Agree - we last got Buddie from Wake Forest as their assistant AD. I wouldn't mind another assistant AD at a 'larger' school - ACC etc. Someone who has proven experience selling the product !Flagman wrote: ↑Sat Jul 20, 2019 9:03 amMy only exposure to her was at a couple of the Paladin Club basketball drop-ins. I’m curious about her overall performance as director of the Paladin Club. Have we reached our membership and $ goals under her leadership? What have been her interactions with the coaches and other staff and administrators? This would be a tremendous jump for her. I believe the AD position at Furman would generate a tremendous amount of interest from a good sized pool of candidates with considerable experience.
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My main concern is that it is my impression that those number and dollar goals were apparently not met for 2018-2019. I do not know that, but we would have heard if they had been, it seems.Flagman wrote: ↑Sat Jul 20, 2019 9:03 amMy only exposure to her was at a couple of the Paladin Club basketball drop-ins. I’m curious about her overall performance as director of the Paladin Club. Have we reached our membership and $ goals under her leadership? What have been her interactions with the coaches and other staff and administrators? This would be a tremendous jump for her. I believe the AD position at Furman would generate a tremendous amount of interest from a good sized pool of candidates with considerable experience.
Goals were not met. Mike Buddie was the best fundraiser the Paladin club has had in the last decade securing a few million dollar donations. Erin Wissing is not qualified to be an AD nor is anyone else on staff at Furman. Need to look elsewhere.
I’d like to see specific numbers.JoeyFreshwater wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2019 8:18 amGoals were not met. Mike Buddie was the best fundraiser the Paladin club has had in the last decade securing a few million dollar donations. Erin Wissing is not qualified to be an AD nor is anyone else on staff at Furman. Need to look elsewhere.
Also, if MB was such a great fundraiser, there should be evidence of that even in his final year (he was still in the job through 6/30/19), in addition to specific evidence in previous specific years.
Can’t help you there, affirm, but know that MB secured at least two $1M donations for track and football during his time.
Agree, need someone with AD type experience. Doesn't matter whether PC fund raising goals were met or not.
The buck stops with the A.D., so failure to meets goals this year was ultimately MB’s failure as much as being any fault of Wissing. Was he not directing and guiding her over the last 22 months? She did not even get to Furman until August 2017.JoeyFreshwater wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2019 8:18 amGoals were not met. Mike Buddie was the best fundraiser the Paladin club has had in the last decade securing a few million dollar donations. Erin Wissing is not qualified to be an AD nor is anyone else on staff at Furman. Need to look elsewhere.
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I am sensitive to the personal and private nature of certain information. Whether or not an individual warrants selection, the individual absolutely deserves respect. This is certainly true when the individual is a highly valued active staff member. I apologize for having brought up the discussion of the individual.
I am not sure how similar Furman and Holy Cross are in all respects (obviously they are in Massachusetts and are Catholic), but in regard to student enrollment numbers, alumni numbers, academics, and level of athletics, it seems we are very similar to Holy Cross. I can think of very few schools that would be as similar. Last week, I read that they had an all-time record with their athletics fundraising support organization in 2018-2019: $2.1 million and 4,700 members. Want to to how we did compared to that and to our previous years. What are our all-time record highs? What are our 2018-2019 numbers for dollars and members?JoeyFreshwater wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2019 9:30 amCan’t help you there, affirm, but know that MB secured at least two $1M donations for track and football during his time.