Everyone is in a holding pattern pending President Hamilton's developing his strategy. Meanwhile, the local governance groups should be out in the communities drumming up support locally for the university. Make sure that your leaders are highly visible in the communities, that you are speaking to the Rotary, the chambers of commerce, and other civic organizations, and actually involved in them as members. The new UAA Alumni Association president is on the university subcommittee of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce. The UAA Faculty Association is also quite active.
Alumni associations are a very good resource.
There are alumni from each association all over the state in every district and very often holding key positions in business or government. It is incumbent upon us to get the students, faculty and staff together with the alumni as local groups to begin to move forward under an overarching theme. It remains to be seen what the theme will be this year. The president is still in the process of developing it. Ivey was directed to check on the total number of people in Alaska versus the number registered to vote.