In 2008, on a whim I decided to start an IASC Alumni group on Facebook. That group has now reached 325 members! This may not seem like much as there were over 300 members a few months ago, but lately the goal of finding people to add to the group has been put aside somewhat to begin working on the details of a formal IASC Alumni Association.
For years I had been trying to start an IASC Alumni Association by using the Internet, phone, e-mail and word of mouth to find people. While I found plenty of people over time, the effort never got very far with only one person to keep up the search. However, when more people became interested in the concept the idea had merit again. Last November, Teresa Lane asked me to make a presentation to the 2009-10 IASC Executive Board about formally creating an Alumni Association. Now, eight months later here we are already with some significant accomplishments: a successful initial IASC reunion, a registered organization with the State of Illinois, a website, and some official members.
The slowly increasing number of people joining the Facebook group demonstrates that IASC alumni are still finding the organization organically. There are obviously many more alumni out there to be found. While this organization wants to find those people, we also hope that some of them find us through this site and through the main IASC page.
Again, if you are reading this page we welcome and encourage your comments on this post or any others on the site. We want to know your thoughts about how the organization affected you in the past and how we might affect you or others in the future. Please vote on our poll to the right of the page about when to have the next IASC reunion. Finally, the Charter Membership phase of the organization has started and we would like to encourage you to join us now!
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