A Thank You from Sandy Barbour and Nathan Brostrom

We just received this letter from Cal athletic director Sandy Barbour and vice chancellor Nathan Brostrom and wanted to extend their thanks to all of you.

Dear Friends,

For the first time in recent memory, a group of people…that would be you…came together to do the hard work it takes to support the University and stand up for what you believe. Usually, people are too busy, too overworked or overbooked, to step up when needed. You did so and you have our everlasting gratitude.

In early August, this was a one sided battle, with Cal’s detractors controlling the airwaves, news pages and websites. By last week, we had at least brought the City of Berkeley to a place where they recognize the enormous outpouring of support Cal enjoys in our community. We believe it was a wakeup call for the City. And we hope it will serve to improve the relationship between the City of Berkeley and the University in the future.

There will undoubtedly be more opportunities for all of you to come forward and support Cal again. We needed you this time and we’ll need you again. The good news is  we know we have your support and can count on it in the future.

To all of you who wrote letters, sent emails, displayed signs, talked to friends and neighbors and city council members, came to meetings, helped at Fan Appreciation Day,  the Tennessee game and the City Council meeting, thanks for all you’ve done in the last six weeks to support Cal and our student athletes. We couldn’t ask for better friends.

Go Bears!

Sincerely,

Sandy Barbour and Nathan Brostrom

September 18 2007 | Uncategorized | Comments Off

Thank You for Your Support

Berkeleyans for Cal Athletics would like to thank all of you for your hard work over the past month. Chancellor Birgeneau, as well as Athletic Director Sandy Barbour, have expressed their gratitude at our group’s positive and honest representation of support for the phase 1 building of the SAHPC. Also expressed was their belief that such an independent citizen action group might be able to play a role in future efforts to educate the Berkeley citizenry of factual information with regard to the University, as well as acting as a conduit between the University and the City of Berkeley.

As you may already know, the City of Berkeley voted 7-1-1 to continue its lawsuit against the University (Wozniak dissented, Worthington abstained). While this is certainly not the outcome we were hoping for, it is not the final say on the issue. It is important for everybody to contact the mayor and your city council member and let them know how you feel about the outcome of the meeting. It is important for the city to know that we are still keeping tabs on them.

In the meantime, we await the September 19-20th court date with optimism. Although the council vote was a temporary setback, we believe that the future of the Student Athlete High Performance Center remains bright.

September 11 2007 | Uncategorized | Comments Off