prhoya
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Post by prhoya on Feb 1, 2006 14:19:11 GMT -5
Great news, ep. The Administration has to be aware of the lack of adequate facilities for our teams, especially the basketball team and McD. Awareness of it doesn't equate to a willingness (or ability) to do anything about it... It's a start! Now we need the big donor a la Okla State. |
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Post by SaxaCD on Feb 1, 2006 15:06:19 GMT -5
DFW - You really like to pee in our cheerios, don't you? DFW -- the "doseofreality" of facilities!  |
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DFW HOYA
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Post by DFW HOYA on Feb 1, 2006 16:12:33 GMT -5
Jack's point states it best. It's a matter of priorities and money.
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Post by SFHoya99 on Feb 1, 2006 16:57:38 GMT -5
Jack's point states it best. It's a matter of priorities and money. Here's the problem with that mindset: it has underlying assumptions that I think a lot of people would disagree with. Specifically, the decision to delay/not initiate a project to avoid pulling funding/resources from other projects assumes that donations/resources are a zero sum game and donations for one are offset by a decrease in donations to the other. The people that donate to each of these are not always the same people. The people who donate to one project won't necessarily cap their total giving; often multiple projects means a higher overall giving level. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2006 17:01:25 GMT -5
Jack's point states it best. It's a matter of priorities and money. Here's the problem with that mindset: it has underlying assumptions that I think a lot of people would disagree with. Specifically, the decision to delay/not initiate a project to avoid pulling funding/resources from other projects assumes that donations/resources are a zero sum game and donations for one are offset by a decrease in donations to the other. The people that donate to each of these are not always the same people. The people who donate to one project won't necessarily cap their total giving; often multiple projects means a higher overall giving level. You're definitely right, and I think part of the issue has been staff capacity. Fundraising is a time-consuming effort, and I would guess that GU hasn't had the staff in place to do all of these things, and priorities have been set accordingly. I imagine (hope) that part of Bernard's master plan includes ramping up the staff and internal capacity so that we can address multiple priorities at once... |
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Post by SFHoya99 on Feb 1, 2006 17:02:35 GMT -5
I believe his last job at Notre Dame was Asst. AD in charge of fundraising.
Bit easier at Notre Dame.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2006 17:04:54 GMT -5
I believe his last job at Notre Dame was Asst. AD in charge of fundraising. Bit easier at Notre Dame. Fact. |
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Post by FairfaxHoya on Feb 1, 2006 17:55:20 GMT -5
If they really want to raise the money for the on-campus arena, here's what you do: Let's say the on-campus arena will cost $25 million (I'm just making that up). Annouce a plan to build an on-campus arena for $35 million - so that you have money for the arena and completion of the MSF. Let's face it - there just isn't enough support (financial) to get the MSF done at the pace we want. But explicitly linking the two is sure to produce better results.
BTW - If we can't get a $500K (minimum) donation from Ewing, Mourning, and Iverson for the JT Center, that would be really depressing. (I'll exempt Dikembe on account of his medical fundraising for Africa).
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