Name of person submitting survey

How does your chapter invite TBP alumni to join your chapter? (Indicate the effectiveness of each option for your chapter. Mark N/A if you don't use that option.) [Welcome emails from the chapter]

How does your chapter invite TBP alumni to join your chapter? (Indicate the effectiveness of each option for your chapter. Mark N/A if you don't use that option.) [Personal emails from an officer]

How does your chapter invite TBP alumni to join your chapter? (Indicate the effectiveness of each option for your chapter. Mark N/A if you don't use that option.) [Connect on LinkedIn or other social media]

How does your chapter invite TBP alumni to join your chapter? (Indicate the effectiveness of each option for your chapter. Mark N/A if you don't use that option.) [In person contact (at work, at school, etc.)]

What other methods not mentioned in the question above does your chapter use to invite TBP alumni to join your chapter and how effective are they?

How does your chapter communicate with its members? (Indicate the effectiveness of each option for your chapter. Mark N/A if you don't use that option.) [Emails]

How does your chapter communicate with its members? (Indicate the effectiveness of each option for your chapter. Mark N/A if you don't use that option.) [Newsletters]

How does your chapter communicate with its members? (Indicate the effectiveness of each option for your chapter. Mark N/A if you don't use that option.) [LinkedIn]

How does your chapter communicate with its members? (Indicate the effectiveness of each option for your chapter. Mark N/A if you don't use that option.) [Facebook]

How does your chapter communicate with its members? (Indicate the effectiveness of each option for your chapter. Mark N/A if you don't use that option.) [Instagram]

How does your chapter communicate with its members? (Indicate the effectiveness of each option for your chapter. Mark N/A if you don't use that option.) [Twitter]

How does your chapter communicate with its members? (Indicate the effectiveness of each option for your chapter. Mark N/A if you don't use that option.) [Website]

How does your chapter communicate with its members? (Indicate the effectiveness of each option for your chapter. Mark N/A if you don't use that option.) [Texts]

How does your chapter communicate with its members? (Indicate the effectiveness of each option for your chapter. Mark N/A if you don't use that option.) [Phone calls]

How does your chapter communicate with its members? (Indicate the effectiveness of each option for your chapter. Mark N/A if you don't use that option.) [Virtual meetings such as Zoom]

What other methods not mentioned in the question above does your chapter use to communicate with its members and how effective are they?

How often do your officers meet regularly?

Did your chapter hold formal officer elections between August 1, 2023, and July 31, 2024?

How many officers are to be elected per your chapter's bylaws? (Bylaws can be found at https://www.tbp.org/alumni-officers.cfm#bylaws)

How many officers were elected at your last officer election between August 1, 2023, and July 31, 2024?

How do you recruit new officers? How effective do you feel that method is to recruit new officers? (i.e., you get people to run via that method) [Emails]

How do you recruit new officers? How effective do you feel that method is to recruit new officers? (i.e., you get people to run via that method) [Social media]

How do you recruit new officers? How effective do you feel that method is to recruit new officers? (i.e., you get people to run via that method) [Phone call]

How do you recruit new officers? How effective do you feel that method is to recruit new officers? (i.e., you get people to run via that method) [Text]

How do you recruit new officers? How effective do you feel that method is to recruit new officers? (i.e., you get people to run via that method) [In person]

What other methods not mentioned in the question above does your chapter use to recruit new officers and how effective are they?

How does your chapter approach new members to recruit or encourage them for officer/chair positions?

Did your chapter submit a nomination for an Association Awards (Distinguished Alumnus or McDonald Mentor) during this academic year (2023-2024)?

Does your chapter conduct an officer transition for incoming leadership?

If yes, what does the transition consist of?

What makes a chapter member "active" in your chapter? (check all that apply)

How many "active" members does your chapter have?

How many TBP alumni does your chapter email regularly?

Does your chapter have an annual event or activity that you consider to be its signature event/activity?

If yes, please describe your event

Did your chapter celebrate Tau Beta Pi Day this year?

If yes, please describe your Tau Beta Pi Day event

Did a chapter officer attend a 2024 District Conference?

Did your chapter send a voting delegate to the 2023 Convention?

Are you planning to send a voting delegate to the 2024 Convention?

How many activities has your chapter held this year?

What area(s) did your chapter struggle with this year?

More specifically, what issue did your chapter struggle most with this year? How are you trying to overcome this?

What would be an improvement for the chapter to make over the next year?

What recommendations do you have for TBP to improve your chapter and your experience as an officer?

What was the chapter's greatest achievement this year?

What is the chapter's vision/goal for next year?

What practices do you have that you may want to share that could benefit other chapters?

Any other comments or items to share?

Central Texas Alumni Chapter

By in-person chats, phone calls, or invitations to officer's meetings.

Guidance from the previous officer to the newly elected officer.

Participated in a certain number of events, Voted in an election, bylaws update, etc., Asked to be considered active in the chapter

Participation as Judges in the Austin Science Fair and Career Night with Texas Alpha.

Member Participation, Officer Participation, Image/Recruitment

Active member participation. We are trying to overcome this by increasing the activities for the year.

Increase active membership by five people.

Increased attendance to Career Night.

Increase interest in the chapter and active membership.

Zoom meeting with new and old officers to talk about policy, bylaws, and typical event cycle

Voted in an election, bylaws update, etc.

Member Participation, Officer Participation, Communication with Members, Image/Recruitment, Quantity/quality/variety of events, Collaboration with Collegiate Chapters

Member engagement - we will try to have more events with collegiate chapters and some social events for the professional members

Have a consistent group of active members

Quicker contact lists for graduating students from local chapters

Having ~12 people at our PI Day event

Have officers ready to transition at election and hold 1-2 more events

Emailing collegiate chapters to invite graduating students to join.

Talking to graduating students to understand interest levels and then keep in touch for future opportunities.

Emails and phone conversations with all information needed to ensure success.

Member Participation, Leadership/Officers, Quantity/quality/variety of events

Constructing an active membership base so that we can put on events successfully. It is something we are working to build up now.

Increase active alumni members to better support collegiate chapter events.

Attending GA A's initiation and having an alumni panel to support another GA A event.

Networking and support for collegiate chapters

Group social events to meet other TBP members - has worked in attracting some more engaged members

Handoff meetings where the prior officer explains their duties and other important information

Asked to be considered active in the chapter

Member Participation, Quantity/quality/variety of events, Collaboration with Collegiate Chapters

Trying to establish partnership with local colleges - has been hard to coordinate with student chapters and get available members

Hold more events with local college chapters

Expanding number of events and having career chats with students

Great Smoky Mountains Alumni Chapter

Terry Olberding and Robert Edlund

Small group that we communicate with through U.S. Mail - effective for membership drive purposes.

Newsletter and US postal mail - not very effective

In person, newsletter, email, LinkedIn

Informal turnover of duties and responsibilities; there is not a complete turnover of officers. Several members of the Executive Committee have numerous years of experience with TBP and provide assistance to the new officers as needed. Also, training is provided by the TBP Director of Alumni Affairs

Pi Day Event (described below). Also annual Fall picnic, and support of the regional Science Fair.

Member Participation, Image/Recruitment

To increase member participation, we surveyed membership with the focus of improving membership attendance at events. The results of the survey will be used to craft future events.
For the recruitment of officers, we are improving our communication to members including periodic newsletters and a LinkedIn page, so that they can see our activities and understand that by becoming an active member and officer, they can contribute to the betterment of the engineering profession through student engagement and professional development. Plus have fun too!

Identify people willing to serve in leadership/officer positions and increase the number and participation of members.

HQ has always been 100% supportive of GSMAC with respect to inquiries, IT issues, and any general assistance type tasks. Thank you!

Significantly improving communication with membership including the preparation and distribution of three newsletters (Fall, Spring and end of year), and the establishment and upkeep of a LinkedIn Group page. We also prepared a survey to membership (see Item 29)

Our goal is to increase the number and participation of membership and identify future leaders. Our bylaw goals are to support lifelong alumnus member involvement through hosting networking events and tours; sending a voting delegate to the TBP annual convention; assist nearby collegiate chapters; and provide opportunities for members to meet and discuss common interests.

We maintain a rolling calendar which includes EC meetings; membership drive; chapter events and required chapter activities such as annual dues and reports.

The EC, as a whole, feels that this was a very successful year with a full complement of officers; three significant events that were well attended and fun; and enhanced communications to members via newsletters, LinkedIn and emails.

Puget Sound Alumni Chapter

We respond quickly when contacted.

Mention in welcome email for officer volunteers.

The officers meet and also attend Tricia's new officer training session.

Voted in an election, bylaws update, etc.

Member Participation, Leadership/Officers, Image/Recruitment, Quantity/quality/variety of events

Member participation - figuring out what interests our membership with a survey; however, not many members responded.

Recruit additional active participants and host an event.

Tricia is helpful identifying challenges and connecting officers.

The chapter remains active.

We are re-establishing leadership.

Central Florida Alumni Chapter

Personnel meeting at events

Cookie and donuts day, go against the convention of pie.

Member Participation, Officer Participation, Finances, Leadership/Officers, Collaboration with Collegiate Chapters

The chapter struggled a lot with officer participation, as most dropped out.

Find common purpose among people to serve as officers. Find what people enjoy to do on their off times.

The chapter’s greatest achievement was the BBQ that was held in the Fall, where the most people showed up.

The vision and goal is to look for opportunities for mentoring and volunteering to get more engaged with other folks.

To be honest normally they tell us. We've also reached out proactively to our local chapters if we get active student lists who will stay in pittsburgh

They come to us to be honest.

Paid dues, Voted in an election, bylaws update, etc.

We go to a local pizzeria and them ask them to make a pepperoni pizza with the PI logo on it.

Member Participation, Communication with Members, Collaboration with Collegiate Chapters

Getting interesting events for alumni. We've gotten more creative with events with some success. Collegiate chapters don't always respond but we have officers who attend/teach at those schools so that may help slightly

Having professional panels for our members to get folks engaged. Group Panels/Expert panels, etc. Also advertising more to the student chapers

Encouraging student chapters to work with their alumni chapters. Encouraging alumni to be more involved with their alumni chapter, making it more explicit.

Grow the active membership base, even if they're virtual

mailchimp for email comms. It would be nice for TBP to provide a license for mailchimp or equivalent email management so that we're not limited (mailchimp maxes out at 500)

Meeting with New elected members and President position is not voted on but the Vice president is promoted to president so there is always continuity.

Social/Happy hour at a local pizza shop

Member Participation, Officer Participation, Communication with Members, Image/Recruitment, Quantity/quality/variety of events

Starting up the chapter and getting members involvement

Increasing members participation at events

Collaborated on event with our local collegiate Chapter and attended multiple Initiation ceremony.

Increase members participation

Milwaukee Area Alumni Chapter

Slack - good for officers, poor for general members.

We bring up the topic ahead of our general meeting in January, then talk about it at the general meeting.

Only for Treasurer and it's informal. (Good reminder though! We'll look into this for 2025.)

Paid dues, Participated in a certain number of events, Voted in an election, bylaws update, etc.

Doors Open Milwaukee - annual celebration of Milwaukee's architecture, history and neighborhoods, where local historical sites and business provide tours to the public. We find sites that are interesting to engineers to visit.

We tried but had to cancel. Two officers weren't able to attend and we didn't get any interest from the alumni members.

Member Participation, Image/Recruitment, We don't have a pipeline of people who want to be officers in the future.

Member participation - we've started to talk about planning events farther into the future so TBP has first dibs on the calendar date.

Focus on recruiting graduating seniors. Hand out MilAC business cards with QR code for joining at area initiations. Brainstorm ideas for keeping seniors involved after graduation.

Could TBP send an email to graduating seniors to promote the alumni chapters and how to get in touch with them and/or to expect an email from their alumni chapter?

Consistent events each month.

Higher engagement/participation. We get good participation from officers, but not consistent participation from other alumni.

Regular monthly officer meetings that are scheduled a year in advance.

West Michigan Alumni Chapter

We do not utilize any other methods, at this time. We are planning to meet at chapter initiations, and invite the people we meet who are alumni to join.

We do not utilize any other methods.

At this time, we do not use any ofhter methods.

Participated in a certain number of events, Voted in an election, bylaws update, etc., Asked to be considered active in the chapter

Member Participation, Communication with Members, Finances, Leadership/Officers, Image/Recruitment, Quantity/quality/variety of events

We are attempting to reactivate our chapter, although very few people seem interested in doing anything.

We could try to hold more events.

Perhaps the national office could plan events for each alumni chapter.

The greatest achievement was to elect some officers.

We are planning to have at least one event per quarter.

I do not have any practices to share at this time.

I currently do not have any other comments.

During virtual general body meetings

by email/during virtual general body meetings/ during in person events.

making sure they know the by laws, duties, and just being there to answer any questions whenever they need help

pie day pizza lunch/event

Pizza Lunch @ Pie in the Sky

Member Participation, Communication with Members

Member participation has been an issue, even though many people paid the dues, not many attend events. We're trying to plan more family friendly events/ welcoming significant others/friends to encourage participation.

Increase member participation & do more k-12 outreach

Reviving the chapter, connecting with other alumni and serving local colligate chapters

improve member participation by sending out post cards announcing upcoming events to active members & doing more k-12 outreach.

Mailed invitations - has worked poorly

personal discussions held at monthly in-person meetings

working with the new officer when performing duties

Paid dues, Voted in an election, bylaws update, etc., Asked to be considered active in the chapter

Pi Day Celebration Pizza Party

Pizza party for student and alumni members

Finances, Image/Recruitment, Collaboration with Collegiate Chapters

increase chapter activities

Treasurer established a PayPal system of paying dues that go straight into a chapter bank account. This makes a members participation easier .

increase membership by 50% and have 4-6 activities

San Francisco Bay Area Alumni Chapter

Current officers are encouraged to run for office again - whether same or different - to build up on the experiences they have had currently

Transition is mostly virtually through Zoom and through email back and forths

We do not maintain a notion of "activeness" for our members. So, I'll answer the below question with the number of members in our google group as of July 14, 2024

I seriously would want to host an annual event. Previously we have had an annual summer potluck picnic, which also serves as our fundraiser for chapter dues. It has been on pause ever since COVID but we are actively planning for one in the coming few weeks!

We had a Kung Fu Panda 4 movie screening as well as dinner afterwards!

Member Participation, Officer Participation, Image/Recruitment

Member participation was really scant - we averaged around 2-3 members who showed up to our socials (except for our Mentorship program that garnered a humongous, and surprising, 12 alumni member mentors). We're introducing diversity into our event choices and seeing what works and what doesn't, then building up on our strengths

Definitely have more member participation for our events. We've had a decent number of events this year, so having more people show up to them would be great!

Having opportunities/"places" for cross-chapter collaboration outside of those hosted and prompted by the Alumni Advisory Committee. I know it is difficult than having collegiate chapters collaborate since they are in close proximity, but maybe trying to strengthen ties between alumni chapters and having online/virtual mixers might be a good idea

Our mentorship program! We had a whopping 12 alumni member mentor signups and 23 collegiate student mentees from across 3 colleges (Stanford, Berkeley, and San Jose State)

Foster more alumni-collegiate chapter collaboration by assisting in any and all ways we can; strengthen our membership retention and participation; encourage officers to actively partake in event planning as well as developing the image of our chapter

Having contact information of collegiate chapter presidents in your area does wonders! We have had so many awesome communications and collaborative events with San Jose State and UC Davis, as well as had mentees recruited from Berkeley and Stanford! CSU SLO also invited us to their initiation! I would start by sending an email at the beginning of the academic year to all collegiate presidents introducing your chapter to them and they ways in which you can help them. For example, an in-person meeting I had with Stanford made me realize that they weren't even aware that they could initiate graduate students - and now I am happy that they know they can!

We are reinvigorating our Chapter

Less frequently than all other options

Reactivating Fall Craft Brewery Music Event and Spring Boiled Crawfish Event, which include LA B and LA E Collegiate Chapters

Food was donated to LA E for their event

Member Participation, Officer Participation, Communication with Members, Finances, Leadership/Officers, Image/Recruitment, Quantity/quality/variety of events, We are rebooting GNOAC

Normal cyclical operations

Increased participation and shared responsibilities

Regular activities including the many Tau Beta Pi members in the region and the two Collegiate Chapters in New Orleans

As our few local active GNOAC participants are also involved with the LA E Collegiate Chapter, our energies have been focused on reinvigorating LA E. As LA E approaches stability we are shifting some energies to GNOAC. One thing at a time, Step by step.

Indianapolis Alumni Chapter (INDAC)

Personal phones call from an Officer it number is given

Personal invitation from an existing officer

Going over relevant info, bank accounts, plans, compture files, strategy, etc

Had pizza at local Italian restaurant

Collaboration with Collegiate Chapters

Collegiate chapters dispensed thru State, trying to get more Advisor support but not completly successful yet!

Have more collegiate joint events

Continue to offer cross chapter lessons-learned, best practices, mentorship

Having an Offsite Planning Meeting in January to be more strategic in offering all type of actvities

Have more collegiate events, connect with the disparate and distanced State chapters such as Notre Dame, Trine, Rose-Hulman and Valpo if that makes sense Maybe not??

Annual Strategy Meeting, Mailchimp for membership communication, and delegation of duties

Tricia is an unsung hero and great resource and becoming a Standing Committee will increase the overall pedigree, gravitas and support of Alumni Chapters!

Front Range Alumni Chapter

We send out emails to the new members describing the officer roles and positions available. Luckily this year all officers wanted to remain in office because we had no interest from other members in running for officer positions.

We did not have them this year because all officers withheld their roles.

We have started doing an annual trip to the botanic gardens during winter to see the blossoms of light. We held a holiday dinner prior to the gardens. This is a popular event and we get better than average interest.

We were planning to celebrate pi day with pizza in March, however, Colorado had a big snow storm that weekend so we decided to post-pone Pi Day. We are now celebrating pi day July 20th as a picnic potluck.

Member Participation, Communication with Members, Collaboration with Collegiate Chapters

We have a good group of dedicated members (mostly our officers) that are reliable and very helpful for events. However, we really struggle with participation from members outside of the 5 people that regularly attend.

I am hoping to have better lines of communication with the collegiate chapters. I think more collegiate-based events would improve alumni chapter attendance.

I created the first (hopefully annual) newletter that was sent out to all FRAC members. It was a goal that I set for myself from 2023 Convention and I am happy to say that I was able to make it happen. I hope that our post-poned Pi Day potluck tomorrow is also a good success.

I would like more alumni participation (outside of our dedicated 5 members) and to host more interactive events with collegiate chapters.

Having quarterly officer meetings to plan out 3 or 4 events at a time makes the load for planning events much more reasonable.

We had a 1 in-person meeting and 2 Zoom meetings to get to know each other and decide how to distribute responsibilities.

Paid dues, Participated in a certain number of events, Voted in an election, bylaws update, etc.

We held an in-person event. People were invited by email and welcomed to bring pie or beverages.

Member Participation, Image/Recruitment, Quantity/quality/variety of events

Member participation has almost non-existent. We are at a loss as to how to improve this.

We're not sure about what would improve interest and/or participation.

Having 4 people interested in being officers and having them meet with some regularity.

Figure out a way to build some member participation.

Initiations and D8 conference. Undecided as we have not yet seen the impact (not yet graduated).

Nomination with strong encouragement

Asked to be considered active in the chapter, In our email distribution list

Pizza and Beer at a local restaurant

Member Participation, Image/Recruitment, Quantity/quality/variety of events, 2 Locations - The city and the suburbs makes planning difficult

The locations - To overcome we plan to host events in both locations over the year.

Improve member participation

Subsidized events such as Pi day from HQ. Continued reinforcement of student chapter to engage with alumni chapter. Events organized by headquarters where Tricia or other TBP national officers come to the local alumni chapter area has drawn a larger crowd.

Assisting in reinstating the IL Zeta chapter with 26 members. A lot of participation with local student chapters.

Collect dues, plan more and better variety events with alumni and student chapters.

Great officer leadership. Built a good connection via an early in person meeting.

Less frequently than all other options

Asked to be considered active in the chapter

Member Participation, Officer Participation, Communication with Members, Finances, Leadership/Officers, Image/Recruitment, Quantity/quality/variety of events, Collaboration with Collegiate Chapters

Retaining an active member base. Will try to overcome this by hosting 1-2, maybe 3, events before October, and recruiting new members.

Having a successful event

Finding enough officers to stay active

Recruiting, structuring, and establishing a regular rotating baseline of events every calendar year. This will hopefully give the chapter an appearance of structure to current and prospective members.

Prospecting the mailing lists, but most actives had a .edu email that expired and they never contacted anyone with their updated email

Less frequently than all other options

When the emails or other contact information is obsolete, we have no way to prospect for new members

Training one on one from past officer

Participated in a certain number of events, Voted in an election, bylaws update, etc., Asked to be considered active in the chapter

We have many events, but very poor attendance

Member Participation, Officer Participation, Communication with Members, Finances, We still do not pay dues - I paid the $50 To National out of my own pocket

No one would pay dues if we charged them

I’ve tried all of the classic approaches for 3 years - I’m exhausted

People don’t participate in large organizations like they did in the past

Our newsletter is good, but few contributors

We send out emails to advertise positions and gauge interest of our membership in serving one of the officer positions.

A meeting to discuss current plans and activities as well as transfer of ownership of the required files/accounts.

Paid dues, Participated in a certain number of events

We advertised and helped support the UNM Chapter's Pi Day event, which distributed pie to students at UNM in celebration of the event.

Member Participation, Recruitment of Officers

Recruitment of officers and growing membership participation.

Host additional smaller events that help increase social interaction of membership.

None, TBP does a good job supporting officers.

Restarting the chapter and hosting multiple events.

Grow membership, recruit additional officers, and host fun events.

Less frequently than all other options

The president is given email access and TBP reporting site access and how to use. they are informed and shown where all the documents, templates, and photos are saved the google folder. They are are also given deadline dates. It's done via Zoom and personal calls and email.

Participated in a certain number of events, Voted in an election, bylaws update, etc., Asked to be considered active in the chapter

Image/Recruitment, Quantity/quality/variety of events, Getting members to volunteer to be officers

We have always struggled to get officers. We have tried everything and when we do find people it takes a lot of persuasion to get them to do it

Maybe host an event. We often attend initiations, we consider that an activity

We kept the chapter active and officers remain in contact

Find new officers and host an event

At least one officer attends and participates in the collegiate initiation.

Postcards, though we haven't in a couple of years.

A group meeting between existing officers and new officers

Member Participation, Officer Participation

We struggled getting engagement with an outgoing set of mostly remote officers. We also had at least one officer who was so disengaged that they claim to have not know they were an officer. I'm focusing on only local officers, and having just a couple signature events a year that we can start to build brand equity around.

Quarterly events, attended by any non-officer.

We met and had chapter elections with 5+ more people than were running for office.

Reset our finances and secretarial work, since there's been a lot of turnover, including one Secretary-Treasurer who claims to be unaware of his prior officer positions. Having 2 events with non-officers in attendance.

Central Illinois Alumni Chapter

Recently reactivated, we have not needed to commission new officers yet.

The last officer transition consisted of one-on-one meetings between outgoing and incoming officers, with a group meeting of new officers to consolidate information. This method is subject to change with future transitions as the chapter develops further.

Paid dues, Voted in an election, bylaws update, etc., Asked to be considered active in the chapter

Member Participation, Communication with Members, Image/Recruitment

The chapter membership rolls are effectively formed by the chapter officers alone, as recruitment of new members has been a challenge due to our chapter location and a lack of updated information on members relocating to the area. We are attempting to update rolls using information from headquarters as well as the undergraduate chapter at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Additional membership and subsequent participation

Reestablishment of officers to keep the chapter active and participation in the D8 conference.

An expansion of membership and hosting at least one major activity for members to participate in.

We always request to say a few words at / after Initiation (especially Spring) in which we invite students (esp graduating seniors) to join ONCAC or the alumni chapter where they will be living. We send an email to poeple on the "new to the area" list from HQ (typically with a specific event to attend).

Networking Dinners. We always try to discuss the NEXT event at each CURRENT event.

Chatting with them at events.

Sharing of pertinent information about the roll, infrastructure, passwords, etc. As well as "best practices". We are improving / updating / creating the documentation for each role.

Paid dues, Asked to be considered active in the chapter

Pi Day Event at Top Golf. We have food & drinks in addition to the driving range offerings of Top Golf.

Member Participation, Consistency of participation

This year we have emphasized including the collegiate chapters in every event. This helps drive our relationship with the collegiate chapter and increase the attendance at our events.

Continue growing Alumnus participation and more consistently. (Some events were very well attended, others far less so.)

1st time Dinner Cruise for 2 Pi Day celebration.

Continued collaboration with the Collegiate Chapters and adding (more) Lifelong Learning opportunities.

Attend the collegiate Chapter Initiations and other events

Voted in an election, bylaws update, etc., Asked to be considered active in the chapter

Member Participation, Communication with Members, Image/Recruitment, Quantity/quality/variety of events

Membership Participation. Focusing moving forward on recognition and spotlighting individuals, career paths, acts of service etc.

More regular meetings and more consistent member involvement

In Person Events, Connecting alumni to companies and students to provide personal and professional guidance

The officer meeting following, the board structure and positions are explained. Then once positions are selected, positions specific meetings are held with previous and current position holder.

This is an event we share with the colligate chapters. It is a potluck. We have many activities and vote on who brings the best pie dish.

Member Participation, Communication with Members, Image/Recruitment

member participation. We have a few consistent attendees, but are striving for more. Trying to overcome this by reaching out to new alumni in the area.

Higher attendance at events. Goal to have 10+ attendance at half the events

Have a consistent time of the month/week to send event emails.

We saw an increase in member participation from the previous year

Increased member participation and collaboration with student chapters

We plan three events ahead and send a membership outreach email to graduated student members and new members in the area.

Kansas City Alumni Chapter

On the job knowledge transfer

Member Participation, Officer Participation, Leadership/Officers, Image/Recruitment, Quantity/quality/variety of events

Engaging with new officers

More funding for alumni chapter events. Maybe just seed money to get engagement.

UMKC career panel. Many local TBP executives came out to support

Less frequently than all other options

We haven't been recruiting new officers

Express interest in activities of the chapter

Member Participation, Officer Participation, Communication with Members, Leadership/Officers, Collaboration with Collegiate Chapters

There's only one officer able to dedicate any time to the chapter.

Engage some alumni with the collegiate chapters, either as speakers or as advisors.

I wish we had email distribution and management (like MailChimp) through TBP as well as a chapter webpage on the TBP website—essential services that can survive leadership transition problems.

Finally establishing connections with the advisors of the local collegiate chapters.

Recruit new officers, recruit alumni to serve as advisors to the collegiate chapters.

Something that has bothered me about trying to get a chapter going is the focus on by-laws. For me personally, I was involved in launching an engineering alumni organization and the emphasis by the academic administration that by-laws had to be in place before anything could happen just about killed the organization before it started. Fortunately, we overcame that, but it was deeply frustrating for the founding team which was filled with exceptionally committed alumni who wanted to do things for the university and its students. TBP is no ones priority. The emphasis in getting by-laws in place took energy and focus away from creating and organizing events. Then, once the by-laws were complete, hardly anyone actually approves them (we weren't meeting in person). I was sending follow up messages and making phone calls and even that wasn't enough. I wish TBP just gave all prospective chapters a basic set of by-laws and then challenged the new chapter to focus on making events happen. As I said, TBP is no ones priority. In the contacts I have had with alumni, the greatest interest is in helping students. Yet, reaching out to the student chapter presidents and their advisors to organize something, only one ever got back to me. Fortunately, I got to meet the presidents and advisors at the District Conference so maybe this year will be better for cultivating those relationships. But if TBP isn't a priority for the student chapter presidents, what is it for alumni? In my particular case, I had a transformation experience as a chapter president at the Convention. Without that, I don't know whether I'd keep trying.

Rocket City Alumni Chapter (Huntsville, AL)

Less frequently than all other options

Voted in an election, bylaws update, etc.

Social event at a pizza restaurant

Member Participation, Officer Participation, Communication with Members, Finances, Leadership/Officers, Image/Recruitment, Quantity/quality/variety of events

Holding consistent meetings

Regular meetings, plus a planning meeting at the beginning of the year rather than trying to plan events month-to-month

None. It's just difficult to get regular engagement.

Regular meetings, including an initial planning meeting at the beginning of the year.

Chapter is recovering from inactivity, no method yet.

Paid dues, Voted in an election, bylaws update, etc.

Member Participation, Officer Participation, Communication with Members, Leadership/Officers, Image/Recruitment, Quantity/quality/variety of events, Collaboration with Collegiate Chapters

There was no activity from the previous officers. We are starting from the ground up again basically.

Get momentum! Specifically hold events and retain membership engagement as well as officer participation.

Continue to communicate to us, this really helps.

Electing new officers with a fresh perspective.

Hold more events and bring value to being a member of TBP.

We email them or talk to them in person.

We go over the roles. We also go over what didn't go well and what went well.

Voted in an election, bylaws update, etc.

Summer picnic for new grads to meet alumni.

We had pizza at a restaurant.

Member Participation, Quantity/quality/variety of events, Collaboration with Collegiate Chapters

Although we have been trying to hold regular events like every other month, we see <10 members attend. We have reached out to collegiate chapters but don't hear back. The DD has not helped us even though we have reached out.

We want to hold a greater variety of events and get the DD to help us connect with collegiate chapters.

It would be nice if they can help us engage with members.

Our greatest achievement is having Jenn join the eboard and host events. The chapter wasn't hosting events before her.

The goal is to engage members whether they're alumni or students.

We recommend having regular communication with alumni and collegiate chapters.

Briefing on the roles and responsibilities

Voted in an election, bylaws update, etc.

We often to professional development and resume review sessions

Member Participation, Officer Participation, Communication with Members, Leadership/Officers

Engaging officers and members to participate and fulfill their duties.

More events and more voice from leadership

More events and opportunities to be social

We reconnected with BU's collegiate chapter

Reconnect with other collegiate chapters in boston area and get more alumni engagement

Mainly the weekly newsletter and via our liaisons with the student chapters

Through our student liaisons, we reached out to recent alumni to see who was interested.

Usually in-person conversations, and notification via our newsletter.

This year, the President and President-Elect met with the VP (remaining), and the Secretary and Secretary Elect met. Our Director-Elects for the student chapters met with the current/outgoing directors and discussed strategy, during a conversation led by DD Michael Ustes.

Participated in a certain number of events

We regularly attend a free music concert at the Wilson Barn in Livonia, watching our VP headline the event

We rented a party room in Dearborn, Mi and played TBP Jeopardy and other games

Member Participation, Officer Participation, Quantity/quality/variety of events

We are struggling to establish long-term event coordination and attendance

Our main goal for this year is to host 1 event a month, and average 20 attendees per event

Not much at this moment, TBP provides good resources for us

Strong coordination with our collegiate chapters

Increase quality & attendance at events, and to establish a better social media presence

Please disregard our prior submission. Alex was under the impression it was an individual survey. Our apologies for the duplicate submissions!