[Alumni-chat] Outline sketch of a plan

[Michael Olenick]

If we take the state of the College in the best possible light from prior
administrators we were looking at about 200 students/year with an acceptance
rate of about 90%.  That may be or may not be financially sustainable but it
is not acceptable.  Antioch deserves better.

The BoT tried something different and that, apparently, failed miserably.
I'm not sure that their efforts were in good faith but, even if they were, I
don't know why they were micro-managing the College rather than fundraising.
Still, just because they're either incompetent or crooked doesn't mean that
they're stupid: something had to change.  Several alumni realized this which
is where the AIF came from: the College entirely ignored them (my aunt --
who, for some reason, isn't participating here -- was an AIF participant).

Things seemed to be on an upward trend when I left.  Al Guskin was undoing
the damage done in the "strike" (read: riot from my understanding) of '73
subsequent decay.   There was a lot of enthusiasm for the future of the
College.  I notice that many of my classmates are active participants in
this discussion.  What happened!?  It's like seeing a child leave on an
extended trip then come back near dead: an awful feeling.

Michael.