (which frankly I feel ment that both the RD and the SC were not doing what they should) and I was one of the few alumni interested in helping at that fall section conference.
--KnightShadow
Hybrid Mode
