tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post2869289692854205666..comments2024-03-23T21:27:14.158-04:00Comments on Aberdeen NJ Life: Is Football All There Is, My Friends? Then Let's Keep DancingPathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-6331948700865076322010-06-23T09:40:18.473-04:002010-06-23T09:40:18.473-04:00Football alumni? Really? Something like this exist...Football alumni? Really? Something like this exists? We need a group to form the "calculus alumni". <br /><br />Reminds of the classic quote from Napolean Dynamite: "If only coach had put me in, we'd a made state..."dr smallshttp://entropicthoughts.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-73889230138263723732010-05-17T13:16:58.164-04:002010-05-17T13:16:58.164-04:00Pat,
The school board can support and recognize b...Pat,<br /><br />The school board can support and recognize but not create an alumni association. To my knowledge, the football alumni and the theater alumni are the only active alumni groups. If someone was interested in dedicating the time to establish an alumni association, I'm certain the board would be very interested but nobody has made such an offer.<br /><br />Also, I disagree that fund raising among the football alumni will adversely affect other district fund raising. The football alumni association has been successfully fund raising for years.Aberdeenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593197510549429078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-20095677544647098292010-05-17T02:48:56.125-04:002010-05-17T02:48:56.125-04:00More power to them is an apt expression. We will b...<i>More power to them</i> is an apt expression. We will be institutionalizing the Huskies football organization in this district - boosting its power and prestige beyond reason. Their ostentation shouldn't be permitted, especially with the recent budget struggle. <br /><br />The school needs an active alumni association; a football club isn't a viable surrogate. The district should attempt to fill that gap. Is it the role of former students to create an alumni association? Doesn't the board have a role?<br /><br />Furthermore, the board needs to realize that donations to this project will negatively impact school fundraising, brick by brick. There is a limited pool of cash, especially these days, and parents and alums who give to this bully monument will have little left for school-related activities.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-90148144404627209092010-05-16T22:15:51.127-04:002010-05-16T22:15:51.127-04:00Although I don't recall ever voting upon it, M...Although I don't recall ever voting upon it, Mr. Martucci did present his plans to the board last year. It's a football alum thing but other sports alum will be able to organize and participate. However, to my knowledge, none of the other sports have an active alumni organization. <br /><br />So long as there's no cost or liability to the school district, I have no opposition to the plan. If alumni want to celebrate their achievements and remain involved with the school district, more power to them.Aberdeenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593197510549429078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-13883315252446074322010-05-16T14:15:20.691-04:002010-05-16T14:15:20.691-04:00A memorial park? To ALL sports? Will there be a ...A memorial park? To ALL sports? Will there be a brick in memory of the golf team?<br /><br />The Board of Education is going to approve this memorialization on school grounds? Or is the MFAF going to copy the Aberdeen Town Council, using the old "Planning Board" bypass?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com