HOW DO I GET DETAILS ABOUT THE ATLANTA ILLINI EVENTS?
You must be an alumnus of UIllinois and join the private online group for UIllinois alumni at
Frequently Asked Questions
If your question is not answered on this page, please see the Contact Us page and send your questions/feedback to our primary email address.1.
Are there instructions for how to sign-up for the online private group forum?
To sign up for the online group, click the button in the sidebar that says "Yahoo group Join.AtlantaIllini.info" or click this weblink or type in the url.
Are there instructions for how to sign-up for the online private group forum?
To sign up for the online group, click the button in the sidebar that says "Yahoo group Join.AtlantaIllini.info" or click this weblink or type in the url.
In the comments area: note that you are an alumnus of UIllinois along with your year of graduation and major.
All other instructions will be presented to you after you go to the sign-up page. It is pretty user-friendly, but if you have any additional questions that are not addressed there or on the Frequently Asked Questions page, please contact us at the primary email account for the club.
2.
Membership Requirements
The Atlanta Illini club operates as a local chapter in Georgia for the University of Illinois Alumni Association - a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. For membership information, please see the main UIAA.org website.
Usually, yearly dues for basic membership in UIAA are listed at UIAA.org. You should see UIAA.org for all of the details on current dues amounts and the various levels of membership.
3.
UIllinois Network on Facebook & Always Illinois
UIllinois has been maintaining a longstanding presence on Facebook, the top social site, for many years. The UIllinois facebook network is open to alumni, students, and staff who have email addresses within the illinois.edu domain.
As a dues-paying member of the UIAA, you may obtain your free lifetime email address in the illinois.edu domain via the Always Illinois social networking website:
http://AlwaysIllinois.org
Benefits:
--find many thousands of Illini staff, students and alumni that you want to stay in contact with, both on FB and AI
--receive automated updates from your favorite groups, colleges, and other Illini organizations that are most important to you both on FB and AI
--use the lifetime forwarding email address for free for life, even if you've only paid dues that one year that you signed up
--add your prestigious illinois.edu email address to business cards and other promotional materials so that others know you are from the Big Ten
--if you think of any other benefits that should be listed here, let us know
4.
What is the main way to contact the Atlanta Illini club?
See our primary email address and website links on the Contact Us page
5.
How can I obtain discounted tickets or group lots of tickets to sports events?
The president of our local club chapter makes information available about tickets via the newsletter which is distributed automatically via our private online group at http://Join.AtlantaIllini.info
6.
Can I receive the newsletter without joining the online group?
At this time, the only way to receive the entire newsletter and other private group details is by joining the private online group at http://Join.AtlantaIllini.info
7.
The following information highlights ways that the public and that UIllinois alumni may access public and private information about the Atlanta Illini club.
WEBSITE
(PUBLIC)
You can access a "light version" of club information (minus exclusive and private details) via the website at http://AtlantaIllini.info, which is available for public viewing without having to subscribe.
BLOG (RSS READER) / SOCIAL SITES
(PUBLIC)
If you enjoy using blogs (RSS reader), micro-blogs or social sites as information sources, use the website to read more details about this and access relevant links.
ONLINE GROUP FORUM
(PRIVATE FOR UILLINOIS ALUMNI ONLY)
In our private online group forum, you can choose either a subscription to receive the newsletter by email or to simply view online only.
This private group provides UIllinois alumni with access to the entire periodic newsletter, in addition to more time-sensitive updates and exclusive private club details about events and discounts.
Also, please note that UIAA (our home alumni org) may make some changes over the next year or so that would empower local clubs to move their online groups to a more customized private online forum. If and when these changes take place, all UIllinois alumni who are currently listed in our contact list will be notified.
6.
Can I receive the newsletter without joining the online group?
At this time, the only way to receive the entire newsletter and other private group details is by joining the private online group at http://Join.AtlantaIllini.info
7.
The following information highlights ways that the public and that UIllinois alumni may access public and private information about the Atlanta Illini club.
WEBSITE
(PUBLIC)
You can access a "light version" of club information (minus exclusive and private details) via the website at http://AtlantaIllini.info, which is available for public viewing without having to subscribe.
BLOG (RSS READER) / SOCIAL SITES
(PUBLIC)
If you enjoy using blogs (RSS reader), micro-blogs or social sites as information sources, use the website to read more details about this and access relevant links.
ONLINE GROUP FORUM
(PRIVATE FOR UILLINOIS ALUMNI ONLY)
In our private online group forum, you can choose either a subscription to receive the newsletter by email or to simply view online only.
This private group provides UIllinois alumni with access to the entire periodic newsletter, in addition to more time-sensitive updates and exclusive private club details about events and discounts.
Also, please note that UIAA (our home alumni org) may make some changes over the next year or so that would empower local clubs to move their online groups to a more customized private online forum. If and when these changes take place, all UIllinois alumni who are currently listed in our contact list will be notified.
So, if you want to be sure that you are on the Atlanta Illini club's e-mail contact list, use the Contact Us page to send us a brief note with your information. We adhere to the privacy policy of UIAA.org.
Who should I share this with?
Tell your Illini friends and family, who are living in, relocating to, or visiting Atlanta/Georgia.
8.
Does Atlanta Illini have a blog?
Our blog domain name has changed from IlliniGeorgia.Blogspot.com to Blog.AtlantaIllini.info.
Anyone may subscribe to this blog via RSS feed and/or via email.
9.
Is Atlanta Illini on Facebook or twitter?
Our social profiles on Facebook, twitter and other social sites are listed on the Social Sites page of this main website.
10.
Is the Atlanta Illini club an official part of the Alumni Association for UIllinois?
The Atlanta Illini club is registered as an official local club of the UIAA and can be found listed in the club directory located at UIAA.org
11.
Do you know if there are UIUC license plates available in GA? I see a lot of plates with logos from other schools like UF and Auburn on them. I was hoping to get one for Illinois.
In order to get a Georgia tag for Illini, we would need a large percentage of the Illini who live in Georgia to agree to purchase the tag. If you or another Illini you know would like to pursue this task, we could use volunteers to help bring everyone together and get this done.
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Purpose for Atlanta Illini's wide network of social sites
Thanks for your feedback, ***. That was an awesome question.
I do understand your concern, and haven't given you the myspace e-mail address to confuse you, but only to inform you that if you prefer MySpace as a way to stay in contact with us, then we are here, too. But if that's not for you, please just ignore it, and stick with the main yahoo email, yahoo group, and website homepage.
In social media marketing, a network of social sites is one of the most common best practices that you'll see as a newer trend for the most prevalent corporations and non-profit organizations. They maintain a presence on all of the major social sites. This is because, similar to the ways of multi-media advertising, social media marketing is designed to bring the company/organization to their online audience in the places that their audience likes to hang out.
The purpose of creating a network of social profiles for the Atlanta Illini club is to help us find the other ~2500 Illini living in Georgia who have not yet plugged into our local chapter, with the least expensive and most readily available marketing possible. And, right now, social media marketing has been serving us very well, in this arena.
In all of the communications that we provide on each social site, they always point everyone back to the yahoo group and the home website at (http://www.AtlantaIllini.info). (or at least they're supposed to, so remind us in the cases where that information hasn't been updated). Also, we'll be sure to add this information as a disclaimer on any further communications that we send out, as well.
There will soon be an FAQ page on the website with yours as one of the first (anonymous) questions on the list.
If you have any further feedback for me or the club, in general, feel free to reply or leave a note/comment on any of the social sites.
AtlantaIllini.info
Thanks for your feedback, ***. That was an awesome question.
I do understand your concern, and haven't given you the myspace e-mail address to confuse you, but only to inform you that if you prefer MySpace as a way to stay in contact with us, then we are here, too. But if that's not for you, please just ignore it, and stick with the main yahoo email, yahoo group, and website homepage.
In social media marketing, a network of social sites is one of the most common best practices that you'll see as a newer trend for the most prevalent corporations and non-profit organizations. They maintain a presence on all of the major social sites. This is because, similar to the ways of multi-media advertising, social media marketing is designed to bring the company/organization to their online audience in the places that their audience likes to hang out.
The purpose of creating a network of social profiles for the Atlanta Illini club is to help us find the other ~2500 Illini living in Georgia who have not yet plugged into our local chapter, with the least expensive and most readily available marketing possible. And, right now, social media marketing has been serving us very well, in this arena.
In all of the communications that we provide on each social site, they always point everyone back to the yahoo group and the home website at (http://www.AtlantaIllini.info). (or at least they're supposed to, so remind us in the cases where that information hasn't been updated). Also, we'll be sure to add this information as a disclaimer on any further communications that we send out, as well.
There will soon be an FAQ page on the website with yours as one of the first (anonymous) questions on the list.
If you have any further feedback for me or the club, in general, feel free to reply or leave a note/comment on any of the social sites.
AtlantaIllini.info
13. What do I do if I didn't receive your emails after I signed up for the online group?
ADD US TO YOUR WHITE LIST!
AtlantaIllini at yahoogroups.com
and
AtlantaIllini at yahoo.com
Replace "at" with @ sign, of course.
(We removed @ to prevent spam from automated spam-bots that may scan this website.)
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How do I send a note to the main alumni association?
Use UIAA.org's contact form at http://uiaa.org/contact.html
Note that if your message is for Atlanta Illini, the quickest way to contact us is listed on our Contact Us page on this website.