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* An '''Alumni Clubs & Socs Evening''', encouraging them to come back, re-join and talk to DCU societies | * An '''Alumni Clubs & Socs Evening''', encouraging them to come back, re-join and talk to DCU societies | ||
- This could be done by the SPC in conjunction with the Alumni | - This could be done by the SPC in conjunction with the Alumni Office | ||
- Societies could treat it, like C&S Day, as a once-off, high-traffic | |||
- Societies could treat it, like C&S Day, as a once-off, high- | occassion when they sell membership benefits to Alumni. It gets them more | ||
cash and a dedicated list of alums to call on. | |||
- Crucially, this all encourages societies to think about alumni | - Crucially, this all encourages societies to think about alumni | ||
and to form their own independent | and to form their own independent list of oldies who have shown | ||
genuine interest, rather than spamming the all-graduates list etc. | |||
- Should this be done outside of DCU, maybe in town, maybe | - Should this be done outside of DCU, maybe in town, maybe | ||
supported by DCU? | supported by DCU? | ||
* Working with the '''DCU Alumni Relations Officer''' on projects | * Working with the '''DCU Alumni Relations Officer''' on projects | ||
Possible suggestions for her to work on are: | Possible suggestions for her to work on are: | ||
- An FAQ on what DCU Alumni are offered by the college (purely | - An FAQ on what DCU Alumni are offered by the college (purely because | ||
it will make her think about how little is actually offered and might | |||
spur her on to change that) | |||
- Discounted postgraduate courses / further education for Alumni, | - Discounted postgraduate courses / further education for Alumni, | ||
to encourage more study at DCU? | to encourage more study at DCU? | ||
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** Alumni have a lot of experience & advice to give & could really enhance growth of club/soc | ** Alumni have a lot of experience & advice to give & could really enhance growth of club/soc | ||
- Both of the below are more brainstorming than concrete reasons under this heading, aren't they? | - Both of the below are more brainstorming than concrete reasons | ||
under this heading, aren't they? | |||
* An Alumni group could leverage useful extras from the Alumni office, in addition to "giving back" in itself | * An Alumni group could leverage useful extras from the Alumni office, in addition to "giving back" in itself | ||
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training. But hand puppets might still be a good move | training. But hand puppets might still be a good move | ||
- If alumni hate the idea of giving money, or even being called about giving money, what will make them like the idea of | - If alumni hate the idea of giving money, or even being called | ||
about giving money, what will make them like the idea of giving | |||
[ People get feedback from giving time & experience to other people. They don't get feedback from giving money. | time/experience for free? | ||
[ People get feedback from giving time & experience to other | |||
people. They don't get feedback from giving money. In other words, | |||
when they give time and experience, they get something back in | |||
return. ] | |||
*Why it's a bad idea for clubs & socs | *Why it's a bad idea for clubs & socs | ||
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budget for activites related to an Alumni Association. Some of it | budget for activites related to an Alumni Association. Some of it | ||
would have to be self-funding I guess. | would have to be self-funding I guess. | ||
[ There is no problem with current students paying under this Alumni Office funding model: current students eventually | [ There is no problem with current students paying under this | ||
Alumni Office funding model: current students eventually become | |||
alumni after all and then benefit, it's a cycle. Same way past | |||
- I don't know if this sounds like alumni running the show a bit too much.. getting the college to start charging students | students paid for present facilities. Apart from all this, funding | ||
needed would be minimal to start with anyway ] | |||
- I '''really really''' don't think this can or should be done. Ethically | |||
I think a better way would be for the university to put a larger initial investment in, and follow that up with raising | it's at best dodgy (I certainly wouldn't be able to support it) | ||
and legally there are restrictions on capitation which render it | |||
impossible. The gym was a separate fee levied (and all students | |||
voted to do so), whereas capitation is protected [Riona] | |||
- I don't know if this sounds like alumni running the show a bit | |||
too much.. getting the college to start charging students to fund | |||
events for alumni? It's especially silly since alumni in theory | |||
have more money than students. The difference with the example of | |||
the new gym etc is that it was aimed at future students, who would | |||
be equally unable to pay for it. | |||
I think a better way would be for the university to put a larger | |||
initial investment in, and follow that up with raising money from | |||
alumni which would pay for the alumni office to keep going and | |||
keep organising events. Ideally, if alumni fund raising takes off | |||
(which is every bit as reasonable an assumption as alumni | |||
attending events or giving their time to organise events), then | |||
eventually it would pay for itself and the college wouldn't have | |||
to contribute any funds. | |||
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