Hi everyone,
I want to thank everyone who made it tonight for the meeting. It was a productive meeting and we are on track to getting everything in place. Someday we will just have to have a fun-chatathon on that website! it is always nice chatting with you all!
Here is your summary of the meeting.
Alumni newsletter status:
Some people have received their copies and some haven't. Charlene will be following up on this issue. A lot of missing classmates still listed for our class. We should all make an effort to spread the word around and try and locate these classmates. They all have to be somewhere!! If you haven't gotten your alumni newsletter drop Charlene a line.
Class Mailing:
Charlene will be mailing out the class letter with all the details, forms and costs of the reunion in about a week. Let's hope we get a great response to it! Thank you Charlene for your work on this!
Elton John replacement:
Anita is still willing to do the part, but does not have the time to put together the whole costume due to family commitments. It was agreed everyone in this meeting will look for sources of EJ costume used in the movie Tommy. Needed most are the pants and boots.
T-Shirts and logo:
Anne will order the t-shirts. They will cost $12 each and can be paid for at the time you send back your funds and forms for the activities you plan to participate in for the reunion. The $12 is broken down as follows. $8 will to go to the shirt cost and $4 will go to the class fund. Anyone who will be on the float should plan to purchase the shirt so we will all be same. Anne will order assorted sizes which should cover just about everyone size-wise. It will be a really nice t-shirt with the Tommy logo ironed on. For an example, see the class blog. Nice Job Anne in working this for us!!
Float Banner and signage:
Anne and Melissa will handle the ordering of the banner along with Charlene. It will be with a tie-dye background banner with lettering. 2 banners will be needed with one to go on each side of the float in the manner of a skirt. The memorial sign will be on the front of the truck and be in black and red. Thank you ladies for taking this on.
Painting-bean barrels:
Jim Hanson has agreed to paint the barrels. We will only need 6 barrels for the float. Anne will also get a stencil with the word "Beans" on it. We will need to purchase paint for this project. Barrels should simulate the B&M brand of canned beans.
Pinball Machine:
John and Phil will meet this weekend and start planning of the pinball machine build.
Next meeting will be in 3 weeks. May 5th.
Phil
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March 31st Meeting Summary
Good afternoon everyone.
Here is your March 31st Meeting Report
Thank you all who attended last night. Here are the highlights:
Signage:
Anne will talk with her cousin Roy about the cost of a plastic based banner for the float due to concerns paper may not hold up if rain occurs during the parade. Roy will also be asked to create a tasteful poster for the memorial poster on the front of the float. In regards to the float build, if it rains, Melissa said Norn has told her there is a place up the road from her house we can use.
Suggested wording for the banner "Class of '74, See me, Hear me....I'm still here!! We should probably throw in "The Musical Tommy" somewhere. We will hear back from Anne at the next meeting on the banner(s) and memorial. We believe as of now per the survey, we will have somewhere around 15-20 people in all to help with the float build. If not we will be looking for you to recruit spouses and friends!
Bean Barrels:
We will need to pick up red, blue and brown paint. Phil will check with Jim to see if he will be willing to apply the paint to the barrels as he has the barrels. It was also suggested we create labels saying "beans" instead of painting. The barrels will need to have the same look as a can of B&M beans. We will need to know what color the barrels are currently, we may not have to paint if the barrels can be labeled. This will hopefully be cleared up by the next meeting. Additionally helium will be used for the Mylar balloons which be taken care of by Charlene.
T-Shirts
We revisited the t-shirt topic. Anne has researched the t-shirt question a bit and has come up with a possible solution in where we could order a batch with the same color scheme for a fairly low price. However the issue of sizing and number of shirts needed came up which would need to be resolved before deciding on making the purchase. A logo has been created which was also brought up by Ann with the possibility of creating a iron-on of this logo which could be applied to the shirts. She will research this a little more on pricing and how the logos can be transfered to the shirts. We really need to determine just how many people are going to be on the float and who they are so maybe we can get sizes figured out. Maybe we could order extra shirts in XL to have available for any last minute class mates who want to jump on the float.
Budget:
Charlene said there was about $850 in the class funds as of now. I believe we can get all we need to get for the float, signage, shirts, paint, beverages for the float build for somewhere in the $300 plus dollar range. John and Phil will pay for the materials for the pinball machine out of their pockets. Charlene said we should have enough to do this even with mailing and dues expenses. It was also decided to donate $50 to the golf tournament which is a new event being held this year to raise funds for the alumni association.
Again if you have not donated to the class fund, please do so, We are asking for $50 from each classmate to cover the expenses of your class dues of $10 and the remaining $40 for the float and other expenses as they arise. if you haven't done so, Please make out a check and to "Class of 1974" and mail to PO Box 81, North Hartland, VT 05052, Care of Charlene Reynolds.
Safety Rail:
This was skipped as we can decide on this relatively quickly at the time we build the float
Meeting Day:
After a short discussion, it was decided the meeting night will remain unchanged as everyone seemed fine with the night and time. So no survey will be put out for this.
Anne Margaret Character:
A volunteer has been found for this charactor. Rachel Raymond contacted me and said if nobody else wants the part, she will do it. She will NOT be required to swim in a pool filled with beans as John was hoping.....;-)
Misc:
A 50/50 raffle was suggested , but thought the better of, as the thinking was a permit needs to be secured for a raffle. Also John asked if his gas expense could be covered for the generator. He figured about 5-10 gallons. Phil will take care of this.
Meeting adjourned at 9pm, a good time was had by all and some very good perspectives were brought up. We have some smart cookies here in our class!! I thank everyone again for being there and hope to see you all at the next meeting which will be held April 14th at 7pm.
Phil
Here is your March 31st Meeting Report
Thank you all who attended last night. Here are the highlights:
Signage:
Anne will talk with her cousin Roy about the cost of a plastic based banner for the float due to concerns paper may not hold up if rain occurs during the parade. Roy will also be asked to create a tasteful poster for the memorial poster on the front of the float. In regards to the float build, if it rains, Melissa said Norn has told her there is a place up the road from her house we can use.
Suggested wording for the banner "Class of '74, See me, Hear me....I'm still here!! We should probably throw in "The Musical Tommy" somewhere. We will hear back from Anne at the next meeting on the banner(s) and memorial. We believe as of now per the survey, we will have somewhere around 15-20 people in all to help with the float build. If not we will be looking for you to recruit spouses and friends!
Bean Barrels:
We will need to pick up red, blue and brown paint. Phil will check with Jim to see if he will be willing to apply the paint to the barrels as he has the barrels. It was also suggested we create labels saying "beans" instead of painting. The barrels will need to have the same look as a can of B&M beans. We will need to know what color the barrels are currently, we may not have to paint if the barrels can be labeled. This will hopefully be cleared up by the next meeting. Additionally helium will be used for the Mylar balloons which be taken care of by Charlene.
T-Shirts
We revisited the t-shirt topic. Anne has researched the t-shirt question a bit and has come up with a possible solution in where we could order a batch with the same color scheme for a fairly low price. However the issue of sizing and number of shirts needed came up which would need to be resolved before deciding on making the purchase. A logo has been created which was also brought up by Ann with the possibility of creating a iron-on of this logo which could be applied to the shirts. She will research this a little more on pricing and how the logos can be transfered to the shirts. We really need to determine just how many people are going to be on the float and who they are so maybe we can get sizes figured out. Maybe we could order extra shirts in XL to have available for any last minute class mates who want to jump on the float.
Budget:
Charlene said there was about $850 in the class funds as of now. I believe we can get all we need to get for the float, signage, shirts, paint, beverages for the float build for somewhere in the $300 plus dollar range. John and Phil will pay for the materials for the pinball machine out of their pockets. Charlene said we should have enough to do this even with mailing and dues expenses. It was also decided to donate $50 to the golf tournament which is a new event being held this year to raise funds for the alumni association.
Again if you have not donated to the class fund, please do so, We are asking for $50 from each classmate to cover the expenses of your class dues of $10 and the remaining $40 for the float and other expenses as they arise. if you haven't done so, Please make out a check and to "Class of 1974" and mail to PO Box 81, North Hartland, VT 05052, Care of Charlene Reynolds.
Safety Rail:
This was skipped as we can decide on this relatively quickly at the time we build the float
Meeting Day:
After a short discussion, it was decided the meeting night will remain unchanged as everyone seemed fine with the night and time. So no survey will be put out for this.
Anne Margaret Character:
A volunteer has been found for this charactor. Rachel Raymond contacted me and said if nobody else wants the part, she will do it. She will NOT be required to swim in a pool filled with beans as John was hoping.....;-)
Misc:
A 50/50 raffle was suggested , but thought the better of, as the thinking was a permit needs to be secured for a raffle. Also John asked if his gas expense could be covered for the generator. He figured about 5-10 gallons. Phil will take care of this.
Meeting adjourned at 9pm, a good time was had by all and some very good perspectives were brought up. We have some smart cookies here in our class!! I thank everyone again for being there and hope to see you all at the next meeting which will be held April 14th at 7pm.
Phil
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