Okay lets get started.

[Shivashankar Halan]

Okay guys lets get started with this thing.

FIRST and foremost: Don't invite any alumni to this group yet. We need a strong writeup and plan first before we email them

First we must understand that we are losing the war on the Industry side. Here is why :

The thing that was alarming to me was that we do not have a strong support from industry and the little we have seems to be dwindling. Yesterday we talked about how all the sizeable companies in Gainesville have ceased to respond to us and today we hear about the IAB providing positive response to the Dean's proposal. And then comes the news of the Dean travelling to Palo Alto which I assume is for gathering more support from the big players. These successive events are what bothered me.

So we have to really make this alumni meet a big success!

OKAY FIRST AND FOREMOST WE NEED TO CREATE A WRITE-UP TO EMAIL THE ALUMNI EXPLAINING THE SITUATION AND REQUESTING THEM TO JOIN THIS GROUP TO CHANNEL RESOURCES TOGETHER.

Can one of you'll please work on that write-up? It needs to be short and concise. 

[Shivashankar Halan]