Hi all,
I'm back home in New York (for another three weeks, when I move to Iowa), and had a great time seeing so many of you over the weekend. We had about 70 golfers, 250 diners Friday night, and just under 1,000 people at the tailgater. Good parties, all around.
While things are fresh in your minds, I'd appreciate it if you could take a couple of minutes to share thoughts and feedback on the events. I will compile your feedback and pass it on to Scott Gureck to assist with planning for the 30th reunion. We are hoping that we will come of this year's events with enough resources in the class fund to hire a professional event organizer to handle that one, as a lot of the older classes do. (Not that we're old, mind you . . . )
I've got a few more weeks of bill paying and account reconciliation to handle, then my work on behalf of the class will done. It's been an honor and a pleasure to serve you all as web drone, e-Secretary, class secretary, Shipmate columnist, class President and reunion coordinator over the years. I appreciate the kind words that many of you shared with me this weekend, and hope that your alumni experience was just a little bit richer as a result of my efforts.
Again, it was great to see more than a third of our class return for Homecoming . . . in these days of soft economy and social networking, that's quite an accomplishment, and speaks highly of the importance that the Academy and Annapolis hold in our hearts. Special thanks to 1st, 25th and 26th Companies for bringing more than 50% of their members back . . . we gave 25th a bottle of 25 Year Old Scotch to share in recognition of their 57% return rate. Here's hoping it went down smooth!
We will be doing the final fleece mailing in the next ten days or so, so if you registered in the last month, you should get your merch by mid-November at the latest. The class store will remain open for the foreseeable future, if you want to pick up some extra items . . . I heard a lot of favorable feedback on the merch we offered, especially the women's fleece. (I liked the men's one a lot, but must agree that the female version was a sharper article of clothing!)
Finally, I'm very happy to report that nobody lost their wristbands . . . at least to the best of my knowledge. (Don't burst my bubble if you did and nobody told me, please and thanks).
All best to you all, and I look forward to seeing you again in five years, if not sooner.
E
1 comments:
Hi, Eric. How about company-related events during the weekend? This is Bill James' (12) idea. I think it would be a great way to bring more classmates back if there were events just for company members that would allow for time to hang out, catch up, and reminisce with those with whom we spent the most time at Annapolis.
As far as when to schedule them, I'd leave it up to the reunion committee as to the block of time chosen (either replacing the Friday dinner or another time). Maybe it's Friday lunch and into the afternoon, but that would conflict with golf for some of the class.
Anyway, great job on the events and planning (and your many years of service to '86). Bravo Zulu
Beat Army,
Chris
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