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PKA EPSILON OMICRON ALUMNI ASSOC

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WHAT IS A PI KAPPA ALPHA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION?

• As an extension of the Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity, alumni associations are:

• Groups of alumni and friends connected to the International Fraternity and each other through leadership, programming, communication and membership

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF AN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION?

• A Pi Kappa Alpha alumni association exists to promote the brotherhood of Epsilon Omicron by providing an outlet for casual alumni interaction

• Alumni associations allow the opportunity for Pike alumni to continue to benefit from their membership through fellowship, networking, social engagements, and a variety of other interactions

• Plan events so that alumni can maintain interest

WHAT ARE SOME EVENT IDEAS?

• Examples of events include:

• Golf Outing • Barbecue at local geo area – Alumni’s House • Outing to a sporting event (school or pro league) • Holiday reception • Alumni-undergraduate sporting event • Homecoming• Founders Day (March 2, 1868)• Chapter scholarship dinner • Happy Hour at local geo area establishment• Sponsored chapter recruitment event • Tailgates or pre/post game receptions • Civic activities (blood drive, food drive, etc.)

EPSILON OMICRON ALUMNI ASSOC

•Re-established Jan 2013•New Tax number assigned•Annual $125 fee paid to National•By-Laws established•Team Leaders established

CURRENT TEAM ORGANIZATION

DirectorMark Knox

Asst DirectorDavid Thomas

HoustonMike StockwellJim Truitt Clint Smith

Shawn Holder John Patton Ron Redd

Greg Samford

DallasBart Turner John DavisMike Fox Tim Want Bill Oxford

Zachary Carnely Chris George

East TexasBrad Bays Ron Lewis Joe Knox Tony Wier

West and Central Texas

Martin Welling

JR (Bob) Dyer Craig Burrell Mark Knox

Out of StatePat Newland

Frank Yerby

Geoff Gearner Charlie Phelps

Legal

Finance

HOW MANY ALUMNI ARE THERE?

• Since 1960 there have been over 1,200 alumni to come through Epsilon Omicron

•National has provided us with a data base that has 1,167 living alumni names (with initiation date and addresses)

WHERE ARE WE LOCATED?

• Dallas Area = 237 with 104 good email address• Houston Area = 269 with 84 good email

address• East Texas Area = 298 with 64 good email

address• West and Central Texas Area = 207 with

77 good email address• Out of Texas = 117 with 40 good e-mail

address

WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THIS DATA?

• Our goal is to get a good e-mail address for all of the alumni in our data base (1,100+)

• Currently we have 369 good e-mail addresses (35% penetration rate)

•Would like to get to 50% rate by September 2013

WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT?

• So that we can reach out to the alumni via the following:• Quarterly Newsletter• Issue number 1 sent April 2, 2013

• Facebook update• Currently have the following groups on Facebook

• EO Alumni 1960 to Present• 1970 – 1980 group• 1980 – 1990 group

• E-mail updates to all alumni • 1960 – Present mail group (main one)• 1960 – 1970 mail group• 1970 – 1980 mail group

• Web site (under construction)

WHAT IS NEXT?

• Teams continue to contact “lost” alumni• Start on Little Sister data base• Build momentum where the assoc will continue to

grow and become a “goto” source for any alumni events• Transition into a mentor group for the re-

established PKA chapter at SFA

• HAVE FUN and continue to do events like this.

…..NEXT EVENT…..NEW ORLEANS???!!!!!