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 Richland High School Class of 1969 - Latest News 06-20-2008 - Meeting of March 22,2008 Thirty three classmates met at Vicki Penn's beautiful home on March 22, 2008. Business was called to order early before everyone had too much fun. At this meeting, we broke into interest groups, discussed the Friday night location and set goals to occur before our next meeting in the fall of 2008. Some of those goals included securing the sites for our Friday and Saturday night events, encouraging advertising in a reunion memory book to offset costs, locating more graduates (currently over 300 have been found), and deciding on what "ingredients" it will take to make this the BEST reunion ever. We adjourned excited, energized, and eager to get to work. Since that time, the new Dallas Cowboy Stadium has been secured for Friday night (yea!), committees have been mostly formed (there's still room for you!), some committees have met, and a date has been set for our next meeting in September, 2008. 01-20-2008 - First Meeting Summary, Second Meeting Date Set At our first meeting on October 12th, we basically expressed what we would like the reunion to look like and that it would the best reunion ever. We agreed that even though we have a head start on our database, it will still take a huge effort to get everyone to come. Our goal is to create so much excitement that it will be an event no one will want to miss. One of the ways to do this would be to have the Friday night mixer at an unusual place that people would want to see anyway. We will also work on finding sponsors for souvenirs such as caps, shirts, coffee cups, shot glasses, etc, and sponsors for events such as a Saturday morning golf tournament. This could be followed up with a luncheon at the country club for all. Saturday night will be the main event. The format will be geared for people to reconnect. Again, we will need to make certain this event is something no one would want to miss. Finally, we will encourage as many classmates as possible to rent rooms at the chosen hotel so that everyone can visit long after the Saturday night party is over. All of this will be capped off with an informal Sunday morning brunch and farewells. All of our activities will hinge on how well we are able to finance our plans. Donations and discounts will be sought out by our Finance committee as well as by everyone to keep the cost per person as low as possible. We will call on our fellow classmates to use their influence and expertise to help mitigate expenses. We talked about the Committee At Large which will be made up of people that will fill in where needed. We also discussed the Volunteer Corps that will be made up of our grown children and perhaps classmates from the years before and after us. The Volunteer Corps will help with most of the duties during the reunion so that all classmates can enjoy the reunion. Our goal by the next meeting, which is set for March 22, 2008, will be to have the committees up and running. We will finalize our “grand plan” and start working out the details. At that point, the clock will begin ticking and timelines will be set. As the excitement builds, 2009 cannot come soon enough! However our early start does allow many of us more time to shed a few pounds!! 09-14-2007 - Big Weekend October 12-14 Things are starting to happen! Mark your calendar for the weekend of October 12-14. Here's what is happening that weekend: Friday 10/12 @ 12:00 pm - Alumni reception at Richland High School 1:30 pm - Don Cox will conduct a tour of the Hallowed Halls of Learning for the class of '69. This will be our last chance to see the old RHS before most of it is torn down. 2:30 pm - Pep Rally 5:00 pm - John Richardson has reserved some space at Cotton Belt BBQ in Smithfield for those that are interested in getting together for som pre-reunion activities. Contact John Richardson at jrichardson@branchsmith.com or 817-485-3189 and let him know if you intend to be there. He needs a head count. 8:00 pm - For those that are serious about helping to plan the '69 RHS reunion or if you would like to check in with some of the '67 grads, you are invited to attend the Class of '67 Reunion. The cost for Friday night is $25 and $65 for Saturday night. All members of the RHS class of '69 are welome to attend. Contact me, Doug Pace at dougpace69@gmail.com if you wish to attend the '67 reunion. I will send you a registration form. Registration and payment is due by 9/30/07. Saturday 10/13 - 7:00 pm - '67 RHS reunion. SUNDAY10/14 - 5:00 pm - THE FIRST PLANNING MEETING for the 40th '69 RHS Reunion at Sharon Duckworth's Mexican Cantina, 5509 Lowrie Rd. Colleyville, TX. If you would like to participate in the planning of our reunion, please try to make this meeting. We will need a count of how many people to expect, so please RSVP at dougpace69@gmail.com. If you cannot make this meeting, but would like to help, let me know. There will be plenty of work to go around! Our goal at this meeting will be to set a date for the reunion and to assign as many duties as possible to various individuals and committees. In the very near future, I will be sending out a list of volunteer committee opportunites which will be discussed at our first meeting. Can't wait to see you there! Doug Old News |
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