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Reunion News:
Once I get enough people responding with REAL email addresses
I will get an online questionnaire ready so many of the questions
related to where, what date, etc. will be up for a vote. Cost will be
determined by those results.
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Reunion Update: 05/11/2010 7:00 am CST
Over the past few days more people are getting back to me with
responses. Bennie Noordam ('66) said yes and voted for Las Vegas. Would
that have anything to do with where Bennie lives?
Jeff Hately ('69) (Oveido, FL) said yes he's up for it.
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Reunion Update: 05/07/2010 11:00 am CST
After several attempts at email contact with
GHS Grads, I have received responses from: David Creggar ('67), Linda
(Sickles) Barnes ('66), Gary Billington ('68), Debbie (Barnard) McDonald
('68), Jim Wilde ('68), Jim Devenport ('65), Connie (Boxleitner) Lewis
('68), Veonette (Samye Joiner) Byerley ('68), Rebecca Robinett ('68),
Richard Conley ('67), Earl Hassell ('67), Judy (Hassell) Doshier ('69).
So far everyone has said yes.
One specifically wanted to have the reunion in Albuquerque.
One specifically wanted to have the reunion in Grants.
One specifically wanted a destination: Las Vegas
Two specifically wanted a destination: Cruise
As for me, I want to do it. Cruise, Vegas,
Albuquerque or Grants... been there, done that, will probably do it
again.
Let me know where you stand. Email me->
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Reunion Update: 05/07/2010
To all those lucky
souls that participated in the 2003 Reunion Committee and a select
few others:
I am sending you
some information about the potential for a class reunion in June
2011. I have had many emails asking about it, so let’s do some chat
about it. The attachments are PDF files (GHS_Reunion_2010)
(Checklist) I
put together last month and sent out to a few people that asked
about the reunion plans. This is roughly what it takes to put the
reunion together. Some of us have learned this from experience.
1. In reviewing the information from 2003 I found that we
need to pay a deposit by August 2009 to hold dates for June 2010.
2. Also it
appears that the only Hotel in Grants with a ballroom is the Best
Western Inn which has poor ratings overall. It is basically the same
as it was seven years ago and ranks sixth out of eleven hotels in
Grants. See the reviews at the link below. (http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g60799-Grants_New_Mexico-Hotels.html
)
This means we need
to look at options soon if we are going to have a reunion in June
2011. We will need local input for the event.
Option 1 is to
suck it up and go back to the Inn.
Option 2 is to
investigate another place with a ballroom big enough to handle a
crowd of up to 200 for dinner and dancing in Grants. This will
require us to have the dinner catered and everyone will have to make
their own lodging arrangements that will not get a special rate
unless we can work something out with one of the other hotels.
Option 3 is to
have it in Albuquerque at a hotel with a ballroom and restaurant.
Option 4 is to do
a destination Reunion (Las Vegas or Cruise).
If there are other
options, let me know.
Right now I need to know if we are going to have a reunion?
A simple yes or
no, on this one, is fine. If not we can all go back to sleep and
forget about it.
If we are we having a reunion then we can have a NetMeeting in the
next few weeks to discuss it.
If you are not
familiar with the concept, go to
http://www.gotomeeting.com/fec/ and read up on GoToMeeting. I
use this on a regular basis and have access we can use. It would
require all who participate to have a computer with a high speed
internet connection and a telephone.
Please let me know
if you are interested in helping again. If not, let me know that
too.
I have no email
addresses for Millie Griffey or the Ashwills so if some of you know,
pass this along.
Take a look at the check list to get a better idea of where we are
and what we need to start doing.
Thanks.
BT (Class of ’68)
http://www.ghsreunion.net
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May 4, 2010: ("May the forth be with you")
GHS Reunion
June 2011
Grants High School Classes of 1965, 1966,
1967, 1968 and 1969
Many of you may remember our last group reunion
from 2003. Since it has been 7 years since the last GHS Pirates reunion
I have been contacted by several people wanting to know when the next
reunion will be and if any detailed arrangements have been made yet. The
only thing that has been discussed is to have a reunion in June 2011.
The GHSREUNION.NET website is still operational and I have posted items
there over the years as news has come to me. In June 2010, I will start
organizing the efforts to have the 2011 Reunion. Please follow the
website from that point on for details. Questions that will be asked of
any GHS Grads that plan to attend will be posted. This will give us an
idea of where to go and if, indeed, a reunion if feasible.
First questions will be the ones everyone will need
to know:
1. When? Right now the potential dates for
reunion are June 10-11, June 17-18 or June 24-25. In 2003 the reunion
was held the last weekend before the 4th of July so many
could combine their summer vacation with reunion.
2. Where? Presently, it seems, the prime
location is Grants. I have thrown out ideas to have a destination
reunion but it seems too many people were afraid of anything new and/or
were concerned about the cost.
3. Who? As in 2003, the reunion will be
for classes 65-69. It has been mentioned to have the reunion open to all
GHS Grads but this has not been received well by all. I think it would
be good to add 1970 grads but we will have more on this later.
4. What? Reunion will consist of a three
day event. Thursday evening early arrivals mixer at the host hotel,
Friday events including a casual get reacquainted mixer with a cash bar
and DJ music. On Saturday the plan is to have a Golf Tournament and
Saturday night, the big event, a semi-formal dinner and dance. There may
be a Sunday brunch for those that care to join in. An Agenda will be
worked out in the first Reunion Committee Meeting.
5. Cost? As yet this has not been
determined but it should be based on a per person and we will approach
the hotel for a block of rooms at a discounted rate.
6. Contacts? As in the past, each class
will have a minimum of two contacts who will be a part of the organizing
committee. There contact names and email addresses will be posted on the
web site. A distribution group of contacts will be setup to get updated
information out on a bi-weekly time slot. Therefore the contacts will
have the most up-to-date information.
7. How can I help or be involved? There are
several ways to help.
a. If you have any contacts
(name, address, email address, phone number) of anyone in your or other
GHS Classes, please send them to Bud Thompson @
bthompson@thompsonsurveying.com . The information will be put into a
database for mail-outs about the reunion. The Names (including Maiden or
High School Yearbook Name), Current Status, Reunion Status and Last
Known Whereabouts will be posted on the website. Phone Numbers and Email
addresses will not be posted but if you are a member of one of the
classes and need/want to contact someone whose name you see os on the
website, email me about it. I will email that person (actually I will
forward your email to them) and they can contact you directly. Ok? You
can tell I am cautious with your information.
b. Want to be a class contact? It is helpful to have
multiple class contacts. Some local and some internet based. There is
much work to do and having some local contacts (still living in Grants)
is very helpful in making arrangements. However, having internet help is
a bonus. Networking to locate class members is a big plus. This can be a
time consuming effort and can be rewarding by renewing old friendships
and making plans to get together at reunion. If you want to be a class
contact, I need you to send me the following information:
your name,
physical and mailing address,
phone number (cell phone too),
email address (one that you check fairly often) this is a must!
A current picture would be helpful (if you have a senior picture
that would be good too), I will use them to put on the Class Contacts
page so people can remember you.
c. What levels of involvement are there? Some things
will be project oriented so if you only want to volunteer for a specific
thing and be done with volunteering, that will work too. Projects vary
from organizing events (Thursday night, Friday night, Saturday Night
Entertainment, Saturday Night Dinner, Decorations, Photography, Sign in,
Music for each event, and the list goes on. If you want to be involved
more deeply then Class Contact is for you. It may involve travel to
Albuquerque for up to four committee meetings over the next year.
Usually we have a basic organizational meeting in late summer (2010) on
in the late fall (November 2010), February or March 2011 and perhaps one
more before June if we have problems. This worked well in 2002-2003 for
the 2003 reunion. As always there is fund raising to do. All these
events will require deposits, Hotel, Restaurants, Golf Tournament, etc.
In 2003 several members of the Reunion Committee made donations to get
the ball rolling. Even more important is to make arrangements for
Committee Meeting Rooms. Millie Griffey was instrumental in making these
arrangements in 2002-2003.
8. What can I expect from the Reunion? Ask
someone who was there in 2003. I can honestly say it was a surprising
success. We were expecting about 40-50 people for the get reacquainted
mixer at La Ventana and ended up with about 100. The owner had setup a
cash bar and people were able to order snacks from the restaurant. There
was music, care of Fred Rodarte and his lovely wife. The Saturday night
dinner and dance was a huge success also. We had planned for about
200-225 people but the final count came in at almost 300. The reunion is
what you take away from it. The memories we have all shared at GHS are
still alive and well and some of us made some new memories we will
cherish forever. Renewed friendships were the order of the weekend. So
if this sounds like you might be interested, then sign up and contact
Lovell “Bud” Thompson,
class of 1968 and help us organize the fun.
April 4, 2010
Revised May 4, 2010
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Update: Thanks to Candy
Bannerman for helping out. She furnished her last information on Connie
Branom. If anyone talks to her let her know about the June 2011 Reunion.
March 31, 2010:
1.
I recently heard
from Veonette Byerley. She’s looking for Connie Branom, if you
have any contact information please email it
me and
I will forward it to Veonette who now goes by Samye Joiner.
2.
I have had several
suggestions, via email, that we have another reunion. Therefore
I would need some help again from everyone by getting any
contact information for GHS Grads 65-69. If you have contact
information please send it along so I can call or email them to
see how many would be interested in a June or July 2011 reunion.
Time, date, venue and all the other stuff would be up in the air
until we can see if there is sufficient interest.
3.
Last and by no
means least, I also had a suggestion that we make it an open
reunion (open to all GHS Grads). Let me know your thoughts.
It will take a full year to get it all together, as it did in
2003, so we will need to start planning soon. I will be
contacting people that helped last time and hoping the economy
improves enough by June 2011 that everyone interested will be
able to attend. BTW the last reunion was in 2003 and was
attended by more than three-hundred people, with about 35 last
minute registrations. If we have the support from volunteers we
did last time, it should be a huge success.
I sent the above information out to 44 GHS Grads in my email
address book and received 19 advisory's that it had been
received and 25 that said it was unable to be delivered. No
surprising considering the last time I updated the list was
2003. Few of us keep email addresses very long it seems, and
some do not want anyone to get their email addresses,
right Donna?
I assure you I do not post you email addresses and they are kept
secure. In fact most are sent as BCC (Blind CC) so no one else
sees your email address. The pages will start to change as we
get things going. Volunteers are welcome and once we have some
of the major decisions made, volunteers local to the venue will
be critical.
December 14, 2009:
So what do you think about another reunion?
Should we just do it in Grants again with a kicker to go to Vegas?
Have the reunion on Friday night, then leave for Vegas Saturday
Morning, spend Saturday night and Sunday in Vegas and come back on
Monday?
January 16, 2009:
Apparently it's time for a change. There will be another Class Reunion
of multiple classes when there is enough interest to get it done. There
will be emails between old friends as time goes by thanks, in a small
way, as a result of getting reacquainted at a reunion or at
Classmates.com or another site. In the mean time, I'll post tid bits
here for you amusement and to remind you that once upon a time you went
to Grants High School when you were younger.
