 |
Don't hog the
credit...share it. People
will work with
you and for you if they are recognized. They will also work against
you if they
are not. --Mark H. McCormack |
This page will cover some Do's and Don'ts of being on a
committee, ideas for raising deposit moneys and some advice for
those attending the reunion party. Of course you can take
this information with a grain of salt and use what you want and
forget the rest.
Committee Do's & Don'ts
- Get over
yourself. You
simply can't put together a reunion by yourself.
People won't like your efforts and you'll burn out.
'Cause unless you do this type of thing for a living, you
need as much help as you can get. Make it a
group effort so the blame or praises can be shared.
- If you headed previous class
reunion committees and your committee no longer wishes to
put together another reunion....Be considerate and let other classmates
know at least a year in advance of your lack of
intentions by advertising on TCI cable so that other
people can pickup and carry on with future class
reunions.
- Have as many people on the
committee as possible. People will come and go, but as long as
you have a core group the show will go on.
- Your going to need record
keeper(s) of the addresses and phone numbers.
Preferably a person with a computer and a knowledge of
Word or Excel.
- Ask someone to be the internet
committee representative. They can keep this site current on your
reunion's upcoming event, provide a missing classmate
list and do web searches for addresses.
- Utilize your former classmate's
skills. For instance,
if you want floral arrangements on the dinner tables and
a former classmate does this for a living, ask if they
can create the arrangements. You will probably have to pay for the
arrangements, but you might get a discount. Don't forget to mention somewhere along
the course of the reunion party who created the
arrangements.
- Have a raffle at the party to off
set costs.
- Before the party ends, have
committee member introduce the rest of the committee to
the class.
- Make sure you have name tags for
people attending the reunion party.
- Consider special colored name tags
for the gate crashers as they enter the party room and
tell them they can't come in unless they have a name tag
and to get the name tag they must pay X amount of
money. Explain to the gate crasher it is to
recoup the cost of holding the reunion. Besides your not
charging the same price as those who paid for dinner.
Member of the Party
- If your not on a committee,
start looking a year in
advance for class reunion information. If you can't
find any information, guess what? You
can bet that there probably isn't a committee formed or
the reunion was kept secret.
- For those gate crashers that sit at
the bar waiting for the dinner to end and the dancing to
begin...pay something
towards entering the reunion. It costs the
committee members money out their pockets to put this
affair on.
Money
(How you going to have a reunion without a deposit?)
Ugh, this is the sticking
point of those who I have talked to about their up coming
reunions. Deposit required or you don't get the room and
dinner. I've heard (but can't confirm) a $200.00 deposit
required. Will provide hotel deposits as I get them.
This section is going to be about raising the
deposit without burning a hole in your pocket to do it.
Here are a few ideas to banter around with your committee
members.
You might consider the fund
raising event a mini reunion.
- Have a garage or yard sale. Have
committee members donate items and set a weekend aside to
sell those cast off items. Make a party of it.
- Did you know that you can raise money by selling tickets
to a Little
Theater production? Check out
the H.A.R.D. catalog the next time it arrives.
- Turn a party into a fundraiser. A pizza
party.
Updated: 21 Feb 98
Created by Rebecca Oliver
on 1 Sept. 97
