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I am hoping you can provide me with information from your investment pools, relating to the performance of all the real estate funds you are investing in as of today, 5th November 2020.
Please could you provide the Fund Name and management company with the information quarterly for 2020 including March, June and September.
I am looking for details including standard data such as:
• Vintage Year
• Commitment Amount
• Commitment Date
• Paid-In Capital
• Distributions
• IRR (Gross and Net)
• Fair market value of the investment
• Lifecycle Stage (Fundraising, First Close, Second Close, Investment Period, Holding Period, Liquidating/Exit Period, Liquidated).
FOI #20-355 (11-3-20, 9:40 pm) - Subject - Landscaping LM071320
Name - Anthony DeSocio
Affiliation -
I would like to know what the current contract amount of Main Campus Landscaping Services. Asking this because the landscaping services for the main campus solicitation # LM071320
I would like to know what the current contract amount of Main Campus Landscaping Services is. The current contractor is Greenway Property Services. I am asking this question because the landscaping services for the main campus solicitation (LM071320), was posted yesterday 11/2/2020.
FOI #20-353 (10-31-20, 12:21 pm) - Subject - Athletics
Name - Andy Wittry
Affiliation -
I'd like to request a copy of any emails, as well as any related attachments, that were sent to men's basketball coach Dan Hurley or athletic director David Benedict starting Oct. 26 and ending Oct. 30, 2020 that include "Big East." Since this request is of public interest, I'd like to request that any associated fees are waived.
Hoang Nguyen
UConn Storrs
Complete
FOI #20-352 - Subject -
Name - Hoang Nguyen
Affiliation -
Pursuant to Federal law, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act 20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99 & state open records law Conn. Gen. Stat. Secs. 1-200 to 1-242, on behalf of LexisNexis Risk Solutions, I write to request access to and a copy of all current Student Directory Information for the Fall 2020 semester categorized as public information as defined and governed within FERPA. If your agency does not maintain these public records, please let me know who does and include the proper custodians name, address, telephone number and email.
The requested Student Directory information is listed below:
Fields :
• NAME,ACADEMIC CAREER,ACADEMIC PROGRAM,SCHOOL/COLLEGE,MAJOR,MAJOR DESCRIPTION,CONCENTRATION,CONCENTRATION DESCRIPTION,TERM,TERM CODE,BEG TERM ACADEMIC LEVEL
Please consider this a Freedom of Information request. I am seeking any documents, memorandums, emails, or correspondence from the University to any state agency or local health department that refer, relate to, or concern the school’s proposal for holding basketball games at Gampel Pavilion this upcoming season amid the COVID-19 pandemic, including but not limited to: number of games that will be played and a proposed schedule; requests for fans to attend, including how many fans the school is requesting to allow at games, and proposed seating models; health, safety & COVID-19 testing protocols for game day operations, including for visiting teams; plans for allowing media and TV networks at games; any proposals or plans for Gampel to host games not featuring UConn teams this upcoming season.
FOI #20-347 (10-22-20, 12:09 pm) - Subject - UConn's "Exit Fee" to the American Athletic Conference
Name -
Affiliation -
Can you please provide any available records from 2020 on UConn's "exit fee" related to the termination of its relationship with the American Athletic Conference in Athletics. For clarity, this would primarily include:
- Information on the exit fee
- Information on the exit fee's payment schedule (or when the fee will be paid to the conference)