The success of a new chapter depends on the commitment of the local volunteers working in partnership with the Alumni Association staff. The process for establishing a chapter begins with these steps:

• Establish a geographic area for the chapter with your Alumni Association staff liaison. Please contact Melissa if you have not been assigned a staff liaison.
• In order to maintain a vital chapter, it is important to have a critical mass of 200 emails. If your area lacks the critical mass necessary to form a chapter, please contact your staff liaison to discuss other opportunities to connect to CU-Boulder.
• Your staff liaison will run a report to determine the number of alumni living in the designated chapter area and the number of e-mail addresses available for the area. This will help determine initial communication with local alumni.
• Develop a survey questionnaire with your staff liaison to gauge interest, activities and willingness to serve on the chapter leadership team. You may also want to pre-identify a planning meeting or kick-off event and publicize this in the questionnaire.
• Identify a core group with whom you can have a few informational meetings to gauge interest and potential membership in the proposed organization.
• Plan the first meeting or event to select board members and chapter officers and establish the purpose and mission of the chapter. Leadership within a chapter may vary from co-leaders to more of a formal set up of president and vice president, etc.