Hi From Yazz Allen (YazzAllen@Yahoo.Com)!
Here is the text of a message released (Sept. 3, 2007) to the Antioch Alumni chatline by Antioch College Alumni Assn. Treasurer, Rick Daily '67 regarding negotiations and planning the Antioch College Alumni Assn. is currently engaged in with the Antioch University Board Of Trustees regarding the efforts of Antioch alumni to keep Antioch College open without interuption beyond July 2008, the date the AU BOT announced on June 12, 2007 that Antioch College would be closed down.
Antioch College alumni have protested the closedown decision, and are working to get the Antioch University Board Of Trustees to reverse it.
[Slightly modified by Yazz Atlas since this was submitted Sept. 3 2007 and I only got around to posting it today. Sorry about that. ]
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"by Rick Daily, Treasurer, Antioch College Alumni Board of Directors. Monday,
September 3, 2007
"Thursday, September 6, Alumni Board Treasurer Rick Daily will be in Yellow
Springs to receive the first “data dump” from the University -- information the
Alumni Board needs to prepare a business plan aimed at keeping Antioch College
open and developing a more self-directed College governance structure.
"This follows an August 27 University Board of Trustees announcement reporting
that the Trustees had passed a resolution “to work with the College Alumni Board
to allow the Alumni Board to demonstrate, by the October, 2007 Board of Trustees
meeting, the financial and academic feasibility of the College Alumni Board’s
proposal for the continued operation of the College.”
"The announcement was made after the Trustees meeting in Cincinnati August 25-26
during which Daily and Alumni Board member Catherine Jordan presented the Alumni
Board proposal. Also at the meeting were Antioch College faculty, former
trustees, staff, students, Community Government leaders, and others. All urged
the Trustees to enter into talks with the Alumni Board.
Aside from agreeing to share information, the Trustees agreed to accept an
Alumni Board offer to share the cost of maintaining a College development
office.
"Friday, University officials locked the doors of the development office to staff
and ordered them home early. On Tuesday, September 4, Alumni Board Chair Nancy
Crow will discuss with Antioch University Chancellor Toni Murdoch and Trustees
Chair Art Zucker details of the Alumni-Trustees agreement to share development
office expenses.
"The Trustees’ August 27 announcement further stated that to assist with the
creation of the Alumni Board’s plan, the Trustees resolved to “work closely with
the Alumni Board to provide due diligence access to all appropriate data,
consistent with state and federal regulations.” The University has cited Ohio
laws aimed at protecting trade secrets.
"Daily, assisted by attorney and alum Jason Fregeau are currently reviewing a
confidentiality agreement under which the University proposes to share
information with the Alumni Board.
"Daily will be coordinating the development of the Alumni Board business plan and
will be making reports on his efforts periodically."
