Charter Membership Campaign Extended

Back in June, the IASC Alumni Association began a push to become a full fledged organization.  We sent out a call asking former students and current and former advisors to become part of this organization and make our dream become a reality.  While we have received nearly two dozen membership forms to date, we realize that the current economy does not always allow for this type of discretionary spending.  Further, our goal was to include as many people who wanted to be involved and not exclude those who did not currently have the time or money to give. 

With that in mind we have decided to extend our Charter Membership campaign into the next year.  That campaign will now run until May 31, 2011.  The cost to join as a Charter Member remains $25.  This price will increase after that date. We are still not sure exactly how much the rate will increase, but it would not be fair to those who signed up early to go back on our promise. 

Benefits of Charter Membership

Listed as a Charter Member of the IASC Alumni Association

Membership Certificate

Small Token of Gratitude

More to come in the future...

Your membership fees will allow the alumni organization to start projects, initiatives, scholarships, and events to keep the IASC strong. The IASC Alumni Association will be using funds to start the IASC Alumni Association, to set up the organization as an official non-profit group, to help pay for the upkeep of the IASC archives, and the creation of a scholarship program for worthy high school students for workshops or college.  At this stage we are attempting to do as much as we can for free to mitigate costs by using free communication avenues, and tap resources of those affiliated with the IASC in the past.

As previously noted in the initial post introducing the Charter Membership program there are a number of avenues in which someone may be a potential member of the IASC Alumni Association. Here is a list of ways to qualify as a potential member of the IASC Alumni Association:

• Former State Officers
• Former District Officers
• Former IASC Workshop Particpants
• Former IASC Summer Workshop Junior and Senior Staff
• Former Delegates and Honor Delegates to State Conventions
• Former National Conference Participants
• Former Region V/Lead Conference Participants
• Advisors (Past and Present)

As before, becoming a member is easy, just click here to download the membership form and send it in!

Don't wait until the last minute. Join now!

Charter Membership Ranks Growing

A seed has been planted and now there are signs that something significant is beginning to take root. Charter membership applications are starting to arrive as we get more excited about the prospects of a successful organization.

In my discussions with alumni over the years I have yet to find someone tell me that the IASC did not have an impact on their life in some way. I find it interesting that my response was always positive about the prospects of a reunion or a formal alumni association.

Have you joined yet? We want you to be part of this new organization! The difference will be to experience leadership in a new light and from a more experienced perspective.

New Benchmark for IASC Alumni Group On Facebook

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!

Now Accepting Alumni Association Charter Members!

The Illinois Association of Student Councils Alumni Association is beginning a push to become a full fledged organization and to make that happen we need you.  We are offering a Charter Membership program that will run from now until Novemer 15, 2010.  The cost to join as a Charter Member is $25.  This price will increase after November 15th, but at this point we are not sure to exactly how much the rate will increase.

Benefits of Charter Membership
Listed as a Charter Member of the IASC Alumni Association
Membership Certificate
Small token of gratitude (To Be Determined)

Your membership fees will allow the alumni organization to start projects, initiatives, scholarships, and events to keep the IASC strong. The IASC Alumni Association will be using funds to start the IASC Alumni Association, to set up the organization as an official non-profit group, to help pay for the upkeep of the IASC archives, and the creation of a scholarship program for worthy high school students for workshops or college.  At this stage we are attempting to do as much as we can for free to mitigate costs by using free communication avenues, tap resources of those affiliated with the IASC in the past,

As someone formerly involved with the IASC some may wonder who is a potential member of the Alumni Association. Here is a list of ways to qualify as a potential member of the IASC Alumni Association:

• Former State Officers
• Former District Officers
• Former IASC Workshop Particpants
• Former IASC Summer Workshop Junior and Senior Staff
• Former Delegates and Honor Delegates to State Conventions
• Former National Conference Participants
• Former Region V/Lead Conference Participants
• Advisors (Past and Present)

Becoming a member is easy, just click here to download the membership form and send it in!

Join now!