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3 0 t h Y E A R R E U N I O N • Committee Notes |
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Feb 8 3 :30 pm 2005: |
Meeting
@ The Bertram Inn (site of reunion party),
Discussion Topics: For Kevin's sake, and our memory issues, here's a rundown on what we gained from the meeting at the Bertram, last Tuesday, in no particular coherent order. If you're not sure if you were at this meeting, here's the list. (Bob Debro Brehmer, Charlie R., Mike Geaney, Tim Akin, Craig, and our hostess, Amy Feller) 1. We looked at the banquet room and learned that we can configure the tables and bar setup any way that we like. However, we won't have to decide until 2 weeks before the event. The large room can hold about 192 seated persons, at 12 persons per table at 16 tables. That's pretty cozy. 2. It was recommended that the DJ and Bar be set up in the "entryway" rooms, which will be one continuos room, when the dividers are pushed away, with 3 double doorways to the main room. (editor's note- I have seen it that way, and it looks big) We can decide later...and we can put these items wherever we chose (within reason, Tim!) 8. We will be given 1 bartender per 100 people, free (not to take home, though). Someone in our group asked Amy for 2 and she said okay. She's easy. But then, she was pretty petite and Akin was lurking over her. 4. The room has a large, and I mean large, projector screen hanging from the ceiling in the main big room, which probably won't fit in to our scheme, because it blocks the doors to the pool, where sometime in the night, Kevin will be pushed in. 4b. The pool and pool area can be used by our guests that night. They don't provide a lifeguard. If you swim with skin exposed, we will request for the lights to be dimmed. 5. We will probably have a cordless microphone for our announcement activity, so a podium or stage is not a requirement. They don't have any Mr. Boom Microphones left. 11. The DJ we have selected has been at the Bertram before for other gigs. Amy was familiar with him even though Tim could hardly spit out the guy's name. 2. They will
supply a dance floor for Geaney to show us that he has 2 left
legs. The dance floor can get as large as 27X42. With Geaney on
it, it will be larger than life. 16. Geaney
was late for the meeting and had lipstick on his collar when he
arrived, somewhat disheveled, and came from the direction of the
rooms and not the front door. 13. We can request specific beer, wine, and liquor for the bar to have available. Charlie had some uppity vodka to recommend. I say Mad Dog! We need to give them a 1 month lead time on this. 12. The hotel will provide a security guard that night. Charlie immediately became agitated and nervous, and started checking his pockets. We do not pay for this guard. The guard will be amenable to bribes and our brand of corruption. 22. Then Akin
became immediately concerned about breaking windows and crap and
"should we provide insurance of our own," and generally
stuff that only your wives would worry about. We changed the subject
and assured Amy that we were now, if not then, respectable gentlemanly
people. Amy indicated that no special insurance was needed. 35. The Bertram will provide a simple center piece on each table, like a candle or something simple. We said, "fine", mostly because we're guys, and we don't care. Of course, we'll still pursue the disposable camera idea, for the tables. We just have to make sure the cameras aren't disposed of that night. Duh! 26. We reviewed
the hospitality suite and Mike immediately started asking questions
about the fold down bed in the room. It is a new room and very
nice. We can request the arrangement of furniture to our liking.
It has a patio, adjacent, which also can be accessed via the pool
area, from the banquet hall, which is about 100 feet away. Those
persons that are too drunk to walk by the pool without falling
in will immediately be eliminated from joining us there. 41. We realized that hors d'oeuvres were an unplanned costly item. Charlie has been adamant from the beginning, NO Hos. The pricing is generally per item, with a minimum of about $.85/item. They could be set on a table or "passed" by cute little waitresses in maid uniforms. Since this may be too distracting for Geaney, we should lean towards using pre packed "cold" trays of cheese, dip, and crack. Er, I mean crackers. Amy will include this in her proposals, I think. 34. We can choose between "sit down" and buffet dinner. Jimmy Buffet wasn't available for that night so we think"sit down" is our choice. Buffet takes longer, anyway, and his songs all sound the same. With "sit down", we can have a maximum of 3 dinner choices and must use name placards to identify who gets what. Wouldn't it be funny if we gave all of the classmates 6 elegant choices, then fed them all beef stew? 28. To minimize dessert costs, Amy suggested we consider sheet cakes. Hey, that's the name of an old girl friend of Bob's - "Sheet Cakes"! 72. The hotel van can be used by us that evening, with some resemblance of planning. The first trip is free, and others are $10. They will take us to Hudson, no problem. The may not want to come get us after they get to know us, but we'll work it out. We would probably arrange trips from 8-10, then again 11-1. 30. It might be possible to get "non-profit" status for our organization. This would save us over 7% of the hotel costs. Not necessarily chump change. So, I'll put out a feeler with our lawyer classmates to see if it is feasible and economically possible. Who says we don't need more lawyers? If I have left out anything important, please reply with your info, to everyone, by yourself. It's taken me an hour of my life to write this and I gotta do laundry and vacuum yet. If you didn't appreciate this memo, then you're too serious and can't be on the committee! Let's look forward to another meeting to review, probably next week (of Feb. 21st). |
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31 7:00 pm 2005: |
Meeting
@ Charlie Robinson's House, Discussion Topics: hold on... Someone brought a camera! |
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Oct 26 7:00 pm 2004: |
Meeting
@ Charlie Robinson's House, |
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Tues Jul 20 7:15 pm 2004: |
Meeting @ The Bertram Inn in Aurora, Discussion Topics: Location of Reunion party. We will contractually finalize our selection of The Bertram Inn as the location of the party on July 30, 2005. Classmate Contact Information. We need the classmate info that you've been gathering: email addresses, phone numbers, and postal addresses. Bring this stuff if you haven't already forwarded it on to the website or faxed it in to Craig. We want to communicate with our classmates to involve them with the planning and generate interest for a fun reunion weekend. NOTE: Laura Deckel Baker has graciously volunteered to send emails to our class members on Classmates.com website, alerting them to contact us. For that, she is now our Reunion Committee Member "At-Large". 3 cheers for Laura!!! Attendees - . |
| Tues Jun 15 7:15 pm 2004: |
Meeting @ The Bertram Inn in Aurora, Discussion Topics: Classmate Contact Information. We need email addresses, phone numbers, and postal addresses of classmates. Planning for the reunion will ring hollow if we can't communicate with our classmates and generate interest for a fun weekend. For now, we prefer email addresses of classmates, to keep postage and long-distance phone costs down. Once we have their email addresses, we can easily communicate cheaply and automatically. Committe members should forward any info they have gathered to the reunion email address. Location
of Reunion party. We did an on-site review of The Bertram
Inn as the potential location of the party. This required a sampling
of atmosphere, comfort, & beer, of which we succeeded in getting.
We walked thru the banquet room that was chosen for us and down
the corridors. The place is fabulous. Party Design.
We began discussing specific issues about the party content.
Attendees - K.Labadie, K.Cassell, C.Cunnington, & C.Robinson, M.Geaney. |
| Tues Jun 8 7:00 pm 2004: |
Meeting
@ Kepner’s Tavern in Hudson, Discussion
Topics: Location of Reunion party. After sharing the information we gathered by inquiring with the places listed below, we decided that the best bet was to pursue using The Bertram Inn in Aurora (www.TheBertramInn.com). We felt strongly that having the party at a hotel would be good for everyone attending. See our summary here ->Notes on Bertram
We inquired about the following places: Next Step: We will get more specific information from The Bertram and try to pin it down. Date/Weekend of Reunion. We're going to pursue the weekend of July 30th, 2005 as our 1st choice. Including other Hudson High Classes and non-graduates: We will try to find and invite classmates that spent alot of time in the Hudson School system, that did not graduate at Hudson. We discussed the possibility of including the Class of 1974 and the Class of 1976. We tentatively agreed to send out an open invitation to them. Attendees - K. Labadie, K. Cassell Mallon, C. Cunnington. Special guests-Andy Ford, Pete Gladden |
| Tues Jun 1 7:00 pm 2004: |
Meeting
@ Kepner’s Tavern in Hudson, Discussion
Topics:
Location
of Reunion party. We discussed the pros and cons of having
the party near or at a hotel. We felt that having the party at
a hotel would be an advantage for us since a lot of attendees
will be coming from out of town and need a place to stay. Website. You can send correspondence here: reunion@HudsonHigh1975.com Locating
Class Members: Attendees - K. Labadie, K. (Cassell) Mallon, C. Cunnington, & C. Robinson. |
