August 2, 2020

Previous Week’s Discussion

• Frech:
  • Women’s team has history of playing at Palmer
  • Women’s team has had games cancelled at Mitchell East (poor drainage). Mitchell West is preferred over Mitchell East.

Additional Conversations

• Nate Fisher:
  • Shares concerns of facility control if under Rec Sports. More confidence in Athletics honoring donor intent.
  • Met with AD Manuel in 2017-2018 about field space due to Oosterbaan’s shortening
    • Fan of rugby
    • Athletics could use more field space
    • Open to sharing facilities but cost is always the issue
• Rose:
  • Shares concerns of facility control within university
  • Sees space at Mitchell as a plus. Multiple fields?
  • Would an off-campus facility impact potential for varsity team in long run?
• Cunningham:
  • Concern about donations going to feasibility study and nothing coming from it.
  • Optimistic about development support if funds are raised within the university

Working Group Updates

• Added James Wilber (‘07-‘11) and Andrew Swain (‘08-‘12) to Bench

Project Updates

Prioritize field/fieldhouse

• Discussion continuing

Share initial vision thoughts with Rec Sports development team

• Meeting on August 3