Hi Nick
The 3 people you named have been invited by Leonie and did receive the newsletter as well. The process was we found about 700 email addresses that the Steering Group had (mainly Leonie of course) and that was our base invitation list. However, people will need ‘prompting’ to join so by all means reach out to them, and anyone else you know. We will also shortly be advertising our existence on LinkedIn and FB, to reach as many alumni as possible.
The actual number of alumni of SC UK is according to LinkedIn 20,000 people! We’ve done some sums and think that number is overstated, but we are fairly sure there’s well over 10,000 alumni out there somewhere. I met a nurse who was with us in the 1960s in Vietnam only last week.
We realise not everyone will want to join, and the majority of members will become ‘sleepers’ who read the newsletter but rarely if ever come to the site. We are hoping though to get sufficiently large that this site has an active discussion forum, and that there are a few new posts on here everyday – that’s key to sustainability. The newsfeed on the Welcome page is we hope one attraction to bring people back; it really is quite interesting to review it over time and see how various topics hit the news feeds.
Any ideas to either make the site more interesting, or to reach out to more Alumni, gratefully received.
Cheers
Pete
Save the Children UK Alumni Association
The Alumni Association of SC UK