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<blockquote data-quote="GT Chillin' It" data-source="post: 285188" data-attributes="member: 1516"><p>I think you hit the nail on the head. We are not a big school. According to the Tech <a href="http://factbook.gatech.edu/student-related-information/geographical-distribution-of-alumni-by-state-table-6-11/" target="_blank">factbook</a> (only alumni with known locations are included) we have roughly 135k alumni world wide. Roughly 61k live in the state of Georgia. You probably arnt getting many ticket sales and donations from the 55% of our alumni base which isnt local. Once you take into account the 'different' people that [USER=2897]@bwelbo[/USER] mentioned earlier, it becomes really easy to see why we struggle so much. Comparing us to someone like UT who has nearly <a href="https://www.utexas.edu/about/facts-and-figures" target="_blank">500k</a> alumni is just irrational. I havnt done the legwork but I would suspect that the vast majority of the big state schools would have similar numbers. </p><p></p><p>I'm personally hoping that TS can come up with some ideas to energize the local fan base as well as bring in some more sidewalk fans. I also wouldn't mind seeing something similar to the IPTAY program that they use at Clemson. Create an organization that only requires a small donation to join and pitch it hard to all the students starting freshman year as well as advertise it regionally throughout the South East. This way you build your own list of donors. You have the small contributions coming in annually and when you need something with a higher price tag you throw it out to everyone and hope a big donation comes through.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GT Chillin' It, post: 285188, member: 1516"] I think you hit the nail on the head. We are not a big school. According to the Tech [URL='http://factbook.gatech.edu/student-related-information/geographical-distribution-of-alumni-by-state-table-6-11/']factbook[/URL] (only alumni with known locations are included) we have roughly 135k alumni world wide. Roughly 61k live in the state of Georgia. You probably arnt getting many ticket sales and donations from the 55% of our alumni base which isnt local. Once you take into account the 'different' people that [USER=2897]@bwelbo[/USER] mentioned earlier, it becomes really easy to see why we struggle so much. Comparing us to someone like UT who has nearly [URL='https://www.utexas.edu/about/facts-and-figures']500k[/URL] alumni is just irrational. I havnt done the legwork but I would suspect that the vast majority of the big state schools would have similar numbers. I'm personally hoping that TS can come up with some ideas to energize the local fan base as well as bring in some more sidewalk fans. I also wouldn't mind seeing something similar to the IPTAY program that they use at Clemson. Create an organization that only requires a small donation to join and pitch it hard to all the students starting freshman year as well as advertise it regionally throughout the South East. This way you build your own list of donors. You have the small contributions coming in annually and when you need something with a higher price tag you throw it out to everyone and hope a big donation comes through. [/QUOTE]
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