Kappa Kappa Psi & Tau Beta Sigma
NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Guidelines for Creating a Local Association

Congratulations! Creating a local association is a fantastic way to keep your alumni members active in Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma. This document will help you to create your local association as easily as possible.

How to form a Local Alumni Association:

What is a local association?

Local associations consist of alumni from a metropolitan area, geographic region, or college that are dedicated to serving Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma in their region. They can consist of alumni from Kappa Kappa Psi and/or Tau Beta Sigma, as determined by that local association. We strongly encourage your association to include alumni of both Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma, since the NAA is a joint organization.

Recruiting members

A local association needs to have at least 4 NAA members. There are several resources at your disposal to recruit potential members. Start by contacting your NAA district representative for a list of NAA members in your region. You should also contact other local alumni associations, active chapters, and national headquarters.

Getting Organized

Once you have found potential members for your local association, have a meeting. Take the Local Association by-laws that are included in this document and fill in the blanks to suit your local association. You may add extra offices and committees to best suit your association's needs, but there is no need to completely re-write these by-laws.

Once you have adopted your by-laws, fill out your local association roster. If some of your alumni are not yet NAA members, make sure that they fill out an NAA membership form and pay their dues as well.

Elect the officers for your local association, and start planning your activities and recruitment efforts.

Submit bylaws, Association startup fee of $25 and association roster, along with any membership forms and dues, to the National Headquarters. In addition, submit copies of your bylaws to your district NAA representatives.

The approval process

The district directors and the NAA Vice Chair will review your bylaws. If there are any concerns about them, you will be notified of any revisions that are required. When the bylaws are satisfactory and the membership roster has been verified, then you will receive a letter from the National Executive Director granting your local association official recognition.

Maintaining your local association

Each year, the local association will need to submit a report/roster form to National Headquarters along with a $5 processing fee. The NAA Board will use these forms to verify your local association membership, and to share ideas with other local associations. It is important that the form be sent in before July 1st of each year in order to keep your local association active, otherwise your local association will be required to submit a $25 reactivation fee.

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