REUNION PROPOSALS
INTRODUCTION
The Magnificent 7 have the responsibility of selecting reunion locations and the reunion coordinator based on some minimum criteria. The Magnificent 7 has defined potential regional site locations. They are West Coast, Mid-America, and East Coast. In fairness to all our shipmates the Mag7 believes the reunion sites selected should be rotated, if possible, between these regions so two successive reunions will not be conducted in the same region.
The following is a description of the information the Magnificent 7 requires to evaluate a reunion site. If you are interested in sponsoring a site for a reunion please compile the information required and send it to your cruise representative via Email for distribution to the remaining members of the Magnificent 7.
The key items or our reunions are the banquet and the business meeting. All items beyond these are considered to be optional. This point is important because the Magnificent 7 hope to be able to keep enough money in the ships treasury to fund the deposit requirements for the banquet and the business meeting. This would relieve the reunion committee of advancing their personal funds to meet deposit requirements.
All other items beyond these will be considered as optional activities with associated costs identified and provided for with the revenues included in the registration. In order for optional activities requiring a deposit to be funded by the ships treasury a separate negotiation will be required. In order to be approved there must be sufficient money in the treasury and be agreed to by a majority vote of the Magnificent 7.
PROPOSAL CONTENT
When preparing the proposal for a reunion please include the following information:
The name of the city you are sponsoring. The Magnificent 7 are skeptical of large cities like New York or Boston being able to offer prices that are competitive with smaller cities.
The names of three or more of the airlines that serve your city and the availability of shuttle service from the airport to the hotel.
The name of the hotel(s) that have facilities for 150 to 200 guests. This includes rooms, banquet facilities which should include meal selections, dance floor, podium, sound system, and space for a band or DJ. In addition the hotel should be able to provide a room for our business meeting with a podium and sound system, a welcome area, and in the best of all worlds, a place for shipmates to hang out.
When the facilities are being verified it would be a good time to obtain initial price estimates and deposit requirements. The facilities definition and cost estimates will provide a good basis for comparing various hotels and selecting the one which in your opinion would give the ships company the biggest bang for the buck. This would also provide important information to aid the Magnificent 7 in their selection process.
Your proposed date of the reunion should be influenced by off season rates to keep the costs down for your shipmates.
Include tourist sites, tours, cruises, shopping opportunities or anything else that might be of interest to your shipmates or might be made available during free time as an optional activity.
Email your proposal to your cruise representative as listed below.
Cruise 1 Ed Lange eflange@aol.com
Cruise 2 Jack Neuzil NEUAIR
Cruise 3 Joe Jarreau chiefjoseph@eatel.net
Cruise 4 Jim Harp jharpj@aol.com
Cruise 5 Marv Aho marvin.aho@worldnet.att.net
Cruise 6 Mick Riedemann wriedemann@earthlink.net
Cruise 7 Carl Olson olson@lafn.org
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