This is an archived version from August 16, 2020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 + and prioritize campaign fundraising goal + goals
• Create working vision presentation to share with potential supporters and donors

Unspecified timeline

Current projects

Gather additional input or solicit additional working group help

• Ad-hoc conversations occurring
• All members are encouraged to continue reaching out to their network

Share initial vision thoughts with Rec Sports development team

• Completed and archived here

Clarify collaboration between men’s and women’s teams

• Unanimous support for collaboration
• No issues with soliciting for joint projects
• Clarity of vision and mechanics of fundraising will determine exact collaboration
• Will continue gathering input (Cohen, Rec Sports development, women’s alumni, other projects, etc.) to inform collaboration

Prioritize field/fieldhouse

• Address outstanding Elbel questions and feasibility study
  • Given the delayed state of Rec Sports facility work, we’ll likely need to develop our working vision without knowing Elbel details
• Internal Discussions and research underway + ongoing
• Clarify what details (location, cost, timeline, control, etc.) are necessary to confirm before including in working vision

Introduce Forwards Working Group to Rec Sports development team

• Trenary will schedule

Estimate total + and prioritize campaign fundraising goal + goals

• + Includes
  • + Milestones
  • Waiting on: Field/fieldhouse prioritization
  • Waiting on: Clarity of collaboration between men’s and women’s teams
• + Seibert, Frech, and Trenary leading draft of working vision to drive goal prioritization
• + Bodner identifying initial operational needs

Upcoming projects

+ Share working vision with Rec Sports development team

• + Waiting on: Estimate and prioritize campaign fundraising goals
• + Expect to receive guidance on goals, estimation, and prioritization

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 Rec Sports development team Moved to Upcoming projects
• Share working vision with Spectators
• Establish order of admissions assistance pursuit, and consider when to connect with Spencer, Martin, John Paul, Athletics
• Decide upon donation mechanics (gift account, endowment, MRF, new account?)
• Further breakdown fundraising goal into milestones Now part of campaign goal prioritization