Shared Effort

Princeton Project 55 is excited to share with our valued affiliates our goals for The Alumni Network in 2009-12:

Princeton Project 55 would like to grow and expand to reach alumni of all ages—providing more opportunities to connect with Project 55, our affiliates, and each other to serve our nation in the public interest.

Project 55 will expand its TAN activities in order to support that ambitious goal. Here are just a few of our plans for 2009-10:

1.     Communications: Project 55 will continue to provide TAN affiliates’ contact information every fall and help to organize and share best practices and resources online.

• Chet Safian intends to retire as TAN Program Leader and will be less proactive in seeking new TAN affiliates. Affiliates and/or interested parties should email TAN@alumnicorps.org with any questions or suggestions throughout the year.
• Project 55 is committed to continuing local partnerships in our cities and fellowship “position sharing” with our affiliates when applicable. We are grateful for the wonderful collaboration among TAN affiliates “on the ground,“ which benefit all our programs.
• Project 55 will continue to publish The Venture Catalyst online, and we encourage online posting and participation from our affiliates.

2.     Conference: Project 55 plans to expand and enhance the TAN Conference in order to broaden our reach to affiliates, partner organizations and alumni of all ages and interests.

• We expect this change to enrich and diversify the TAN conference experience for our long-time affiliates. All TAN Affiliates will be invited and encouraged to lead and participate in workshops of interest. At the same time, Project 55 will have an opportunity to better connect its Board members and supporters with TAN and other PP55 programming.
• This in no way prevents our affiliates from planning additional TAN conferences in their areas. In fact, we encourage local innovation!

3.     Project 55’s 20^th Anniversary Year: During our 20^th Anniversary year and hopefully beyond, PP55 hopes to facilitate more opportunities for universities and alumni of all ages to engage in the public interest.

• Project 55 plans to pilot at least one networking/idea-sharing event for this purpose in each of our major fellowship cities in 2009-10. Stay tuned for more information, and please send any thoughts to TAN@alumnicorps.org!

Note:  Should any TAN affiliate feel an Advisory Board conference call is in order, they should contact the Advisory Board Chair, Nick Beilenson (NBeilenson@peterpauper.com) or email TAN@alumnicorps.org