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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 1353635, member: 1414"] It's chicken and egg. People donate money when they feel a continued attachment to the school and when the school continues to bring them value or alternatively they have plenty and are just giving back as they would to any charity. Neither school I attended adds any value to me at this point, aside from rooting interests in sports teams. I'm a lost cause in that regard. But do they think "how do I raise money?" rather than "how to do ensure that alumni continue to feel connected to the school and get value from their association with it?" The latter is the right mindset. It will lead to donations. I fear that the foundation thinks like the former of those two statements. In fact, the foundation itself has never had any mission that aligns with what an alumni association mission should be. That's why I'm on the fence. The current model is broken, sure. But I see nothing about what the alumni association will be going forward. They damn well better still call it an "alumni association" or they are idiots. I don't want a window sticker that says "I gave to the UConn Foundation" any more than I want one for the American Cancer Society. There has to be some separation in the alumni association and Foundation, at least at a marketing level. In short, the legal entity of the AA can go away as long as the Foundation is committed to establishing a fully functional AA itself. [/QUOTE]