Making the university aware that it's not just us eeeeevillll band alumni that are upset at this situation would be good. Particularly if you're a donor. Even more particularly if you're a significant donor. ;)
Berkeley is/was "student run," IMO. Much stronger faculty/admin presence than the Aggie Band ever had, but a student-led leadership council. I don't know how they choose their student leaders.
Initial lists are due tomorrow afternoon, I think. I say "initial," because there's a bunch of additional shuffling that happens as everybody looks at the waiver wire.