Fan Advisory Board
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Yes there will be. We were told last night that they were going to announce it this past weekend but as we can figure out there was some other things going on. Keep an eye out for the new announcement looking for the new members in the next week or so.
Yes, but nothing much. We sent in emails explaining why we thought we would be good candidates. Remember though it is not just for football. It covers all sports.
I would imagine it will be up to Hobbs if it is continued or not. It was a Julie thing I believe.
I'd like to see some communication as to what the last board accomplished? This is not meant to be a shot, I really don't know.
It was Drew Robinson's creation. After Drew left for Syracuse, Geoff Brown took over.
LOL. There were some good changes that were implemented because of the fan advisory board. I won't say what mine were, because that would out me. I am really proud of one of them though. That said, you should know that primarily what we were used for was as a focus group. They bounced their ideas off of us, and we gave them our feedback and our own ideas. All they really wanted from us were our thoughts on gameday experience and marketing. They asked us to mention problems we encountered at sporting events, and ways they could improve and make the experience better.
Some examples are that they wanted to know our ideas on how to boost student attendance, get fans into the games on time, ways to reach new fans who weren't alumni, ways to increase attendance at olympic sports and women's basketball, and probably most importantly, ways to improve the experience of attending a football game. We had input on RU cheers, sound and band participation.
Some examples are that they wanted to know our ideas on how to boost student attendance, get fans into the games on time, ways to reach new fans who weren't alumni, ways to increase attendance at olympic sports and women's basketball, and probably most importantly, ways to improve the experience of attending a football game. We had input on RU cheers, sound and band participation.
Well, Geoff Brown certainly ran it. But Julie valued it, and was at all of our meetings except for 1. I would think that if Hobbs doesn't value it, Geoff Brown won't be running it anymore. But I don't know. I could ask him I suppose.
Thanks for the insight. I too was wondering what the experience was like and what the output of the effort was.
You had input into the cheers and you didn't fix the RRRUUU chant? I'm outraged.
Not on the fan-advisory board, but we're working on it. You might have noticed that it was actually decent last week vs. Maryland. Once we get the wings of the student section yelling R, it should get easier.
Well, FWIW, we had a long conversation on how to fix that. And they didn't take my idea, even though I (naturally) thought it made the most sense.
actually, it was first suggested by @RU4Real and I. Athletics ran with the idea and Drew was the one who put it all together.
Whoever is on the board, I'm wondering if you forwarded my idea about selling hookers and blow in the stadium? We'd raise enough money to hire three new coaches in no time.
Pushed really hard for this one. They thought we should get beer sales first.