CACO suggests that you focus on specific objectives to ensure that your five years in office are productive, successful, and fun!
Year Specific Responsibilities
Every Year
- Promote officer and classmate communication
- Participate in Cornell-sponsored training sessions (e.g., Cornell Alumni Leadership Conference, Reunion Kickoff, webinars, etc.)
- Strive to increase participation, commonly measured through class membership (dues-payers)
- Send timely membership solicitations and follow up with non-renewals
- Monitor class treasury
- Hold at least one class meeting
- Actively recruit diverse leadership
- Take advantage of resources (e.g., university staff, CACO board, past class officers, etc.)
- Share best practices with other classes, your CACO contact, and your Class Programs staff contact
- Publish a class column in every issue of the Cornell Alumni Magazine
- Update your class webpage and develop new content
- Thank all participants (annual fund, membership)
- Find contact information of classmates with incorrect/outdated addresses and/or email and update their profiles. Submit these changes to Cornell
- Piggyback on other Cornell events (e.g., regional clubs, athletics, CEN events, etc.)