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Message: [QUOTE="Da_Aisijimo_Gou, post: 1353294, member: 264"] Some relevant comments for other locations UConnNick, but unfortunately none of the demographic references held water at the time. To be direct, the largest New England city located roughly 90 miles from Storrs more than adequately met any reasonable demographic parameter. At the time and even more today, Boston absolutely had more than enough UCONN alumni for Storrs alumni association professionals to build upon. At the time referenced, a core group of reasonably successful alumni volunteers committed for a few years to help kick things off for the alumni association. Of those people, at least a few had prior quality exposure or successful experience assisting with groups in CT and others with their other undergrad or grad alma mater's alumni associations and chapters in the Beantown and other cities (I recall Michigan, IU, and UVA, read B1G and potential B1G). Additionally, access was provided to quality function rooms at offices of their reasonably respected employers (real estate, financial, legal, etc.), access obtained to professional game tickets and other events, etc. Above and beyond sufficient alumni in the area, the core volunteer commitment was more than adequate. Sadly, the level and quality of alumni association commitment was inconsistent to lacking. For example, with plenty of advance volunteer planning, scheduled events and locations, etc., how challenging is it to expect an alumni association to distribute invitations minimally one month or more in advance? Since that time, things may have improved with the alumni association operations in Storrs and even within a group elected by absolutely miniscule numbers of alumni association members and voting alumni. Surely, all major US metropolitan areas and likely London and a few other global cities must have sufficient alumni to meet reasonable demographic requirements in 2015. Clearly, Tulsa and New Orleans are not such metro areas nor should anyone expect successful, active alumni groups to be limited to an association's traditionally narrow focus on the Constitution State. [/QUOTE]

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