International Chapter Chair & Vice Chair
Chair and Vice Chair Criteria & Expectations
With over 100,000 alumni globally, many of which reside outside of Dublin, International Alumni Chapters aim to foster community wherever alumni may live. The Chair and Vice Chair will have the opportunity to work alongside their local community to plan events and opportunities to connect with DCU, in a way that fits their community needs. The DCU Alumni Office is here to assist and provide the tools needed to build these chapters and relationships. The Alumni Office aims to empower each chapter to build and run organically as they deem fit for their community.
The Chair and Vice Chair may identify their needs for a larger steering committee and can build the positions through the alumni office.
Chair - 1 year tenure ideally after presiding as Vice Chair
- Serve as primary point of contact for the Alumni Office from your regional chapter.
- Establish chapter goals with Vice Chair that aligns with DCU’s mission to transform lives and societies and the alumni strategy.
- Work alongside the Vice Chair to plan and execute two events a year tailored to the needs of your chapter and community. This is supported by the alumni office.
- Quarterly planning meetings with the Alumni Office.
- Attend all chapter events.
- Foster alumni engagement through the planning of events, programs, and activities.
- Serve as a point of contact for alumni who relocate or live in your community.
- Assist and attend Dublin City University events that take place in your area.
Vice Chair - 1 year tenure with the aim to transition to Chair the following year
- Serve as secondary point of contact for the Alumni Office from your regional chapter.
- Establish chapter goals with Chair that aligns with DCU’s mission to transform lives and societies and the alumni strategy.
- Work alongside the Chair to plan and execute two events a year tailored to the needs of your chapter and community. This is supported by the alumni office.
- Quarterly planning meetings with the Alumni Office.
- Attend all chapter events.
- Foster alumni engagement through the planning of events, programs, and activities.
- Assist and attend Dublin City University events that take place in your area.
- Document and feedback images and attendance to the Alumni Office from chapter events.
DCU Alumni Office
- Send mailings on behalf of the chapter leadership to alumni in their area.
- Will assist in marketing and communications of upcoming chapter events in items such as Alumni Monthly newsletter, social media, and specific email mailings.
- Quarterly planning meetings with Chair and Vice Chair.
- Will assist in ideation and planning of chapter events.
- Maintain chapter information on the DCU Alumni Website.
- Create each chapter LinkedIn group, accessible via DCU Alumni Website.
- Create and provide Event Registration webforms and upkeep.
- Provide oversight and final decision making on chapter development.
In each one year tenure, either as chair or vice chair, there is a minimum of 7 touchpoints.
-4 meetings with the DCU Alumni Office
-3 in person events - March event, two additional events decided by the Chair and Vice Chair.
Chair, Vice Chair, and any other steering committee members may want to meet more with one another, volunteer extra time, build and execute more events for their community.
Additionally, the Vice Chair is encouraged to have a one year tenure as Vice Chair and then serving a one year tenure as Chair. This would be a 2 year commitment.
Each International Chapter will ideate and execute two events outside of the March St. Patrick's Day events. This can be a social event like organizing a trip to a baseball game or a career-based event like a networking breakfast. These two events are to be determined by the Chair and Vice Chair as they deem fit for the needs of their community.
A Tenure year is from April - March. Pass off is April 1. Below is an idea of a year's timeline
Q1 (April - June) :
Tenure pass off
Meeting with DCU Alumni Office
Early Summer Coffee Morning
Q2: (July-Sept):
Meeting with DCU Alumni Office
Q3: (Oct-Dec):
Meeting with DCU Alumni Office
Holiday Themed event
Q4: (Jan-Mar):
Meeting with DCU Alumni Office
March US Events
Wrap up year's work, prepare pass off to new member.
After completing a two-year tenue, one year a Vice Chair and one year as Chair, DCU would like to honour our committed volunteers. At the US March Events, those who have successfully executed 2 additional events a year to the March event, been in communication with the DCU Alumni Office quarterly, and have been a model of living DCU's mission to transform lives and societies will be recognised for their efforts with a token of our appreciation and gratitude.