Record month for Yosef Club in April

[NewApp]

To all the FBS naysayers... Game, Set and Match.

Not a naysayer myself, but I wouldn't go as far as match. Let's wait and see how those attendance numbers look after a couple of years gearing up our recruits and building our depth to compete on a regular basis in the FBS. And having to sit through some potential lean years.

Thought this was about record setting donations to Yosef, not attendance.

Attendance will coincide to an extent with donations.

[App91]

Our slogan for 2013 is 1+1=6K We need each member to renew AND bring in 1 new member! The Spring Tours are almost complete and have had 100+ attedance at all which is great! So the excitment is there. We just need to continue the momentum and not let up. The Appalachian Family is alive & well indeed. Keep telling our story and bring in those new members....especially those young alums! Thanks for all you support!
T.O.
YC President 2013

Apex, would you mind messaging me with your contact< I would love to discuss.

[AppState89]

To all the FBS naysayers... Game, Set and Match.

Not a naysayer myself, but I wouldn't go as far as match. Let's wait and see how those attendance numbers look after a couple of years gearing up our recruits and building our depth to compete on a regular basis in the FBS. And having to sit through some potential lean years.

Thought this was about record setting donations to Yosef, not attendance.

Attendance will coincide to an extent with donations.

BINGO!!!!! That was Kiddbrewer's point.....

[bcoach]

wow, these are great numbers, really supports the decison that was made to move up, but, not trying to be too picky here, imagine what they could raise if they aggressivley went after donation dollars, through the years I have heard from, the baseball team, academic fund raisers, general fund raisers, etc, but as far as I can remember, I have not recieved any information from the yosef club. I have a fixed amount I set each year to give to the school, my first rule is I give to the ones that reach out to me, until I hear from them, I guess my aligence will be to the baseball club, which isnt ofcourse a bad thing.

When I was an undergrad I had friends at NCSU that worked for the Wolf Pack club (or whatever they call it), making some extra cash sitting in their office calling alumni and explaining the perks of joining, pitching certain packages ect. One got to talk to Phillip Rivers once.

Do we do anything like that? I'm not aware if we do. Such aggressive marketing would really help in this crucial time IMO.

I have received those calls from APP

[JCline0429]

Awesome. Looks like the impact of the "I'm cutting my donations if we go FBS crowd" was minimal.

The future is bright!

Exactly who is in that crowd you speak of?

[JCline0429]

wow, these are great numbers, really supports the decison that was made to move up, but, not trying to be too picky here, imagine what they could raise if they aggressivley went after donation dollars, through the years I have heard from, the baseball team, academic fund raisers, general fund raisers, etc, but as far as I can remember, I have not recieved any information from the yosef club. I have a fixed amount I set each year to give to the school, my first rule is I give to the ones that reach out to me, until I hear from them, I guess my aligence will be to the baseball club, which isnt ofcourse a bad thing.

When I was an undergrad I had friends at NCSU that worked for the Wolf Pack club (or whatever they call it), making some extra cash sitting in their office calling alumni and explaining the perks of joining, pitching certain packages ect. One got to talk to Phillip Rivers once.

Do we do anything like that? I'm not aware if we do. Such aggressive marketing would really help in this crucial time IMO.

I have received those calls from APP

And to me as well; too many times to count. I usually either pledge or say call me when I have more money. Once, when I had mother's rest home bills to pay, I asked how much could they send me.

[ASUMountaineer]

wow, these are great numbers, really supports the decison that was made to move up, but, not trying to be too picky here, imagine what they could raise if they aggressivley went after donation dollars, through the years I have heard from, the baseball team, academic fund raisers, general fund raisers, etc, but as far as I can remember, I have not recieved any information from the yosef club. I have a fixed amount I set each year to give to the school, my first rule is I give to the ones that reach out to me, until I hear from them, I guess my aligence will be to the baseball club, which isnt ofcourse a bad thing.

When I was an undergrad I had friends at NCSU that worked for the Wolf Pack club (or whatever they call it), making some extra cash sitting in their office calling alumni and explaining the perks of joining, pitching certain packages ect. One got to talk to Phillip Rivers once.

Do we do anything like that? I'm not aware if we do. Such aggressive marketing would really help in this crucial time IMO.

We certainly do! Is your information up to date in the Goldbook?

http://alumni.appstate.edu/gold-book

I'm pretty sure that is the resource they draw back on when contacting alumni. I know I was called relentlessly until I spoke with someone. A student was on the other end of the line most likely getting some extra cash like you said, while doing some great work for Appalachian.

Those calls are for the Appalachian Fund. They do not fund athletics. I've only received calls from the YC after having been a member.

[Kgfish]

To all the FBS naysayers... Game, Set and Match.

Not a naysayer myself, but I wouldn't go as far as match. Let's wait and see how those attendance numbers look after a couple of years gearing up our recruits and building our depth to compete on a regular basis in the FBS. And having to sit through some potential lean years.

Thought this was about record setting donations to Yosef, not attendance.

Attendance will coincide to an extent with donations.

BINGO!!!!! That was Kiddbrewer's point.....

I'm pretty sure he is saying even with record donations my "match" comment is premature and attendance will ultimately determine if the move to FBS is a success.

[Kgfish]

wow, these are great numbers, really supports the decison that was made to move up, but, not trying to be too picky here, imagine what they could raise if they aggressivley went after donation dollars, through the years I have heard from, the baseball team, academic fund raisers, general fund raisers, etc, but as far as I can remember, I have not recieved any information from the yosef club. I have a fixed amount I set each year to give to the school, my first rule is I give to the ones that reach out to me, until I hear from them, I guess my aligence will be to the baseball club, which isnt ofcourse a bad thing.

When I was an undergrad I had friends at NCSU that worked for the Wolf Pack club (or whatever they call it), making some extra cash sitting in their office calling alumni and explaining the perks of joining, pitching certain packages ect. One got to talk to Phillip Rivers once.

Do we do anything like that? I'm not aware if we do. Such aggressive marketing would really help in this crucial time IMO.

We certainly do! Is your information up to date in the Goldbook?

http://alumni.appstate.edu/gold-book

I'm pretty sure that is the resource they draw back on when contacting alumni. I know I was called relentlessly until I spoke with someone. A student was on the other end of the line most likely getting some extra cash like you said, while doing some great work for Appalachian.

Those calls are for the Appalachian Fund. They do not fund athletics. I've only received calls from the YC after having been a member.

Don't know if it has changed, but the Development Office once prohibited the YC from contacting anyone donating to the general fund unless they already give to athletics.

[Rekdiver]

I am more interested in seeing what the attendance will grow to. Will we be able to eclispe 30k on a regualr basis? When the first FBS team comes to Boone we should break the attendance records. Quite frankly, I think our base is big enough now that a bad attendance day will be 22k and a good one will be over 30.

[Saint3333]

I'm more concerned with season ticket sales this is how I'd like to see attendance grow.

[ASUMountaineer]

wow, these are great numbers, really supports the decison that was made to move up, but, not trying to be too picky here, imagine what they could raise if they aggressivley went after donation dollars, through the years I have heard from, the baseball team, academic fund raisers, general fund raisers, etc, but as far as I can remember, I have not recieved any information from the yosef club. I have a fixed amount I set each year to give to the school, my first rule is I give to the ones that reach out to me, until I hear from them, I guess my aligence will be to the baseball club, which isnt ofcourse a bad thing.

When I was an undergrad I had friends at NCSU that worked for the Wolf Pack club (or whatever they call it), making some extra cash sitting in their office calling alumni and explaining the perks of joining, pitching certain packages ect. One got to talk to Phillip Rivers once.

Do we do anything like that? I'm not aware if we do. Such aggressive marketing would really help in this crucial time IMO.

We certainly do! Is your information up to date in the Goldbook?

http://alumni.appstate.edu/gold-book

I'm pretty sure that is the resource they draw back on when contacting alumni. I know I was called relentlessly until I spoke with someone. A student was on the other end of the line most likely getting some extra cash like you said, while doing some great work for Appalachian.

Those calls are for the Appalachian Fund. They do not fund athletics. I've only received calls from the YC after having been a member.

Don't know if it has changed, but the Development Office once prohibited the YC from contacting anyone donating to the general fund unless they already give to athletics.

That would explain it. Though, it seems they should be able to contact any alum. I wonder if this could change.

[Gonzo]

Awesome. Looks like the impact of the "I'm cutting my donations if we go FBS crowd" was minimal.

The future is bright!

Exactly who is in that crowd you speak of?

I read it several times. I'm not scouring the archives though.

[JCline0429]

I'm more concerned with season ticket sales this is how I'd like to see attendance grow.

I like big season ticket sales myself including some sefish reasons. I get to get great seats I never could have afforded for cheap. I got three seats on the "home" 50 yard line for the homecoming Elon game from someone who had a ton in the same section, but had 3 or 4 who couldn't show up. They were obtained for cheap to boot.
This same scenario has happened many times over the yers.

[NewApp]

wow, these are great numbers, really supports the decison that was made to move up, but, not trying to be too picky here, imagine what they could raise if they aggressivley went after donation dollars, through the years I have heard from, the baseball team, academic fund raisers, general fund raisers, etc, but as far as I can remember, I have not recieved any information from the yosef club. I have a fixed amount I set each year to give to the school, my first rule is I give to the ones that reach out to me, until I hear from them, I guess my aligence will be to the baseball club, which isnt ofcourse a bad thing.

When I was an undergrad I had friends at NCSU that worked for the Wolf Pack club (or whatever they call it), making some extra cash sitting in their office calling alumni and explaining the perks of joining, pitching certain packages ect. One got to talk to Phillip Rivers once.

Do we do anything like that? I'm not aware if we do. Such aggressive marketing would really help in this crucial time IMO.

We certainly do! Is your information up to date in the Goldbook?

http://alumni.appstate.edu/gold-book

I'm pretty sure that is the resource they draw back on when contacting alumni. I know I was called relentlessly until I spoke with someone. A student was on the other end of the line most likely getting some extra cash like you said, while doing some great work for Appalachian.

Those calls are for the Appalachian Fund. They do not fund athletics. I've only received calls from the YC after having been a member.

Fully aware of the difference, but I got calls from Yosef before I joined for the first time and got mailing to boot.

[ASUMountaineer]

wow, these are great numbers, really supports the decison that was made to move up, but, not trying to be too picky here, imagine what they could raise if they aggressivley went after donation dollars, through the years I have heard from, the baseball team, academic fund raisers, general fund raisers, etc, but as far as I can remember, I have not recieved any information from the yosef club. I have a fixed amount I set each year to give to the school, my first rule is I give to the ones that reach out to me, until I hear from them, I guess my aligence will be to the baseball club, which isnt ofcourse a bad thing.

When I was an undergrad I had friends at NCSU that worked for the Wolf Pack club (or whatever they call it), making some extra cash sitting in their office calling alumni and explaining the perks of joining, pitching certain packages ect. One got to talk to Phillip Rivers once.

Do we do anything like that? I'm not aware if we do. Such aggressive marketing would really help in this crucial time IMO.

We certainly do! Is your information up to date in the Goldbook?

http://alumni.appstate.edu/gold-book

I'm pretty sure that is the resource they draw back on when contacting alumni. I know I was called relentlessly until I spoke with someone. A student was on the other end of the line most likely getting some extra cash like you said, while doing some great work for Appalachian.

Those calls are for the Appalachian Fund. They do not fund athletics. I've only received calls from the YC after having been a member.

Fully aware of the difference, but I got calls from Yosef before I joined for the first time and got mailing to boot.

[APEXAPP89]

I welcome any ideas my fellow Mountaineers may have!! You can contact me direct by email or cell. This is my work email:
oliverterry@bfusa.com
919-624-4820 cell
The YC staff does a tremendous job for such few people. We all must work together to expand & grow membership base. I only get on this board about 1x/week just due to schedule. I want to hear your ideas and thoughts. We need to know the good, the bad, and the ugly too. Can't fix anything unless we know there is an issue. I'm a proud Alum and want to see Appalachian prosper in the future!!!