Minutes from November 10, 2006 meeting.
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I. The minutes from the last meeting were unanimously approved.

II. Due to the absence of Terry Lehmann, the Treasurer’s report was tabled until the next meeting.

III. The committee discussed the location of our 40th reunion. Possible sites are: Elks Lodge, Northwood Hall, Fox Hall, and the Bellwether. Ray Moore looked into Northwood and Fox Hall. Northwood Hall does not charge for the facility if they provide the catering for at least 100 people or more. The cost of catering would be approximately $22.00 per person, plus a 25% gratuity. Fox Hall charges approximately $1,700-$2,000 to rent their facility and approximately $20.00 per person for catering. Janet Oiness agreed to contact the Bellwether about the cost to rent their facility. The Silver Reef Casino was also mentioned as a possible location. Janet agreed to look into that site as well. Wally is going to check into the country club costs as well.

IV. The committee discussed the Friday night pre-reunion for classmates only. Possible sites mentioned for the pre-reunion were the Elks Lodge or the Greek Orthodox Church, where it was held for the 30th reunion. The advantage of having the pre-reunion at the Greek Orthodox Church was that people could bring their own alcoholic beverages (Elks has a bar but doesn’t allow alcohol brought in).

V. The committee also discussed having a post-reunion picnic on the Sunday following the reunion. There was some discussion about eliminating the Sunday picnic due to low attendance. It was also felt that activities scheduled for just Friday and Saturday night were sufficient. It was decided that this could wait to be decided, This item was tabled for further discussion.

VI. A discussion took place regarding music for the reunion. The committee discussed having a live band or DJ. Some committee members wanted a band while others felt it was too difficult talk to people with band music. A DJ could lower the volume so people could listen to music and visit at the same time. It was decided to get estimates for both and discuss further at next meeting.

VII. Gary Byron asked for authorization to renew the website fee. The site fee is up for renewal in April at $35 per year, but if we renew now for two years the cost is only$50.00 (saving $20). The committee unanimously agreed to reimburse Gary out of the class funds for the two-year fee when he renews it this month.

VIII. The committee discussed whether we should formalize our group as a nonprofit 501c. The committee felt this was too formal and respectively declined.

IX. A discussion took place regarding ways to raise planning funds for the reunion. We talked about selling t-shirts, the 20th reunion DVD, pens and having a garage sale. The garage sale idea (sometime next spring) was well received. We talked about the feasibility of making the DVD available on the website and at the reunion. The DVD should sell for around $15.00.

X. The group talked about locating more of our classmates and making special efforts to contact as many of classmates as possible and inviting them to our next reunion. It was pointed out that everyone should make an effort to check out the directory info on the web site and look for people they can help locate. We have many people without current contact info.

XI. Linda announced a fundraising event for Kristie McClellan on Saturday, November 25th from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at the Elks to raise funds for research into Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

XII. The next meeting will take place on Saturday, February 17th at 6:00 p.m. at Janet’s house at 4508 College St.