Notes and items discussed, by Linda Partsafas-Guches
Cindy spoke with Dane Smith, owner of Mr. Smith's. We can hold the Friday night no host social there. (Aug 6, 2010)
I spoke to Vice Principle Joe Kramer RE: having the picnic on Saturday morning, using the softball fields, and tennis courts. He said that should not be a problem. There may be a custodial fee. He didn't think he would charge us for that though. I will need to contact him again in the Spring.
I also spoke with Laid-law busing. Each bus hold 56 passengers. It is $159 per bus for the first 3 hours then $53 an hour after that. They have 8 buses that size. They will pick up and drop off, return to the bus station, then pick us up and return us. They do not charge for the time they are at the bus station, but time is charged of course for travel once the bus leaves the station. They would like us to RSVP the number of people by Aug 1, 2010.
Darrin Thornton will check into getting blocks of hotel rooms for Fri and Sat night. He will get prices so we can post that information for our out of town classmates.
We discussed invitations. This event will be mostly done thru email, Facebook, and Classmates.com. We will try to avoid the costs of sending out regular mail invites.
Facebook has a way to send out an event notice. Question was is there a way to set up a payment link to paypal for classmates to submit their payment? Monies would then go directly into our account.
Classmates.com has a similar event questionnaire page and could be posted and linked to paypal there also. We would probably need two payment options for the jet boat trip. One for just the trip and one to include the bus fare. Or we could add $3 on to everyone's jet boat. What ever is left over goes for picnic supplies?
Darrin asked about putting old reunion/high school photos on facebook. I will get him copies of the cd from the 20 year and he will work on posting those on facebook and tagging those in the photos. That may create additional interest in attending. Currently we have 100 members on the Facebook Medford Senior High, Class of 1985 site.
We discussed how nice the contact update sheet Andrea created is working. Great job. 61 people have updated their info thus far.
I have posted reunion information on both the North Medford and South Medford High school websites. Andrea posted information on classmates.com. We will need to get Andrea reimbursed for the classmates gold fees. (I will bring checkbook with me next meeting or can mail you a check). Contact Update link is listed on all sites.
We discussed the memory board. It was felt this should travel to the Friday night and Saturday morning venue. That was one of the most memorable things about the 20 year reunion. We can also set up a discussion board on the Facebook website, posting the information we gathered last time around and adding those who have passed since then. I believe that information is all on the CD from the 20 year reunion.
Andrea already has us booked for the jet boat trip. We will just need final numbers at the end of July.
Shannan is checking into Shenanigan's Bar for a Saturday night social after the jet boat rides are done. Four Daughters is another option for a designated meeting spot.
Paige mentioned it seemed like we wouldn't need as many meetings perhaps because we laid good groundwork at the 20 year, and we won't have as much prep time this time around with decorations for a Sat. night event.
