Project Overview


This is an archived version from July 5, 2020

2020 Focus: Finalize a working vision

  • Confirm stance on pursuit of varsity
  • Establish initial project timeline
  • Clarify collaboration between men’s and women’s teams
  • Prioritize field/fieldhouse
  • Estimate total campaign fundraising goal
  • Create working vision presentation to share with potential supporters and donors

Unspecified timeline

Current projects

Organize working group cadence

  • Trenary following up with individuals and will decide upon time this week
  • + July call on July 9, 8p
  • + Targeting roughly second Thursdays for calls and will likely shuffle time
  • + Weekly email questions to continue

Gather additional input or solicit additional working group help

  • Trenary and Bodner discussing + discussed with full team Wednesday
  • Palladino contacting 2010s players
  • Rose and Haldane contacting Gress
  • + Trenary reached out to Steve Cohen and other alumni
  • Presentation available for other conversations

Confirm stance on pursuit of varsity

  • No dissent on call but want to make sure all voices heard
  • Clarify whether alternative admissions investigation precedes this decision
    • + Current support of pursuing necessary elements in parallel with varsity

Establish initial project timeline

  • Please comment on this outline

Share initial vision thoughts with Club Sports and Development (OUD) + Rec Sports development team

  • Seibert leading creation of short presentation
  • Trenary and Bodner will eventually relay

Clarify collaboration between men’s and women’s teams

  • Does alignment depend on men’s varsity pursuit?
    • + Current support of collaboration regardless of men’s path

Upcoming Projects

Introduce Forwards to Development representative + Rec Sports development team

  • Waiting on: Completion of summer update email and initial vision thought share

Prioritize field/fieldhouse

  • Address outstanding Elbel questions and feasibility study
    • Waiting on: Guidance from Club Sports / OUD + Rec Sports development team after introductions
    • Can still research and discuss prior to Club Sports / OUD + Rec Sports development team guidance

Estimate total campaign fundraising goal

  • Waiting on: Confirmation of stance on pursuit of varsity
  • Waiting on: Field/fieldhouse prioritization
  • Waiting on: Clarity of collaboration between men’s and women’s teams

Milestone: Finalize working vision

Beyond Milestone Projects

  • Identify initial supporters and donors to contact, and map out working group’s connections
  • Share working vision with Club Sports and Development + Rec Sports development team
  • Share working vision with Spectators
  • Establish order of admissions assistance pursuit, and consider when to connect with Spencer, Martin, John Paul, Athletics
    • May become priority item for confirming varsity pursuit
  • Decide upon donation mechanics (gift account, endowment, MRF, new account?)
  • Further breakdown fundraising goal into milestones