Dear all,
I am Simon Percy. Assistant coach at ASU and Head Coach of Sun Devil Masters Swimming.
I'm ASU swimming alumni and heading the charge to reinstate Swimming.
I'm not a Forum/Blog guy by any means.
ASU Swimming has now raised over 300,000 in pledges. 100,000 of that is long term. We are working on a proposal to get reinstated. I hope by the end of the week.
Couple of concerns that need to be addressed.
1. The webpage. It was put together hastily, but haste was needed. Unfortunately the US and AZ gov don't work at the pace of fund raising, so I dont have a EIN# yet and can't post the ASU Swimming foundation 501 c 3 status. As soon as I have it I will.
No credit card has been processed yet. No Check has been cashed. Nor will we until we have that in place. We are considering everything as pledges until that point.
If for some reason we don't get a 501 c 3 status, we will work through the ASU Foundation which is already organized, but has higher operating costs.
2. If we don't get reinstated, you'll get your money back. We wont be depositing money into an athletic department that does nto support us.
3. WHAT CAN YOU DO? Simply pledge. What the athletic department is looking for is our ability to cover our operating cost until the foundation is in place. If you are tired of seeing our sport erode, pledge.
Pledge $10.00 a month for 3 years. More if you can.
It's my strong feeling that if we can get commitments of $200,000 for 3 years we'll get reinstated. The remainder can be raised via annual events.
I thank you all for your support.
www.saveasuswimming.com
Dear all,
I am Simon Percy. Assistant coach at ASU and Head Coach of Sun Devil Masters Swimming.
I'm ASU swimming alumni and heading the charge to reinstate Swimming.
I'm not a Forum/Blog guy by any means.
ASU Swimming has now raised over 300,000 in pledges. 100,000 of that is long term. We are working on a proposal to get reinstated. I hope by the end of the week.
Couple of concerns that need to be addressed.
1. The webpage. It was put together hastily, but haste was needed. Unfortunately the US and AZ gov don't work at the pace of fund raising, so I dont have a EIN# yet and can't post the ASU Swimming foundation 501 c 3 status. As soon as I have it I will.
No credit card has been processed yet. No Check has been cashed. Nor will we until we have that in place. We are considering everything as pledges until that point.
If for some reason we don't get a 501 c 3 status, we will work through the ASU Foundation which is already organized, but has higher operating costs.
2. If we don't get reinstated, you'll get your money back. We wont be depositing money into an athletic department that does nto support us.
3. WHAT CAN YOU DO? Simply pledge. What the athletic department is looking for is our ability to cover our operating cost until the foundation is in place. If you are tired of seeing our sport erode, pledge.
Pledge $10.00 a month for 3 years. More if you can.
It's my strong feeling that if we can get commitments of $200,000 for 3 years we'll get reinstated. The remainder can be raised via annual events.
I thank you all for your support.
www.saveasuswimming.com
