Assembly LIX: The Tercentennial of Yale University
Thursday, October 4  through Friday, October 5, 2001
Executive Summary
Club Breakout

Moderators: Nory Babbitt, Director of Club and Association Relations and John Scales '54, Chair of the Yale Clubs and Associations Committee

Delegates voiced many priorities, goals, and problems, most of which the Committee had already been discussing and for which they have been making plans. Major issues, problems, suggestions, and solutions raised are as follows:

• Better utilization of alumni data provided by AYA
• Scholarships/financial aid
• Intra-club activities
• Helping students while at Yale and getting them involved in club activities
• Staying in touch with students, including sending care packages at exam time
• Reaching out to Yale seniors before they graduate
• Communication challenge, including bulk mailing, web sites and web templates
• Membership issues, web/e-mail
• Sending the right message by holding the best events to attract alumni
• Notification from New Haven when administrators, athletic teams, etc. are visiting a club area
• Raising the awareness of Yale in the local community
• Career counseling
• Surveying recent graduates about their thoughts concerning Yale clubs
• Alumni schools committees-improving contact and communication with the admissions office
• Attracting graduate and professional school graduates to the clubs
• Getting alumni together around science and engineering issues
• Lifelong learning in connection with specific intellectual interests
• International interests, particularly with clubs that don't have a critical mass of alumni §
• Connecting alumni with identity groups on campus
• Setting up an alumni knowledge/talent bank
• Senior societies and fraternities
• Connect interest groups with opportunities abroad
• Temporary interest groups around particular topics with faculty
• Finding out what exactly the special interest groups want
• Helping groups without mailing lists or activities get organized
  

Executive Summary Contents
I. Home
II. Opening Plenary
III. Class Breakout
IV. Club Breakout
V. G/P Breakout
VI. SIG Breakout
VII. Ed. Breakout
VIII. Reception