[Alumni-chat] Antioch future vision

[dl bahr]

Laura:  The Alumni Board has had a full plate.  I give them credit for all their hard work.  Negotiations do not bring definite results immediately; it is a work in process.  This will always be toughest for those on campus whose lives are in limbo. Whatever the future will hold it is going to include change for all parties.  We do need leadership and vision for Antioch College.
Best wishes,
Lesley
PS  It might be beneficial to stop looking at any analysis re: history as a statement "you fu**ed up".  There might be a different way of looking at the perspectives being raised.  Just a suggestion.

> Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 08:45:05 -0800
> From: pas0705 at yahoo.com
> Subject: RE: [Alumni-chat] Antioch future vision
> To: alumni-chat at w3.antioch.edu
> 
> Lesley-
> 
> I agree, and would like to point out two things I
> included in my message. The first was I was very
> specific in indicating that the groups would take the
> LEAD, and that does not connotate exclusivity. 
> 
> The second is the notion of 'buy-in'. My biggest
> problem with the exclusive process utilized by the
> Alumni Board throughout the summer is that there was
> little outreach AND engagement to the large Alumni
> community, and hence little "buy-in". Hopefully as
> things shake out, there will be ability for
> engagement, and hence the buy-in necessary for things
> to be succesful. Remeber that the Alumni Board's
> primary charter IS outreach to alumni, however for the
> last 5 months their primary job has been negotiating
> with the Trustees and charting a sustainable business
> plan for the future of the College. As processes come
> on line where the College can take charge of its own
> operations, I suspect that the Alumni Board will be
> able to start focusing again on how Alumni can have
> long-term engagement and buy-in.
> 
> However, the campus community right now is still
> figuring out how they're going to be involved in the
> process as well, and what stability and support
> they'll have while doing so. We don't have an
> agreement in place, we have an 'agreement in
> principle'. The College is still suffering from a lack
> of experienced, dynamic leadership that belives in the
> College. And while suspension has ostensibly been
> lifted, very little about the status of faculty,
> staff, and students has changed, other then the
> potential to continue to be on campus in Fall 08. 
> 
> And quite frankly, coming in and saying "hey all,
> you've fu**ed up since 1992, start over!" is not the
> way to win friends and influence people. These
> faculty, staff, and students have dedicated better
> parts of their lives to this instituion, and have
> suffered from a lack of leadership that believe in
> them. They're still in 'limbo' as we argue over
> whether our idea will be listened to or not. The least
> we as alumni can do is provide what the University
> Administration has not- respect and belief in their
> abilities to do what needs to be done.
> 
> -laura
> 
> 
> --- dl bahr <dlbahr at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Laura:  
> > 
> > I really hope this discussion does not become a "us"
> > on the ground (post Guskin) vs "them" (them being
> > anyone from a different era of Antioch with some
> > ideas).  If you on the ground "need" alumni money
> > then perhaps you might also listen to a few ideas. 
> > Antioch College might have something to learn from
> > its elders.  Many went on to have successful lives
> > after Antioch and just might have some valuable
> > input re: a way out.  I believe in considering
> > possibilities rather than staying with status quo. 
> > There has been millions of $$$$ given to Antioch
> > over the last decades.  Where is the accountability
> > to those "key stakeholders?"
> > Antioch taught me not to shy away from criticism but
> > to face it and learn from it.
> > 
> > Lesley Pownall Bahr
> >
> 
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