Is the emailing Dr. Noland idea something we are just going to talk about or actually do? Less talking, more doing!
Stop me Gold if I am intruding in your space.
I've been thinking about it and I`m not exactly sure that spamming the President's office email address is best strategy.
Officeofthepresident@etsu.edu and
president@etsu.edu is likely staffed by a secretary who will simply tap the delete button or send back an automated response. Has anyone actually reached the President in this manner or is there a way to verify that HE reads his email? I would just as soon hand deliver my letter to him than have it simply deleted from the inbox.
I don't intend to tell anyone to or not to write but think this effort should be of the big tent variety. Angry letters calling for the dismissal of Mullins or the immediate return of football can simply be dismiss as "those football loons." Its a different story if a unified fanbase, football supporters, non-football supporters, and those ambivalent on the issue write about a core group of issues. It doesn't take a football supporter to be concerned about the direction/future of the athletic department, Bucs basketball, etc.
Dwindling attendance/interest should matter to everyone, subsidizing athletics on the backs of students fees should matter to everyone, the lack of an effective marketing arm should matter to everyone, a new arena should matter to everyone, the lack of fund raising should matter to everyone, settling for 16 seeds thereby ensuring a loss in the 1st round should matter to everyone, etc.
Maybe I shouldn't have watched the State of the Union last night but there's my $.02.
Mailing Address
Dr. Brian Noland
Office of the President
East Tennessee State University
PO Box 70734
Johnson City, TN 37614
Email
president@etsu.edu