Any information on cajun field renovation

[Zeebart21]

You just had to one-up me didn't you?

HAHA!!

Z

[BeauCajun]

Here is a nice little idea for the RCAF. Have a detailed audited set of books. I know I get one from Exxon, Chevron, and other corporations. These companies in their annual reports give you the big picture, not the details. We are asking for a small level of trust here, from them not us.

I know these 501C corporations do not have to be as transparent, but it would be so refreshing to be a trailblazer in this. Message to RCAF and Martin Hall, be fearless trust your current fans, they will deliver and will recruit new ones with the slightest encouragement.

Express, The RCAF is a part of the UL Foundation. It is NOT a seperate entity. Therein lies a problem. The UL Foundation has to do an annual report but not the RCAF. I wish they would, just to to encourage the members and to be more open.

[cajunhawk]

Listen to the narration on the OSU video... shocking! The university administration there gets it. Ours does not.

They have an oil company takeover baron as their cash pinata...we don't.

[CrazyCajun]

They have an oil company takeover baron as their cash pinata...we don't.

You are right, we could have 100's of them

[VObserver]

They have an oil company takeover baron as their cash pinata...we don't.

Oh ye of little faith. While Pickens gave OSU tons of money, he did not buy all those suites and club seats. Thousands of smaller contributors did that.

[Hammer58]

How much do you plan on donating on this cause? What if you were to contact Dr. Savoie and Mr. Farmer and let them know you are willing to start this off with $X.XX amount? What if you take the lead and get people on RP and around the city on board and start collecting donations to fund the stadium?

They know people are ready to give the money. Rusty Cloutier already laid out a low interest financing plan for them . The Admin has repeatedly failed to act.

[anhil8tor]

http://www.louisiana.edu/Faculty/Sen.../Strategic.pdf

Our strategic plan expires in a year... wonder if we are redoing that as well?

[Hammer58]

Maybe it's just me, but I don't see how people can constantly lay blame on certain peeps in the administration. They aren't going to let you know every little thing they do along the way. Quit acting like they aren't doing anything at all just because we don't know the ins and outs of what's going on daily.

It is no secret the leaps and bounds we have made in the last 5 years. Try to have a little freaking patience and stop being so damn negative. My biggest pet peeve in a person's character is pessimism/negativity.

It's also no secret that they've made major blunders repeatedly regarding conference realignment, fundraising, facility improvements, master plans etc. My biggest pet peeve in a person's character is blithely, blindly following incompetence and refusing to acknowledge reality.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Express, The RCAF is a part of the UL Foundation. It is NOT a seperate entity. Therein lies a problem. The UL Foundation has to do an annual report but not the RCAF. I wish they would, just to to encourage the members and to be more open.

I know that, but thanks to letting everyone know. This was one of my fears when this thing got off the ground, that it would be totally under the UL administration with little autonomy.

Still in order to encourage more donations I think a breakdown of what they are doing with the money, and what, and how they plan to use increased funding for would help. Transparency is the key in the 21st century. We have seen at all levels secrecy is a thing that is almost impossible to maintain, so just be transparent.

[Hammer58]

I know that, but thanks to letting everyone know. This was one of my fears when this thing got off the ground, that it would be totally under the UL administration with little autonomy.

Still in order to encourage more donations I think a breakdown of what they are doing with the money, and what, and how they plan to use increased funding for would help. Transparency is the key in the 21st century. We have seen at all levels secrecy is a thing that is almost impossible to maintain, so just be transparent.

When RCAF was first set up under the Foundation the reasons given was that the RCAF monies would be able to be used on paper to bolster the Foundations total giving which was supposed to an important measure for the vaunted "Tier 1" status. Yet Tier 1 status seems as elusive as the Master Plan.

In hindsight, I would rather an independent RCAF.

[BeauCajun]

In hindsight, I would rather an independent RCAF.

Same here.

[82Cajun]

I thought the RCAF was an independent entity?????????