Reaching All Baylor Alumni      Out of 165,000 living Baylor
alumni, the BAA currently counts fewer than 20,000 members —
less than one-eighth of Baylor's living alumni.  As the
university's graduating classes have grown, the BAA's reach has
not. Since 1990, Baylor has graduated some 70,000 students. But
fewer than 3,400 of those — less than 5 percent — have joined
the BAA. Some of that is due to the fees charged by the BAA for
membership; some is due to the association's limited
geographical reach.  Alumni activities coordinated by the BAA
are almost entirely Waco-based, despite the fact that the vast
majority of Baylor alumni live more than 100 miles from campus -
including growing numbers outside Texas and even around the
world.  On the other hand, the university - through the Baylor
Alumni Network - annually holds hundreds of events in dozens of
cities all over the country. For instance, while the BAA was
holding a single tailgate outside Floyd Casey Stadium before
Baylor football's 2013 home opener, the