RCAF needs Hud type enthusiasm.
RCAF needs Hud type enthusiasm.
Is RCAF a full time position or is it a side gig?
Until the RCAF is fully independant of the alumni association, I don't see it reaching its full potential .
That was the biggest concern when RCAF formed. In that respect, we USL’ed it. The Fossil lives. 100% independence doesn’t exist if everything ties back to the university.
Need to get RCAF up and running or once again, our funding raising arms will become like “The Ragin Cajun Club”.
In the time of NIL, independent operations are important in case something goes sideways.
It is. The RCAF has a director that reports to Advancement Department headed by John Blohm. The Alumni Association also has a director that reports to John. both are quasi-independent 501C3 non-profit organizations affiliated with the University. Another organization is the Foundation, which is another 501C3 whose CEO is John Blohm. All three organizations collaborate with each other but are definitely independent of each other. Also, none of these organizations will ever be fully independent of the university Dept of Advancement under the current UL administration.
Being fully independent is not the key for the RCAF or the Alumni Association to reach its full potential, having the right director leading each organization is.
My understanding is Hans will be Director of Fundraising reporting to Lee DeLeon, Deputy Athletic Director. Hans’ career goal is to eventually become an Athletic Director. Maggard stated changes coming with RCAF. Word has it he will use a similar organization structure to that of Middle Tennessee and many other universities. Not sure if Nico Yantko’s title remains the same or not but it appears he will head up the RCAF reporting directly to Maggard. We shall see…
Agree with this 100%. The new structure is an enigma. Much more confusing than it was and needs to be. I used to care about where I rank and knew what I needed to do to increase the rank. I never liked/totally understood the changes and don't care so much anymore about where I rank. There really isn't currently much incentive to care about raw ranking. It used to matter much more... e.g re-seating of Russo Park. From what I understand, it is also currently much easier to manipulate the ranking in a year that it matters (e.g. if there ever was a Cajun Field re-seating)... by just saving up $$ to donate more to the Annual Fund in the important year and jump over everyone who has been donating all along. Doesn't seem so fair.
I’m not saying $500 donors don’t matter, but if you’re the RCAF director and you’re spending your time chasing $500 donations you aren’t doing your job very well.
I don’t mind if the $500 donors feel a bit neglected if it means the $1,000,000 donors are getting all the attention.
I'm in sales...if I spend all my time going after my larger accounts and neglecting my small and medium accounts, one, I'd go broke...two, my azz would be fired. That's not how all this works...its a messaging and marketing issue. I don't think the RCAF people sit around making calls to people using a phone book.
You are correct in your understanding. The first thing they look at is how much did you give in the current year. The donor is put in a "peer" group and than ranked by points. You can be a charter member giving $2000 a year and a first year donor could take you seats by simply being one tier higher in his first year regardless of total points.
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