[Alumni-chat] Recent Visit to YS

[dude (dudevoyeur at gmail.com)]

Beth:

I urged her to do so at a reunion I attended and she did so.  I don't know about her approach at other events.

Deb

>My experience of Straumanis as a fundraiser is distinctly different -
>she urged us all, at an alum gathering in NYC early in her tenure as
>president,  to give "at least a thousand" and anything smaller wasn't
>worth it.  Not an effective strategy by any stretch of imagination
>and it struck me as being totally out of touch with the reality of
>her audience (specifically a "young alumni" event - many of us were
>still paying off student loans at the time.  A welcoming and reality
>based plea for any amount would have been a reassuring change - and
>much more effective).
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>-beth '95
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>On Oct 10, 2007, at 9:35 PM, dude (dudevoyeur at gmail.com) wrote:
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>>I also remember urging Joan Straumanis to urge all alumni to
>>give, even a small donation, as many grants were based on the
>>number of alumni who contributed rather than the amount donated.
>>She did.  It didn't help much.