http://www.officerslounge.hbs.org/forum.html Stay connected with the latest from HBS's Officers' Discussion http://www.officerslounge.hbs.org/forum.html?view_topic=46 Last post 06/15/2011, 06:57: Tom, Every club sets their own policy about allowing non-alumni members. Are you trying to setup your membership to be for alumni only? In general, the best way to control alumni vs non-alumni membership is to setup different membership levels. You can have one level for Alumni Only and have that set to "auto screen". The auto screen will automatically check for alumni status (and login) before allowing the purchase transaction to be completed. If the user was not an alum, they will be provided with the opportunity to submit an application for membership. This application then needs to be reviewed by the members of the "membership review board" - a group that's been created on the site. Only members of this group will receive notice of a pending application and will have access to approve/deny an application. Then, separately you can have a non-alumni membership level. This level should be set to manual review. This will also create a membership application that would need to be reviewed and approved/denied. Basically, auto screen takes the work out of verifying HBS alumni status for Alumni Only memberships. http://www.officerslounge.hbs.org/forum.html?view_topic=46 Last post 06/10/2011, 10:49: In Southern California, we've come across a few club members who have no Harvard affiliation, and short of manually checking every new / existing membership we're not sure what to do. Thanks! http://www.officerslounge.hbs.org/forum.html?view_topic=30 Last post 09/23/2009, 07:30: Hello http://www.officerslounge.hbs.org/forum.html?view_topic=35 Last post 09/23/2009, 07:12: Hi from the community partners social enterprise meeting. http://www.officerslounge.hbs.org/forum.html?view_topic=35 Last post 06/01/2009, 00:45: For me personally I am having a hard time deciding between several. I definitely feel energized and excited for the 2009-2010 year with the Washington, DC club. I think some of the lessons learned from other clubs about running a gala dinner and fundraiser will help us make our 2010 Business Leadership Dinner that much more of a success. http://www.officerslounge.hbs.org/forum.html?view_topic=35 Last post 06/01/2009, 00:40: Thanks to the HBS Clubs team and everybody who helped put on an outstanding COLC 2009. What was your biggest/best take away from the event? http://www.officerslounge.hbs.org/forum.html?view_topic=30 Last post 02/19/2009, 08:58: I am halfway through my first year as President of the Washington Club and was thinking about what the biggest challenges in leading the club have been so far. For me the hardest thing has been volunteer recruitment and engagement on the communications front. I have a great core of officers and a very supportive board, but have had a difficult time finding the right person or people to handle our club communications, emails, news letters and web site. It is one of the less glamorous, very operational parts of the club. One gets lots of attention for making even the slightest mistake, but it is like a football referee in that they are hardly noticed by the community when doing it well. When we presented it to the local HBS alumni as needing a communications strategy and operations vice president for the club, we got lots of interest in the strategy piece that faded as the mundane operations part of the job became apparent. We are looking into working with some local universities to see if we can get a student intern to help, and possibly paying to outsource it. What does your club do in terms of communications? What are the biggest challenges you face in leading your club? http://www.officerslounge.hbs.org/forum.html?view_topic=28 Last post 11/22/2008, 07:16: Philly Club: Other then a free membership category, we have no particular strategy for younger alumni. This year is our first attempt at a free membership for past year grads. As part of our membership campaign, we did have recent year grads call other recent year grads. It helped, we think. In the end, if we get someone to sign up for membership and they do not attend an event, regardless of being a recent grad or not, there is a high probability to lose them. So key is getting these folks to any event. http://www.officerslounge.hbs.org/forum.html?view_topic=28 Last post 11/07/2008, 12:32: Some Clubs have seen a decreasing level of involvement from young Alumni as the use of online social networking tools has increased over the years. How has your Club adapted to accommodate the lifestyle of young HBS Alumni?

How has your Club’s strategy for engaging young Alumni and retaining their membership changed?

Are there particular events/programs that have been successful with attracting young Alumni?

Has your Club been successful with reaching out to newly admitted/current students?

Please share your experiences. http://www.officerslounge.hbs.org/forum.html?view_topic=20 Last post 09/05/2008, 11:48: The Club Officers Discussion Board is open to all HBS Alumni Club and Association Officers. Please sign-in before submitting a new post.