| Class Progress Report |
6/23/2009 |
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| Class | Participation Goal | Participation | Gifts Needed |
|
1999 |
59% |
43% |
98 |
|
2000 |
55% |
43% |
66 |
|
2001 |
60% |
42% |
104 |
|
2002 |
60% |
45% |
92 |
|
2003 |
64% |
46% |
105 |
|
2004 |
65% |
49% |
108 |
|
2005 |
60% |
44% |
93 |
|
2006 |
60% |
48% |
83 |
|
2007 |
60% |
42% |
117 |
|
2008 |
56% |
40% |
88 |
Overall, we need 2,221 gifts to hit 60 percent overall participation. We’re currently at 51 percent. Here’s a class-by-class breakdown:
| Class | Participation Goal | Gifts Needed |
| 1999 |
59% |
98 |
| 2000 |
55% |
66 |
| 2001 |
60% |
105 |
| 2002 |
60% |
101 |
| 2003 |
64% |
107 |
| 2004 |
65% |
109 |
| 2005 |
60% |
94 |
| 2006 |
60% |
87 |
| 2007 |
60% |
121 |
| 2008 |
56% |
90 |
As of this afternoon, Middlebury is 2,302 gifts away from 60 percent participation. We are currently at 50.49 percent participation. Please make your calls, send your e-mails, write your letters, or encourage giving at a social gathering. Thanks, and enjoy the weeekend!
Mark Patinkin ’74, recently back from his Reunion, takes the time to put things in perspective in the Providence Journal: http://www.projo.com/lifebeat/markpatinkin/Mark13_06-13-09_BLEM5B2_v10.27640cc.html.
The text can be found by clicking below!
New numbers are in, pasted below. Please review your assignment lists; if you need an excel spreadsheet or want to take on additional names, contact me. Thanks!
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FY08 |
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FY09 |
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Class |
Participation |
Class |
Participation |
Difference: | Gifts to Goal: |
|
1999 |
38% |
1999 |
42% |
4% |
105 |
|
2000 |
33% |
2000 |
40% |
7% |
76 |
|
2001 |
38% |
2001 |
40% |
2% |
117 |
|
2002 |
37% |
2002 |
41% |
4% |
118 |
|
2003 |
49% |
2003 |
42% |
-7% |
125 |
|
2004 |
38% |
2004 |
46% |
8% |
128 |
|
2005 |
37% |
2005 |
42% |
5% |
104 |
|
2006 |
37% |
2006 |
45% |
8% |
100 |
|
2007 |
30% |
2007 |
38% |
8% |
141 |
|
2008 |
35% |
113 |
Pasted below is a thumbnail sketch of where classes stacked up last year compared to this year (although 2008’s numbers, to be fair, are pulled from 11June, and not 1 June), as well as gifts needed to hit participation goals for each class. Take a look, and use it as motivation to send out those e-mails or make those phone calls.
| 2009 Participation Comparison and Gifts to Goal | ||||||
| 6/11/2008 | 6/1/2009 | |||||
| Class | Participation | Class | Participation | Difference: | Goal | Gifts to Goal |
| 1999 | 38% | 1999 | 35% | -3% | 59% | 148 |
| 2000 | 33% | 2000 | 34% | 1% | 55% | 110 |
| 2001 | 38% | 2001 | 35% | -3% | 60% | 150 |
| 2002 | 37% | 2002 | 35% | -2% | 60% | 159 |
| 2003 | 49% | 2003 | 37% | -12% | 64% | 154 |
| 2004 | 38% | 2004 | 40% | 2% | 65% | 170 |
| 2005 | 37% | 2005 | 37% | 0% | 60% | 131 |
| 2006 | 37% | 2006 | 39% | 2% | 60% | 138 |
| 2007 | 30% | 2007 | 34% | 4% | 60% | 165 |
| 2008 | 31% | 56% | 136 | |||
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