Alums prepare for Initiative announcement
As the Steering Committee on the Student Life Initiative finalizes its recommendations of the full Board of Trustees, College alumni clubs are preparing to disseminate the news quickly and thoroughly as possible, in an effort to avoid some of the miscommunications that occurred last year shortly after the announcement of the Initiative. Hoping to avoid alumni uproar after the Steering Committee recommendations are released, the council is working on how to receive feedback from as many alumni as possible and pass on the information to the Trustees, according to President of the Alumni Council Kelly Fead '78. "A lot of the strong initial alumni reaction came from what people thought the Initiative was about," Fead said. The Council is considering communication methods including satellite broadcasts, e-mail bulletins, presentations by Trustees and mass mailings, Fead said, adding individual clubs have also coordinated their own efforts. "I think that right now everyone's waiting to see what's going to happen, but it's difficult to track the issue moment to moment," Fead said. However, some clubs are trying to do just that. The Los Angeles Alumni Club, for example, has placed a poll on its website to monitor member opinion.