Getting Started

Muster Information Form
You can provide The Association with all of your Muster information by filling out one important form, the Muster Information Form. Please follow the on-screen instructions for filling out the form and it will walk you through the rest of the process. Please fill this form out before January 11 to ensure that your information is as updated as possible.

Publicity
Information regarding A&M Club or Muster groups will be publicized both on our website, www.AggieNetwork.com, and in Texas Aggie magazine. Also, promoting Muster through local newspapers, radio, and TV is strongly encouraged. A sample news release is provided behind the tab for the month of March. Due to space restrictions and changing information, only the Muster Chair contact information will be listed in the Texas Aggie.

Invitations
This year, The Association will continue to print and mail invitations for all Muster groups. This will count as an A&M Club’s once-a-year mailer. Non-chartered A&M Clubs and Muster Groups will be billed for postage costs.

Please not that the Muster Invitation Deadlines have changed:
Musters taking place outside of Texas will need to send in their Invitation Form by January 18, so that their Invitations can be processed and sent out first because of the extended time they need in the mail. All Invitation Forms for Texas Musters are due by February 1. Please see the Invitation Order Form, in the February portion of the Muster Planning Guide, for more information. 

Also, in order to keep our Mailing List for your area as updated as possible, please encourage members of your Club or Muster Group to update their contact information on AggieNetwork.com. The Association needs your support as Muster Chair to encourage Former Students to keep in touch with the Aggie Network, so we can keep our records as accurate as possible.

Supplies
A variety of supplies are provided by The Association to suit your ceremony style. Fill out the Supplies Order Form in the February portion of the Muster Planning Guide and return it to The Association before February 15 in order to receive supplies in time for Muster. If Supply Orders are not received by February 15, The Association cannot guarantee that your supplies will arrive by April 21.

Videos / DVDs
A variety of videos and DVDs are available and will be provided to Clubs and groups on a first-ordered, first-served basis. Many groups show a video in place of a Muster speaker. Please fill out and return the Video Order Form in the February portion of the Muster Planning Guide to The Association before February 15. Also, please return all videos after Muster.

Speaker List
The Association maintains the Online Speaker List, a list of former and current students who have volunteered their time to speak at a Muster ceremony. Please contact the speaker directly to make arrangements. More Muster speaker instructions along with a sample speaker confirmation letter is provided in the March portion of the Muster Planning Guide.

Roll Call for the Absent List
A list of Aggies who have passed away and are to be honored at Muster will be posted in Microsoft Excel format at www.AggieNetwork.com/Muster in early April. This list will be sortable by City, State, and Class Year. Many families will contact the chair directly in order to make arrangements for their honoree. If you would like to contact the families personally, a "Sample Letter to the Families" is provided in the March portion of the Muster Planning Guide.

Report Form
We want to know about your successful Muster! Please return the Muster Report Form in the April portion of the Muster Planning Guide before May 9. You can also include any pictures or interesting stories for possible inclusion in Texas Aggie magazine. Please do notwrite on the pictures, but send a separate sheet with the names and Class years of those in thephoto.