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The fans are in the middle of doing a big social media/email movement (think like the A&M SECede movement) to tell their school, board, president, etc
It's apparently been enough to get the mizzou board to meet next Tuesday to discuss issues of the school and conference
If you're one of the people who would like Mizzou to be the conference's 14th team, feel free to join in.
Mizzou2SEC
http://www.Mizzou2sec.com
Twitter (their twitter)
Deaton's Choice - A Campaign for Mizzou
Tigerboards (Mizzou Bball and Football message boards)
Missouri Tigers Athletics :: Mizzou College Sports :: TigerBoard.com :: Where Mizzou Fans Talk
Power Mizzou (Rivals)
Missouri Tigers Football: PowerMizzou.com
And others all have information about the arguments and people involved to message...I'm sure they'd probably appreciate any and all help they can get in driving this thing home in the next week (was given email addresses to add: muchancellor@missouri.edu, chancellor_office@missouri.edu)
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From Mizzou2sec:
From Tigerboard specifically: Missouri Tigers Athletics :: Mizzou College Sports :: TigerBoard.com :: If you want your voice heard...
*noting unfortunately the student representative curator doesn't get a vote in this
some debate about actually emailing the governor
also a 1,000 signature petition: http://mizsec.epetitions.net/
(mods if that's against any rules, tell me and i'll take them down)
It's apparently been enough to get the mizzou board to meet next Tuesday to discuss issues of the school and conference
If you're one of the people who would like Mizzou to be the conference's 14th team, feel free to join in.
Mizzou2SEC
http://www.Mizzou2sec.com
Twitter (their twitter)
Deaton's Choice - A Campaign for Mizzou
Tigerboards (Mizzou Bball and Football message boards)
Missouri Tigers Athletics :: Mizzou College Sports :: TigerBoard.com :: Where Mizzou Fans Talk
Power Mizzou (Rivals)
Missouri Tigers Football: PowerMizzou.com
And others all have information about the arguments and people involved to message...I'm sure they'd probably appreciate any and all help they can get in driving this thing home in the next week (was given email addresses to add: muchancellor@missouri.edu, chancellor_office@missouri.edu)
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From Mizzou2sec:
3 Ways You Can Help
October 1, 2011
(1) Email The Administration
(2) Email Governor Nixon
(3) Get Your Friends Involved
Every Voice Counts
(1) Email The Administration
Let the MU administration know you support a move to the SEC. You can use our Message To The Administration for ideas, or just include the link in a short message.
The recipients listed below are Chancellor Deaton, Interim UM President Owens, and the Board of Curators. You should be able to copy/paste the email addresses below into the "To" box, with semicolons included.
deatonb@missouri.edu; owenssj@umsystem.edu; boardofcurators@umsystem.edu; werdman@kcsouthern.com; davidb@newspressnow.com; ddowning@grgpc.com; don@elliscuppsandcole.com; jhaggard@semohealthnetwork.org; david.steward@wwt.com; craig@vanmatre.com
(2) Email Governor Nixon
Use our Message To The Governor or feel free to write your own.
You can email him at this link or send him a tweet like the following:
@MoGovJayNixon Get #Mizzou out of #Big12, into #SEC or #B1G >> Mizzou2SEC - A Social Media Campaign for Missouri to the SEC
(3) Get Your Friends Involved
Email this link to all your Mizzou friends. Post it on Facebook and Twitter. Ask every Mizzou fan you know to join the Mizzou2SEC campaign on Facebook and Twitter.
Time Table
The next few days are extremely important...
On Sunday, October 2nd, the Big 12 schools (presidents and chancellors) are meeting to do whatever they can to pressure our chancellor (Brady Deaton) into staying in the Big 12... and I imagine they'll be throwing everything but the kitchen sink at him.
On Tuesday, October 4th, the Missouri Board of Curators are meeting to vote on whether MU should "explore membership" in another conference. If the majority vote (out of 7) is "No", then we're stuck in the Big 12.
Key Players
As you might have guessed, the key decision makers in this process are 1) Chancellor Deaton, 2) the Board of Curators (BoC), and 3) Governor Nixon. Contrary to popular belief, Athletic Director Mike Alden and Head Football Coach Gary Pinkel have virtually no say in these matters. It all depends on what Deaton and the Curators decide to do. The Governor has some influence as well because 1) the Curators are appointed by his office, 2) MU is the state's flagship university and his alma mater, and 3) he's the governor!
Every Voice Counts
A few excerpts to show how much of an impact your emails and tweets have had...
"Trust me, Missouri fans, your campaign to push Mizzou to the SEC has made a difference. Now you've got to keep fighting for just a couple more weeks."
Clay Travis in an article for Outkick The Coverage
"I've been told #Mizzou fan unrest with Big 12 is having impact on leadership's way of thinking. Continued discord with league a factor too."
Dave Matter (on Twitter), Writer for Columbia Daily Tribune
"It may be up to #Mizzou fans to lead charge encouraging administration to choose #SEC. Public pressure was critical in #Aggies to SEC."
Chadd Scott (on Twitter), Atlanta-based radio personality
From Tigerboard specifically: Missouri Tigers Athletics :: Mizzou College Sports :: TigerBoard.com :: If you want your voice heard...
Then you should really take the time to send an email to the decision makers in this matter. No matter what your position, I am sure that thoughtful, succinct, reasoned emails will receive much more consideration than raving, ranting missives.
Board of Curators:
werdman@kcsouthern.com
davidb@newspressnow.com
jhaggard@semohealthnetwork.org
david.steward@wwt.com
ddowning@grgpc.com
craig@vanmatre.com
don@elliscuppsandcole.com
MU Admin:
deatonb@missouri.edu
owenssj@umsystem.edu
aldenm@missouri.edu
*noting unfortunately the student representative curator doesn't get a vote in this
some debate about actually emailing the governor
Governor:
Contact Us
also a 1,000 signature petition: http://mizsec.epetitions.net/
(mods if that's against any rules, tell me and i'll take them down)
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