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