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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES

My friends and I have noticed the large numbers listed on the University Events web site under Alumni.
Check that out-zero, nada, nothing.
It's been almost a year since the very informative meeting at Groves High School in Berkley. Of course,
the elusive "Big Plans" never materialized.
What's next?

Several of us with Business School background wonder if someone is "calling the shots" based on the 80%/20% Rule. Twenty percent of your sales prospects (the major donors) give you eighty percent of your sales income (the BIG BUCKS). This appears to be where the attention is focused. Let's give the attention to the big donors, and ignore the residual. We'll call them Outstanding Alumni, and they'll kick in some more cash.
Could many of us (the 80%) have unknowingly become part of the 47%

With a drop in enrollment one might consider encouraging Alumni to refer prospective students to consider
their Alma mater, Western Michigan University.
However, shabby treatment of ignoring The Faithful Bronco Alumni, probably isn't going to encourage referrals to assist in increasing either enrollment or monetary donations. But then. if they're a part of the
80% residual (47%?), I guess that doesn't matter to some of the decision makers.

Perhaps, all this cash collected is being put aside for the Annual Winter World Tour to exotic locations
in Florida, California, Arizona, Mexico?, and other venues.

What do you think?


"We're all in this together!"
------Red Green