Good point about printing tickets. But it’s not just a brother and his wife (”The point of including tickets is to make the alumnus (and his wife) feel specifically invited”). Gay and single brothers are sensitive to the automatic and often unsconscious assumption and if they think it’s just for brothers and wives, are less likely to attend. Also, you can buy perforated paper that you can print tickets on using an office color printer. Depending on the printer, the quality can be very good, and it’s less expensive than going to a commercial printer.

We usually only have two major functions that are stressed for the return of Alums to come back to campus.

1. Founders Day

2. Homecoming.

   We really try to get dates set so that there is enough time for Alums to make plans for time off and travel. We keep Alums notified via our Email base and keep trying to build it to get more and more Brothers involved.

In ZAX,

Tom Earp
LX Z

I agree with you regarding spending time and money on getting Alumni brothers excited about coming back to visit. Another tip I would give is to make sure you give your Alumni brothers proper notice on your events throughout the year that you want them to attend. Not just two weeks notice, I am talking a month or a couple of months if you can. Alumni brother’s schedules can get booked rather quickly and timely notice is always helpful for good turnout. Keep going down the path you are as it will build your alumni base in no time.

In ZAX,

Kevin Piket
Phi-Alpha 388