In the last couple of months, I’ve been inundated (well, if three counts as an inundation) with groups wanting to create an alumni directory. So I get cards in the mail and emails with “Please call this number and confirm your information.” I would be happy to, except that all these really are is an attempt to separate you from several hundred dollars in a hard sell. So look, National Eagle Scout Association, Arrowmen, and undergraduate college, I’d be happy to participate if you’d just give me a web address I could enter my information in. You could even attempt to sell me on there afterward. Hell, if you made a cheap enough copy I might even buy one. But don’t make me have to talk to a live person and then spend time saying “no interested” because I don’t want to just be rude and hang up.
You know what’s worse? My university’s actual alumni association is constantly inundating me with offers to add me to directories in exchange for large sums of money. Like, I gave you fuckers $40,000 already - what more do you want?
At least Who’s Who and what not are supposed to be money-grubbing scum.
Even worse, they ask you to donate while your still paying off your student loans.
My high school puts out an alumni directory every 5 years or so. I fill out a form that they send me and mail it in, and the directory itself goes for about $60, so I buy one to catch up on what everyone is doing.
I’ve never heard anything about an alumni directory from either of the colleges I have graduated from.
These are not as necessary thanks to the proliferation of Social Media