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ASSUMPTIONS
Alumni Interest Groups:
connect alumni and friends to the University and the University of Minnesota
Alumni Association;
support the mission, goals, and objectives of the Alumni Association;
help increase membership in the group and the Alumni Association; and
are financially self-sustaining and do not receive direct staff support from the Alumni Association.
PROCESS
A group applying for Alumni Association alumni interest group status must meet the following criteria:
include at least 25 paid Alumni Association members who support alumni interest group status, at least
five of whom are willing to assume group leadership responsibility, and
obtain endorsement from on-campus department, program, organization, or unit which would benefit from, and collaborate with the alumni interest group.
When these criteria have been met, the group will submit a written petition requesting alumni interest group status to the Alumni Association Programs Committee for review and recommendation to the Alumni Association National Board. The petition will include:
names of those assuming leadership responsibility;
names and written signatures of UMAA members in the group supporting the alumni interest group status;
definition of the group; initial and projected group size;
proposed governance structure;
a mission statement, and an activities/financial plan that includes at least one event; and
one project that supports the University and Alumni Association goals and objectives.
After alumni interest group status is granted:
the group will be chartered by the Alumni Association;
an Alumni Association alumni officer may attend alumni interest group meetings and serve as a liaison between the group and the Alumni Association for information-sharing purposes;
the group will submit programming and financial plans for annual review by the Alumni Association Programs Committee;
the group will not charge separate membership dues; each group will develop and implement alternative funding strategies, i.e. company sponsorship, event fees, assistance from endorsing University department or unit; and
the Alumni Association will provide the group with Alumni Association membership materials and a yearly report of alumni interest group members.
Approved by Alumni Association National Board of Directors, June 1994.
Amended November 1996; updated 2006
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