• Choose two or three faculty members as potential speakers for your event.
• Contact the Alumni Office as soon as you have decided - at least 12 weeks in advance.
• The Alumni Office may have first-hand knowledge of that person's availability, travel schedule, current projects or another condition that would determine the appropriateness of your request. The Alumni Office also needs to know the proposed dates to get your event on the calendar and begin the planning process.
• The Alumni Office (Alex or Heather) will consult with you about your faculty choices and make the initial contact with the faculty member to let him or her know that you will be calling them about your event.
• From that point we suggest that you contact faculty/staff directly (unless otherwise directed).
• The Alumni Office will cover airfare, hotel, and meals for the faculty member and will even pay for you to take them out for lunch or dinner. You do not have to arrange for their airfare or hotel.

After all this information, you are probably ready to get going but just before you do, we have a final word about chapter events.