DRC: UNT students set to vote on fee for second time

[Mad Hatter]

If it doesn't pass, they need to roll it out in the summer, and then again in the fall, and then again in the spring.  Eventually there won't be enough people with enthusiasm to vote against it.  PS - if they can just get the athletes to vote for it consistently it should pass.

[oldguystudent]

Searching the NTDaily, and the most recent thing I can find mentioning this vote is from January 19th. My daughter was completely unaware of any vote.  This will pass.  The no's won't be aware it's happening.  

[Salsa_Verde]

I voted today and it was a simple process that I did on my phone. I’ve been getting emails from the athletic department for two weeks so hopefully that helps with getting a positive message to the student body. From the students I’ve talked to the answer is usually they didn’t know about a vote on a fee or apathy about the vote. Whether that is good or bad remains to be seen. 

[BTG_Fan1]

4 hours ago, DeepGreen said:

I wonder, if this vote fails to pass, will it effect Wren Baker's tenure at UNT?  Will he leave UNT much sooner than we would like?

It may have an impact..

WB and SL could then jump at a slightly less desirable gig potentially because the students/fan base isn’t willing to jump on to assist them and the program.

36 minutes ago, oldguystudent said:

Searching the NTDaily, and the most recent thing I can find mentioning this vote is from January 19th. My daughter was completely unaware of any vote.  This will pass.  The no's won't be aware it's happening.  

They will be aware of it because of emails, signs up around campus, and social media..

no idea how she wasn’t aware about it

[oldguystudent]

38 minutes ago, BTG_Fan1 said:

 

no idea how she wasn’t aware about it

Well, while I have literally raised her on UNT football, that's not why she's here. I guess she was just out of touch or didn't take the initiative to call the athletic department to get the latest or something along those lines. 

[Ben Gooding]

1 hour ago, oldguystudent said:

Searching the NTDaily, and the most recent thing I can find mentioning this vote is from January 19th. My daughter was completely unaware of any vote.  This will pass.  The no's won't be aware it's happening.  

 

 

 

Edited February 13, 2018 by Ben Gooding

[untjim1995]

1 hour ago, oldguystudent said:

Searching the NTDaily, and the most recent thing I can find mentioning this vote is from January 19th. My daughter was completely unaware of any vote.  This will pass.  The no's won't be aware it's happening.  

This was exactly how UNTFlyer got the stadium vote to get passed. Run it steathily, it gets passed, the masses get pissed and complain loudly, then the athletic department benefits. Hope it happens again here.

[TIgreen01]

Just now, untjim1995 said:

This was exactly how UNTFlyer got the stadium vote to get passed. Run it steathily, it gets passed, the masses get pissed and complain loudly, then the athletic department benefits. Hope it happens again here.

This sounds like the AD is mass marketing the vote by emailing everyone.  That's what RV tried and failed.  You are exactly right....keep it relatively low key and it will pass.  That's not what is happening here, it sounds.

[Grudog]

[TIgreen01]

4 hours ago, oldguystudent said:

The past couple months have made me feel like I'm watching an old episode of the Simpsons:
 

 

Get off my lawn!

[NorthTexan95]

5 hours ago, untjim1995 said:

I'll be SHOCKED if this thing is even close. Asking kids to vote to have their costs go up at a G5 school is tough, asking to do it at a place that doesn't normally hold athletics in a very good light seems impossible. I guess we will see, but I am not holding my breath here.

I will say this, though. If we do pass this vote, I will believe for the first time that the view of UNT Athletics within the community has finally come around to being something worthy of major support. This would make us look more like UH than UTSA, which would make future conference realignment something we would be a better player in.

 

I'll be shocked if it doesn't pass.  I think it'll pass handily ... at least 55% to 45%. 

[Ben Gooding]

1 hour ago, Grudog said:

[Mean Green 93-98]

1 hour ago, untjim1995 said:

This was exactly how UNTFlyer got the stadium vote to get passed. Run it steathily, it gets passed, the masses get pissed and complain loudly, then the athletic department benefits. Hope it happens again here.

That vote may have been the most heavily publicized student referendum in school history.

[BTG_Fan1]

9 hours ago, oldguystudent said:

Well, while I have literally raised her on UNT football, that's not why she's here. I guess she was just out of touch or didn't take the initiative to call the athletic department to get the latest or something along those lines. 

The school has sent out multiple emails this week about this vote... literally all she has to do is check her inbox 

[oldguystudent]

6 hours ago, BTG_Fan1 said:

The school has sent out multiple emails this week about this vote... literally all she has to do is check her inbox 

I shall be sure to regale to her on your behalf that she's not living up to your expectations. 

[hickoryhouse]

When should we expect to know the result of the vote?

 

Being done electronically it would strike me that it shouldn't take too long....

[Zeke]

8 minutes ago, hickoryhouse said:

When should we expect to know the result of the vote?

 

Being done electronically it would strike me that it shouldn't take too long....

I believe voting is open through Thursday. 

[Hunter Green]

Anyone have knowledge to the number of votes cast to this date?

[Peacock]

FWIW: UTSA's Student Athletic Fee Referendum is Crushed

https://www.underdogdynasty.com/university-texas-san-antonio-roadrunners/2018/2/13/17002688/utsa-roadrunnners-student-body-overwhelmingly-rejects-athletics-fee-increase-tuition 

[BTG_Fan1]

12 hours ago, oldguystudent said:

I shall be sure to regale to her on your behalf that she's not living up to your expectations. 

You said that people don’t know but is it’s very well known around campus the vote..

Sorry she isn’t aware but it’s literally all over social media, blasted out in emails, etc.. 

[oldguystudent]

Here's a live cam of my kid in class this very moment.