My correspondence mirrors Danny’s, only Joe’s came yesterday. Ted
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On Friday, March 5, 2021, 4:00 PM, DANNY POPHIN <danpophin@xxxxxxx> wrote:
#yiv4085655747 P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}Just got my note today, two
weeks after I received my acknowledgement of my contribution from the
foundation. Looks like Gen Joe gets a list of people at the end of each month.
Dan Pophin
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Subject: [fighting_texas_aggie_band_class_of_1977] Re: Scholarship status I was
wondering about that!!
Sorta like contributing to the 12th Man, the more you give, the better the
seats!
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On Mar 5, 2021, at 15:45, Michael Brown <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I guess I didn't give enough to rate that.
;)
On Friday, March 5, 2021, 02:46:59 PM CST, Wayne Zieschang
<waynez1122@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Got my gift acknowledgement from General Joe in today's mail.
On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 10:54 AM Edward Retta
<eretta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks Bill. Helpful info.
Edward Retta
On Mar 5, 2021, at 10:41 AM, Bill Schwennsen (Redacted sender "schwbill" for
DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Gentlemen, since we're talking fund raising this morning I have what I think
are a couple of interesting facts about A&M fundraising and how it relates to
former cadets.
Last Saturday I attended (by Zoom) the Winter Council Meeting for the Assn of
Former Students. These meetings are held twice per year. They follow a
standard format, with reports on the health (financial and otherwise) of the
Assn, and usually have reports from individuals representing the University,
sometimes the 12th Man Fdn, and the A&M Foundation. You may be aware that, for
the 5-year period that ended on 31 December 2020, A&M has conducted a fund
raising/capital campaign called "Lead by Example". Any monies (or the
financial value of in-kind contributions) that came to A&M during that period
through whatever vehicle (AFS, 12thMan, A&M Foundation, direct to the school)
counted towards the campaign goal of $4 billion. Tyson Voelkel '96 (former
BQ), the CEO of the A&M Foundation, gave us a final report on how the campaign
did.
The goal of $4 billion was exceeded.... $4.25 billion was raised. During his
report he broke down at an executive level where the money came from, and it
was during this drilldown that he specifically called out the following:
Of the $4.25bil total, $1,909,278,554 was contributed by A&M Former Students
(44.9% of the total). Of the $1.9bil that was donated by former students,
$758,355,669 (39.7%) came from former cadets. I thought that was a pretty
impressive statistic, given the proportion of former cadets to the overall size
of the former student population (he didn't give us a figure for that but I'm
trying to find out). Tyson spent a couple of minutes talking about this and
how important the former Corps members were in supporting not only the Lead by
Example campaign but the "regular" yearly support for the University. The
former cadets are certainly "punching above their weight", at least from the
standpoint of the size of their group, when it comes to supporting A&M
financially. It was gratifying to see Tyson call out this support publicly to
the Leadership Council of the AFS, which is more and more non-reg populated
every year.
Please know that the $758mil didn't all go to the Corps.... that total was for
any and all contributions to A&M, for whatever purpose, that were made by
former cadets. Still, an impressive performance.
Another interesting statistic from the campaign was that there were a total of
4,499 new scholarships established during the campaign period. The largest
subset of that number, 1,575, were new scholarships that are college/department
specific. The next largest subset, 627, are new Corps scholarships.
I wanted to share this with you for a couple of reasons.... since we as a class
are now raising funds for our own Sul Ross scholarship for the benefit of BQ's,
and to let you know that we are part of a group of former cadets that are
certainly at the front of the pack when it comes to financial support of A&M.
Don't think for a moment that the financial impact of the former cadets isn't
noticed, because it sure as hell is.
The other reason I wanted to send you this info is that there's been a lot of
"sturm und drang" the last year with certain activities on campus, and the
accompanying sentiments in some quarters towards either not sending money to
A&M, or to perhaps redirect contributions to other organizations/groups. I'm
not at all trying to tell any of you where to send money, and I'm damn sure not
making any judgements about it either. I'm just as pissed as many of you are
with some of what's going on at our campus. However, what I will tell you is
that the Association directs a six-figure contribution, on an annual basis, to
the Corps and its related entities. $110,000 to the Aggie Band travel fund
annually, for one example. ROTC Cadre awards.... support for the RVs, FDT, and
PMC... the individual ROTC departments... and the Commandant's Office. In
2019, support for the Corps from the Association was over $192,000 (with
obviously the Band getting the major portion of that number). I suspect that
most of you are like me in that you contribute to numerous A&M organizations
besides the Association... the TABA, the CCA, 12th Man Foundation, etc. When I
send in my yearly Century Club donation, I prefer to think that my money is
part of that $192,000... that my money is going toward the Association's
support of the Corps.
So, in conclusion... and as we all know at this point in our lives... "money
talks". It speaks loudly for the former cadets, and don't for a moment think
that our voice isn't being heard.
Hope all of you are well, and thanks to "the organizers" for getting the
scholarship deal rolling for us. I'll be sending a check in later this month.
Let's get over the hump so we can award a scholarship this coming fall. Semper
gigem....
BSch
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Subject: [fighting_texas_aggie_band_class_of_1977] Re: Scholarship status
Thanks for the update. Proud of the group for getting this far, hope the
February gifts push it over the top. If not, let us know, and I'm willing to
kick in a little more, and I bet others would, too.
To clarify for those who may not have heard the discussion before:
We have to hit $25,000 to have the fund hit endowed status, and start throwing
off a yearly scholarship of about $1,000. Due to the fees charged by the
Foundation, that will take about one year. So, our first scholarship would be
awarded in 2022.
However, if we want to award a scholarship in 2021, we can contribute another
$1,000 over the first $25,000. That extra $1,000 would not go into the
endowment, it would be a one-time gift, going directly to the recipient, not
into the endowment.
After that first year, anything over $25,000 goes into the endowment, and grows
the endowment and the yearly award.
Once we hit $25,000, we can discuss whether any additional goes into the
first-year scholarship, versus staying in the endowment.
Dean