If you would like to form an alumni club in your region please do the following:

1. Inform a member of the Regional Club staff that you are interested in forming a new alumni club. The staff member can order a list of all alumni in the area for you to review.
2. Review the alumni list looking for familiar names of people who you think might be interested in helping in your efforts. The Alumni Relations staff member may also be able to suggest names of active alumni in the area.
3. Send a letter to alumni in the area to assess interest for potential core group leaders.
4. Develop a core group of approximately 10 to 12 people who are interested not only in working but in taking leadership roles in the organizational efforts.
5. Set up a meeting with the core group and an Alumni Relations staff member to discuss the prupose, function and operation of an alumni club.
6. From this meeting, form subcommittees to handle various club duties such as membership, programming and the newsletter, as well as appointing someone to serve as the temporary secretary/treasurer.
7. Work on producing an initial mailing. This mailing should be sent to all alumni in the area and should announce the formation of the club, solicit dues-paying members and announce the first event. Somewhere in the mailing you should also ask if anyone is interested in serving on the board of directors or would like to hold an office. The office of Alumni Relations will help you produce this mailing, provide you with mailing labels and, budget permitting, cover the costs for the initial mailing. The alumni club will be responsible for paying for all future mailings.
8. From the response to the mailing and with the help of your core group you can build a board of directors with a slate of officers.
9. Read the Regional Club Handbook and consult with an Alumni Relations staff member for further help and direction.