[Alumni-chat] Why we should be rejoicing...

[Jason Fregeau '81 (jasonrissa at comcast.net)]

Two problems: the condescending tone -- you really can't say "Risa for Senate" isn't meant to belittle her and those who support her -- and the unsupported assertion that $100 million isn't needed now. It is, and the entire point of my original e-mail was to urge alumni to give now and significantly. Now is the time to strike. Travis' response was simply contradictory for the sake of contradiction: no its not. Reminds me of an old Monty Python Sketch, except I just spent a week in YSO helping to get the victory he dismisses offhandedly, so there's really nothing funny about it.

Now, take the statement and multiply it by the six pages of comments he's posted. Read some of them. It's from this pattern his trollishness and tendency to bully come to the fore. He has a *history*.

I'm all for reasoned discussion, such as this one. BTW, Risa didn't say $100 million by the end of the year, she said $100 million within a year. I raised my eybrows too, but after talking with her in YSO, she's confident, so I'm confident. Talk to her when you get to town, and tell her I said , "hey." Thanks, Jason

>>"I love Risa. Risa for Senate, Risa for President. Risa with her own shiny new key to the development office. Rick is right. Now is the time. But Risa and Rick should also be realistic, as should we all, $100MM is not needed tomorrow, or even next year. Planned giving and timed donations are more likely than $100MM cash."
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>>If Travis thinks he can raise funds better than Risa Grimes AND Rick Daily combined, then he should get his ass to YSO and take over. Otherwise, I'm going to support the intelligent woman who's been doing this type of job for decades and has her fingertips on the pulse of the donors with the fat checkbooks. If Travis can't do better, and if Travis can't make constructive suggestions, then he should hold his tongue.
>I don't really see what the problem with this statement is. Certainly one can disagree, and say that Risa is being realistic, or whatever. But this isn't "trolling." It's raising a legitimate point. $100mil in cash by the end of this year is SIGNIFICANTLY larger than any other number we've heard at any other point in this process. I raised my eyebrows when I heard it.