Addresses

If you have NOT sent your address to Hagan or if you have moved since the beginning of 2009, please send your most current mailing address to Jason Anderson at and4923@yahoo.com.

Conference Call #2

Last night's conference call was a big success, as we have narrowed down the location and the food.

As you all know, we have done our best to be as frugal as possible. We want to ensure that we have a classy yet affordable event. Since many of the venues we looked at were over $1000 to rent for the night, we decided to look at other options. Kelly and Wendy found out that we can rent the Anderson Farmers Market for $300 ($100 of which is refundable), plus $25/hour security rental. This will save us at least $800!

Also, we have decided to go with Sullivan's for the catering. We are thinking heavy hors d'oeurves and a cash bar. Once we get a long a bit further with food choices, we will let you know.

We also discussed the band vs. DJ debate. Any input on this will be great. We feel that we can get a better deal by using a DJ, but we'd be open to hearing any input on bands. Also, please send us any songs you would like to hear played during the event. You can leave them in the comments here or on the Facebook page.

One last thing...we need ideas for entertainment/activities for the night. Do you want to have a slide show of then and now? Awards? Performances?

We'll be talking again on Tuesday, September 15th.

Music Idea

I got this email from Ashley Haning Miles today...thought I would pass on.

There is a really good band called “Blue Tuesday” that plays here in Anderson. They play mostly cover songs…variety of songs. You may/may not remember Andrew Crawford from school – couple of years younger than us. His older brother was Matthew Crawford. Anyway, Andrew is kind of the leader of their group. They play a lot at Matty’s downtown Anderson. They will be playing again on Aug 28. We go hear them a lot b/c our friend is the drummer.

Not on the official roster

We have some folks that graduated early, transferred out of PHS in high school, etc. We would like to include them on the invites. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.

Thanks!

Registration

I'm going to argue that we skip paper registration/RSVP cards and go for online only registration.

My Reasons:

• Cheaper. No printing or stamps to buy.
• Environmentally-friendly. 'Nuff said.
• Easier to track. We'll know exactly who's attending, if they've paid, etc.
• No lost mail!

We've used Wufoo before here at work. Forms are super easy to design in the program and you can integrate PayPal for your payments. That way, people can pay with credit or debit cards! It has a fee of $9.95 per month. I propose that we set it up early in 2010 and work that cost into the per ticket price. You can check it out at www.wufoo.com.

I will conclude my argument by saying, "We should use online registration. It is 2009, after all."

Side Note

When I told the BF that I was going to be handling the finances for the reunion, he sighed and rolled his eyes. Apparently, I'm pretty obsessed when it comes to all things money and budget related. This is good for you guys and bad for him, as he will probably tire pretty quickly of hearing me stress about every little penny. What can I say? I love spreadsheets, budgets, being cheap in general and doing the most with the least amount of $$$.

Conference Call - August 4th - RECAP

Here's the basics of what we decided last night on the conference call.

Date: Saturday, May 22nd

Location: ?? (send any suggestions to Wendy Reffel and Kelly Moon...you can find them both on Facebook)

Other thoughts:

• Everyone seemed to agree that we would like this to be a classy event, even if it means paying $50 per person to attend.
• Anderson may be cheaper than Greenville, but accommodations may be further away or not available.
• Feel free to fill in anything I may have missed...

Committees:

• Location, food: Wendy Thomason Reffel and Kelly Hood Moon
• Invitations: Hagan Jordan and Jason Anderson
• Finances: Danetha Belk and Joshua Fleming
• Errands: Greg Gowan
• Entertainment: Blake Sanders
  
• Locating Teachers: Amber Gremmer Hedgpeth
• Graphic Design: Joshua Fleming
• Again, this may be wrong/incomplete...I wasn't writing it down! If anything needs correcting, please let me know in the comments!
  

There will be another conference call on Tuesday, August 25th at 9:00 PM to discuss updates, new ideas, etc.

To wrap this up, I would say this to anyone else interested in helping...there will be a lot more to do, especially as we get to the implementation stage. We will need help with decorations, setting up, tying ribbons and the million and a half other things that will need to be done. I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say that we welcome any suggestions and we truly want everyone's input, as it is everyone's reunion!

If you would like to contact me, my email is danetha.belk@gmail.com.