SOLA Executive Committee Training

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SOLA Executive Committee Training

• Saturday, September 2, 2006

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Mission Statement

• Ensure the continued progress and excellence of
  Northeastern University Alumni Association

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Roles and responsibilities

• Constitution
• Bylaws
• Election to choose President and Executive Vice
  President

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Communication

• Email blast
• NU Website
• Mailing list

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Email Blast

• To send emails to members, we use yahoogroups
  http//groups.yahoo.com/group/nusola/
• Two or three of you should be administrators for
  the site
• This entails approving emails that get sent by
  members
• This can be done remotely

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Email Blast
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SOLA Website

• SOLA Website is hosted by NU http//www.atsweb.ne
  u.edu/alumni/sites/sola/edit/
• Username/password
• All jobs, articles, events should be posted on
  the website and updated on a weekly basis
• Can be done remotely

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Website
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Website
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Website

• To add html formatting
• Create a web page in word
• Open with view\webpage
• Save file as .html
• Open file in internet explorer
• Right click and show view source
• Copy and paste into edit text
• voilayou have just created a webpage!

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Mailing list

• Needs to be updated every summer when new
  graduates can be added
• Ask alums to send new address
• Also can get updates from website responses

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• 2 big events Homecoming and Latino Banquet
  Weekend
• Other events Caminos, Alumni Week (basketball
  game), other student and social events

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Yearly calendar
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Working with other organizations

• NU Alumni Leadership Council
• Liason to meetings representing SOLA and
  reporting back to e-committee
• NU Alumni Admissions
• Volunteer and help recruit alumns to attend
  college fairs in your area
• LSCC
• Help organize events where alumni are asked to
  volunteer

• LASO
• Work with external VP and other board members
• LACLA
• Alumni volunteer to choose scholarship recipients
• LACCS
• SHPE

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STUDENT CONTACT INFO

• The Latin American Student Organization,
  nulaso_at_yahoo.com
• The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers,
  nushpe-eboard_at_yahoogroups.com
• The Association of Latino Professionals of
  Finance Accounting, rosario.c_at_neu.edu