People who know me know I’m a caller school junky. I usually manage to attend (or at least hang out at) one caller school per year…the GCA school is my first hangout choice; this year, I’m actually paying for the privilege of working with Anne Uebelacker, Vic Ceder, and Saundra Bryant.

The GCA is a fairly small community in and of itself, and we have a mailing list so we can communicate with each other throughout the year. But I’ve been to other schools where we work intensely together for a week…and then never see or hear from each other again. Why not use the internet to promote some kind of “alumni community” for caller schools. That’s exactly what the Silver State Callers School has done. They have online contact information for their alumni, a list of alumni (and faculty) calling dates, a note from one of the instructors (in Nasser Shukayr‘s inimitable style), and even a (totally unused at this point) bulletin board. I think more schools should try to foster an alumni community.