KM Class of 67 Reunion Committee

Meeting Notes from Sat., Oct. 3^rd 2015

1) Present: Antonette (Kahoun) Benham, Dave Johnson, Francine (Conwell) Nelson, Greg Bailey, Linda (Knapp) Rogers, Steve Whitehead, Louise (Trumbell) Schmutzler, Monty Wilson, Melodie (Cain) Ickes, Chuck Joiner, Alyce (Slightem) Foster, Susan (Moore) Newman, Cathy (Theer) Wilson, Nancy (Behan/Bauter, Roddy, Leslie (Moon) Meisner, Karen (McMasters Busey, Nancy (Olson) Kyle.

Others interested in serving on the committee are: Gwenann (Isles) Kroon, Jeanne (Stewart) Urquhart, Kathy (Gregory) Pickard, Dennis Shanlian, Judy (Ducatt) Shurtleff

2) Results of 48^th Year Event:

2015. A) Sixty people attended this event at the Golden Steer on July 26^th, 2015. Fifty were our classmates.
2016. B) Bank Account: Checking Balance is $1843.16

Student Support Fund is $660.00

Holding Savings is $5.00

For our 48 year event, we collected $615.00

We spent $1153.75

It cost us more than we brought in, but the interest generated amongst our classmates to get involved in the planning for our 50^th year reunion is well worth the money spent.

3) Committee Members and Assignments:

1. G) Photography: Greg Bailey, Chuck Joiner, Linda Rogers
2. F) Saturday Night Welcome: Kathy (Gregory) Pickard, Linda Rogers and Steve Whitehead
3. E) Table Tents: Francine Nelson and Louise Schmutzler, Alyce Foster, Leslie Meisner and Karen Busey.
4. D) Raffle/ Momentos: Antonette Benham and Linda Rogers
5. C) Memorabilia: Louise Schmutzler and Melodie Ickes
6. B) Memorial: Francine Nelson
7. A) Golf Event: Susan Newman and Dave Johnson
8. H) Venue and Dates for 50 Year Event: Antonette Benham and Dave Johnson
9. I) Friday Night Classmates Gathering:
10. J) Sunday Morning Farewell Event:
11. K) Music:
12. L) 50 year Reunion Booklet4) Reunions Unlimited Relationship (The Event Company): Antonette Benham and Dave Johnson will meet Carol Riley of Reunions Unlimited next week to research possible help they may be able to offer with our 50 year reunion events.

     

    5) Venues / 50 Year Event: Several venues have been suggested for our main (Saturday night) 50 year reunion gathering. Amongst them are Kent Senior Center, Kent Events Center, Meridian Valley Golf and Country Club, Kent Showare Center, and Green River Community College.

     

    6) KM Class of 1967 Website: Our planning committee’s site is:                     http://www.kmclassof1967.com/

     

    7) Other Items Of Concern:

    1. A) Locating classmates that we went to school with in Kent, but eventually moved away and did not graduate from KM. Monty Wilson would like to work on this and on locating missing classmates.
13. B) Is the weekend of July 22 – 24 of 2017 the best weekend for us to attract the most KM 67 classmates OR would a (after summer) September weekend be better ?

8) Next Meeting: Saturday, January 9^th, 2016 at the Golden Steer Restaurant. We will start the meeting at 1:00, but have reserved the 1880’s room for lunch at 12:00 for anyone that would like to eat together before the meeting begins.