Important Meeting for All UNT Alumni, Boosters and Fans

Harry · June 22, 2016

20 minutes ago, NTAlum09 said:

And title it "CAW CAW"

@Harry Will hard liquor be served during the meeting to the alumni?

Not sure about that. I will try to find out.

Stix · June 22, 2016

I really wish I could attend, but it would mean taking two days off from work to come from Sugar Land. :(

Hunter Green · June 22, 2016

I should be able to make it. Who is conducting the meeting and will fans be given a forum?

greenjoe · June 22, 2016

As a 35 year season ticket holder and Mean Green member and as a Club Seat holder with my seat bond paid for in full and, with a working telephone number and e-mail account known to the Athletic Department, I am beyond disappointed that I hear of this "important meeting" via a source not even recognized by North Texas Athletics. If this was a meeting between friends at a local watering hole, I would understand not being informed. I checked MeanGreenSports.com before writing this. This is unbelievable.

I'll be at the meeting.

Joe Holland

Army of Dad · June 22, 2016

1 minute ago, greenjoe said:

As a 35 year season ticket holder and Mean Green member and as a Club Seat holder with my seat bond paid for in full and, with a working telephone number and e-mail account known to the Athletic Department, I am beyond disappointed that I hear of this "important meeting" via a source not even recognized by North Texas Athletics. If this was a meeting between friends at a local watering hole, I would understand not being informed. I checked MeanGreenSports.com before writing this. This is unbelievable.

I'll be at the meeting.

Joe Holland

It sounds like Joe will have at least some feedback to provide.

UTSA Fan · June 22, 2016

7 minutes ago, Army of Dad said:

It sounds like Joe will have at least some feedback to provide.

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Harry · June 22, 2016

4 minutes ago, Hunter Green said:

I should be able to make it. Who is conducting the meeting and will fans be given a forum?

Trip Kuehne is conducting the meeting. The meeting is an open forum and are a part of the school’s efforts to evaluate the program. UNT hired Trip Kuehne and Michael Sicuro as consultants to help with that process.

rws69 · June 22, 2016

I will be there!

Perhaps we should have name tags with both real names and GMG alias.

Stan R · June 22, 2016

20 minutes ago, Army of Dad said:

It sounds like Joe will have at least some feedback to provide.

DeepGreen · June 22, 2016

Not sure if I can attend or not, being 4+ hours away from Denton. If there was any type of communication to me or other Alumni, I have not received notice of such meeting. However, for those in attendance, do one thing for me and for all of those not in the immediate DFW area. You know, the 200,000+ Alumni. The state of Texas is really, really big, and I think UNT has always concentrated all of their focus on the Dallas-Denton area. Could the Athletic Department please include Alumni in the whole state of Texas in whatever the department does???

greenjoe · June 22, 2016

Sorry to post again, however, is there a way this meeting could be video recorded and made available here for the not-so-close-to-Denton impaired ?

Matt from A700 · June 22, 2016

Guys if you are going, don't be passive! Make sure your ideas and others you may have seen on GMG.com don't go unheard! It seems like the AD cleaned the wax out of their ears and is now willing to listen to us!

MEANGREENCOACH2 · June 22, 2016

if you go and have a cell phone VIMEO the event please

ChristopherRyanWilkes · June 22, 2016

Sorry, but why does it matter how you found out about it? I'd love to bash the Athletic Department on this, but from what I've read on here this is just a donor-held event. Probably don't have everyone's e-mails.

Eagle-96 · June 22, 2016

1 hour ago, NTAlum09 said:

And title it "CAW CAW"

@Harry Will hard liquor be served during the meeting to the alumni?

Well I figured that if the meeting had anything to do with UNT athletics then there would be: 1. healthy doses of sadism and masochism involved. 2.The fans on this board are definitely hardcore. 3. I've been getting nut-kicked for just past 20 years. So RedTube is the best place to upload the video.

BTW: If you do not know what RedTube is. Please DO NOT Google it at work, I would hate for you to lose your job. Trust me on this one.

MeanGreen_MBA · June 22, 2016

3 minutes ago, ChristopherRyanWilkes said:

Sorry, but why does it matter how you found out about it? I'd love to bash the Athletic Department on this, but from what I've read on here this is just a donor-held event. Probably don't have everyone's e-mails.

Harry noted that they were hire by UNT to hold this meeting. They have email. That is why we are complaining about where we heard this from. IF this is an important meeting to get feedback, they have ALL of our contact information. To Find out about this 5 days prior on a non-UNT affiliated message board is telling. I wear the Greenest Green colored glasses of anybody, but..... My wife is a BAMA graduate, and everything they do is all-out, we should strive to be that program in everything we do.....

ChristopherRyanWilkes · June 22, 2016

3 minutes ago, MeanGreen_MBA said:

Harry noted that they were hire by UNT to hold this meeting. They have email. That is why we are complaining about where we heard this from. IF this is an important meeting to get feedback, they have ALL of our contact information. To Find out about this 5 days prior on a non-UNT affiliated message board is telling. I wear the Greenest Green colored glasses of anybody, but..... My wife is a BAMA graduate, and everything they do is all-out, we should strive to be that program in everything we do.....

No, he was saying Trip is a "consultant" for the new AD hire. His role really isn't known, but he is mainly just a big donor along with his dad. Could they have everyone's emails... maybe? But the fact that you and I are seeing this post means it worked. Maybe this is just a generational thing. I remember my aunt got so upset she saw something announced on Facebook once.

I'm sorry, I guess you guys wanted one of these:

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Edited June 22, 2016 by ChristopherRyanWilkes

UNTLifer · June 22, 2016

2 minutes ago, ChristopherRyanWilkes said:

No, he was saying Trip is a "consultant" for the new AD hire. His role really isn't know, but he is mainly just a big donor along with his dad. Could they have everyone's emails, maybe? But the fact that you and I are seeing this post means it worked. Maybe this is just a generational thing. I remember my aunt got so upset she saw something announced on Facebook once.

Trip Kuehne is a big donor to UNT? Really? He attended Arizona State and is a graduate of Oklahoma State so that would surprise me.

Back on topic, while it is disheartening that many of us were not informed directly after years of support, at least we are being reached by Harry. This should be brought up in the discussion though. Being 5 hours away, I won't be able to make it, but I would encourage everyone that can to attend. If you feel like you have been lied to, misled, etc... or are disheartened by the department then you should share why and how in a calm, direct manner. This is our/your time to be heard.

ChristopherRyanWilkes · June 22, 2016

4 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

Trip Kuehne is a big donor to UNT? Really? He attended Arizona State and is a graduate of Oklahoma State so that would surprise me.

Back on topic, while it is disheartening that many of us were not informed directly after years of support, at least we are being reached by Harry. This should be brought up in the discussion though. Being 5 hours away, I won't be able to make it, but I would encourage everyone that can to attend. If you feel like you have been lied to, misled, etc... or are disheartened by the department then you should share why and how in a calm, direct manner. This is our/your time to be heard.

His family is, so by proxy I suppose. I really don't know if he is a donor directly. I'm just making the point that some donors and alumni are putting together an open forum for fans and we are complaining about not getting it in an e-mail...When in reality it makes sense to announce it on a fan forum that some people check more than their e-mails. I know I do some days. The main point is this isn't being put on officially by the Athletic Department so I don't get why it matters what the catalyst of communication was. Things get announced unofficially on here all the time. I think most are upset because they confuse this as a Athletic Department event.

Edited June 22, 2016 by ChristopherRyanWilkes

Harry · June 22, 2016

7 minutes ago, ChristopherRyanWilkes said:

His role really isn't known

that is incorrect, he was specifically hired by UNT to evaluate the athletic department

In a perfect world I would agree that it would be great if everyone would receive an invitation to this type of meeting. Hopefully in the future that will happen with frequency.

However, I do not really see this an Athletic Department event.

The purpose of this meeting is to meet with consultants, hired by UNT to provide our feedback so they can accurately evaluate the athletic department. So I don't think that the athletic department is sponsoring this event as that would be considered a conflict of interest. The consultants are wisely reaching out to the UNT Letterman and now Alumni/Boosters/Fans to get their feedback in a forum where they can speak their mind. This is just one step in the process, but I must say I find it refreshing. I expect they will be reaching out to many donors, season ticket holders etc and those who are not in the DFW area etc as this process moves forward.

ChristopherRyanWilkes · June 22, 2016

1 minute ago, Harry said:

that is incorrect, he was specifically hired by UNT to evaluate the athletic department

In a perfect world I would agree that it would be great if everyone would receive an invitation to this type of meeting. Hopefully in the future that will happen with frequency.

However, I do not really see this an Athletic Department event.

The purpose of this meeting is to meet with consultants, hired by UNT to provide our feedback so they can accurately evaluate the athletic department. So I don't think that the athletic department is sponsoring this event as that would be considered a conflict of interest. The consultants are wisely reaching out to the UNT Letterman and now Alumni/Boosters/Fans to get their feedback in a forum where they can speak their mind. This is just one step in the process, but I must say I find it refreshing. I expect they will be reaching out to many donors, season ticket holders etc and those who are not in the DFW area etc as this process moves forward.

How about an e-mail sign-up sheet so that everyone can get a nice personal e-mail next time? Problem solved. Okay, I retract. I guess I just find that job description vague.. I just don't really know what evaluating the athletic department means, but these "roles" are usually generic-sounding anyways.

UNT90 · June 22, 2016

5 hours ago, emmitt01 said:

I may not be able to make it, but I'll put my concerns on a banner

I'll be there, continuing to try and make a difference.

Words and actions.

2 hours ago, greenjoe said:

As a 35 year season ticket holder and Mean Green member and as a Club Seat holder with my seat bond paid for in full and, with a working telephone number and e-mail account known to the Athletic Department, I am beyond disappointed that I hear of this "important meeting" via a source not even recognized by North Texas Athletics. If this was a meeting between friends at a local watering hole, I would understand not being informed. I checked MeanGreenSports.com before writing this. This is unbelievable.

I'll be at the meeting.

Joe Holland

I think it is a good thing that not one member of the AD's fingerprints is on this.

It's encouraging.

DeepGreen · June 22, 2016

Wonder if Mattress Mac will attend? Former player, donor.

And my point about not all Alumni not receiving an invitation to this meeting had more to do with the fact that UNT does not share Alumni databases with other departments, i.e. UNT Athletics.

ChristopherRyanWilkes · June 22, 2016

15 minutes ago, UNT90 said:

I'll be there, continuing to try and make a difference.

Words and actions.

I think it is a good thing that not one member of the AD's fingerprints is on this.

It's encouraging.

I agree. This is the appropriate forum to announce it as we are the folks they are targeting. Also, keeping it separate from the AD will mean people may be more open. That was my original point, that this is not an AD event so therefore there's not going to be an email to folks on their email list. I just got off on a few other tangents.

GRN-WHT · June 22, 2016

I'm glad there wasn't an official email sent from the athletic department about this thing. The time or date or something else important would have been wrong.

Less confusion.