Michael;
I defer to my fellow classmates.
For me, I would prefer that the award be to:
A BQ any sex, gender or other.
That the award be done by the Director of the Band and the Commandant. I think
they know who is most deserving.
I think the name should be "To the Most deriving Nobel Person of Kyle"
I am not as much for the scholarship thing. You know I had one of the highest,
but I know that anyone that got to graduate was a plus. I leave it to BG Joe
and the Director.
If we do this right, we will be able to have a student through the 4+ year and
more. Maybe one a year so four students.
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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...<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.txamfoundation.com%2FGift-Impact%2FStudent-Impact%2FScholarships%2FCorps-of-Cadets-Scholarships.aspx%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2uX9A_fdtMEPhZ1cLwc_gGdFOmAQhlJDL3FFI_CJheXX9t5iwbwrzr5lM&data=04%7C01%7C%7Cb810e61ab04c4c9a43b108d8bb0a712f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637465000803640381%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=kPZaurIpAJcEaXx9wEMF9q8a0LJVIYEEooa0ispMSoE%3D&reserved=0>
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.
1. What is the name to be?
1. What's the GPA requirement?
1. Do we choose a year of first award (which?) or unrestricted?
1. 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.
