I’ve been cogitating on the GPA requirement. Likewise focusing on Wayne
Zieschang’s report which is remarkably similar to my own. Perhaps setting a bar
higher than we could attain?
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On Jan 17, 2021, at 13:45, Steve Hope <bq77@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
1. Fighting Texas Aggie Band '77 ( part of me wants to say Bq77 scholarship
, screw all this politically correct BS but I realize that would offend the
snowflakes not in the Band or Corps)
2. 3.0 GPA or greater per semester
3. Sophomore or greater
4. till they finish wearing their boots.
Steve
On 1/17/2021 11:07 AM, Michael Brown (Redacted sender dean.mickey for DMARC)
wrote:
Cc: Facebook Group
Thanks for all the quick responses. It seems clear the consensus is to use
the A&M Foundation. Any election challenges will be thrown out by SCOTUS.
Just FYI, I would have also voted to use TAMF, and no "secret ballots" were
received.
Next item, and I'd like to clear this one quickly as well, is the name of
the scholarship. Currently it's proposed as the "Class of 77 BQ" Sul Ross
Scholarship.
Sul Ross Scholarship is simply the name given to this level of scholarship.
https://www.txamfoundation.com/.../Corps-of-Cadets...
I'm going to hazard a guess that BQ may not be a politically correct term
much longer. Hell, even "Sul Ross" is on a short leash these days.
Perhaps "Aggie Band '77", "Fighting Texas Aggie Band '77", "Aggie Band Class
of '77"? Help me out here, I have no idea. For that matter, we might even
need to specify 1977.
Next, it is obviously a Corps scholarship. And we have set our preference
for Aggie Band, and the current requirement is a 3.0gpa. Some of us who
graduated Summa Cum Later wouldn't care if that was 2.75. It has been
proposed that we do not restrict class year of award. It has also been
proposed that the recipient renews every year they meet the requirements of
BQ and 3.0.
To reiterate earlier posts, we are disallowed by IRS rules from having a say
in the exact recipient, we can only set standards. A rep from the
Commandant's Office has the final say.
So the question today is multi-part. Please answer all parts.
What is the name to be?
What's the GPA requirement?
Do we choose a year of first award (which?) or unrestricted?
Does the recipient keep the award his entire Aggie Band career, or do we
have a new recipient each year?
Thanks for you prompt replies last time, and hopefully this time, and as
before, I will take private votes if you prefer.
