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Bishop Egan H.S. Class of 1966 | Bishop Conwell H.S. Class of 1966 | |
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Bishop Egan - Bishop Conwell Class of 1966 Meeting Minutes |
| BISHOP CONWELL-EGAN 45th Reunion Committee Meeting Minutes from February 13, 2010 In Attendance: Jim Burns, Joe Bonner-Kirlin, Karen Walker Hermans, Tom Kearns, Bill Plunkett, Karen Walker Stone, Diane Walker Contacting classmates: Jim Burns reported low success on contacting male classmates. He could use some assistance with phone calls. Karen Walker Stone has completed the letters K-Z for the initial phone call. She provided Diane Walker with changes for the spreadsheet. Karen Walker Hermans has not had major time to devote to phone calls (J-A). Pat Kelly is working A-J. (Diane will check with Pat for any progress she has to report). Sandy Justice will make phone calls to girl classmates located in the South. Diane will start phone calls the week of 3/14 since she will be working less hours starting that week. Diane will also make Karen’s changes to the spreadsheet by mid April. Michelle, Kathy, and Roseanne – any assistance you can provide for making some phone calls please contact Diane Walker via email. She will send the girls spreadsheet on to you. Finding Classmates: Pat Kelly requested parishes to have a notice placed in the parish bulletins regarding the plans for the 45th reunion. It provided the website address and phone number for contact. The notice was placed in parish bulletins. The committee decided we would not make major attempts at this time to find classmates whose address is listed as a bad address. While we would like to find these classmates this is an endeavor we will pursue while preparing for the 50th reunion. Site Selection: Bill Bennett contacted several sites to obtain preliminary information needed to determine if site was feasible. We will require a tentative headcount to determine if the site is within out cost per head. Treasurer: Tom Kearns will set up an account with a bank when we are ready to do so. Reunion date: Much discussion took place on the selection of the date. May 28, 2011 was the date chosen. Reunion specifics: Buffet Cash Bar DJ Ticket price: $40 per person Head count: Needed to determine site. If we figure 75 classmates plus spouse/date we could estimate 150 in attendance. If 50 classmates plus spouse/date then 100 in attendance. Not all classmates will bring a guest so the count could be lower then these numbers. The sooner we have an idea of those who may attend then Bill Bennett can book a site. We do not anticipate the count of classmate attendees to exceed 75 – 100 classmates. This number will most likely go higher for the 50th reunion. Bill Plunkett will place reunion information on Classmates.com website John or Diane will contact Edna Gallaway from Conwell-Egan with the reunion information. Tom Kearns will get in touch with Norm Krier regarding locating former faculty. We will not set aside any portion of the ticket price for a school donation. We will provide the ability to do so at the reunion site. Discussion took place regarding purchasing of tickets. We decided checks would be the best way. Doing so via a website or email may not be feasible. Tickets could be printed via email or from our website if we really think they are necessary. A confirmation letter of receipt of payment via email could serve as ‘ticket’. Does any one want to weigh in on this? Diane suggests we lob this over to Tom Kearns to arrive at the best solution. To do’s: Bill Bennett will contact school regarding other reunions for the number of attendees to guide us on our possible headcount for the 45th reunion. . Bill Plunkett will post the reunion date on the website. Task done! Diane will contact Pat Kelly to see if she can contact radio stations to have a FREE announcement on the radio station. For example: WOGL and the Levittown station. Next Meeting: Not scheduled at this time. The next meeting will most likely be held in April or May. Minutes prepared on March 3, 2010 |
| BISHOP CONWELL-EGAN 45th Reunion Committee Meeting Minutes from October 12, 2009 In Attendance: Jim Burns, Karen Walker Hermans, Patricia Kelly, Bill Plunkett, John Procopi, Karen Walker Stone, Diane Walker Contacting classmates: Jim Burns provided an update on the Guys address list spreadsheet. He completed the updated spreadsheet today and the committee reviewed the results. He sent the most recent version out to the team on 10/12. John Procopi will assist Jim with phone calls. Diane Walker and Karen Stone provided an update on the Girls. Karen Stone has made many phone calls but has only been able to reach 3 girls - Meg Mone McSherry, Pat Kelly and Donna Mohollen. Karen has left numerous voice mails but has not received a callback. Diane reported she has not had much time to make phone calls since she started working part time. She will try to make a better effort in the coming weeks. Karen Walker Hermans volunteered to start making phone calls starting with the letter J and work the list back to the A’s. Karen Stone is working the list from K-Z. Diane is working the list from Z-K. Pat Kelly will be working the list from A-J. Diane will contact Arlene Seeber to see which area she can best assist us. Finding Classmates: Pat Kelly will contact the archdiocese to obtain a list of parishes. She will contact the parishes to have a notice placed in the parish bulletins regarding the plans for the 45th reunion. It will provide the website address and phone number for contact. Contacting – leaving voice mails: Karen Walker Stone will send an email to the committee to provide the points we need to cover when leaving a voice mail. She said it takes at least two voicemails to leave the entire message regarding the reunion particulars. Site Selection: Diane will contact Bill Bennett for an update.. Treasurer: Tom Kearns accepted the nomination chair this committee. He will handle the financials in QuickBooks and will set up an account with a bank when we are ready to do so. To do’s: Bill Plunkett will send a copy of ‘Guide to Planning a Class Reunion to John and Diane. Next Meeting: The next meeting will be on Saturday February 13, 2010 at 4 PM at Karen Walker Stone’s residence. |
| BISHOP CONWELL-EGAN 45th Reunion Committee Meeting Minutes from August 24, 2009 In Attendance: Bill Bennett, Jim Burns, Karen Walker Hermans, Maryjane Pacos McHugh, Bill Plunkett, John Procopi, Karen Walker Stone, Diane Walker Bill Plunkett provided an agenda for the meeting. Co-Chairs of the 45th reunion planning will be: John Procopi and Diane Walker Committees decided at the meeting: Find Missing Classmates Guys: Jim Burns will chair and Bill Bennett will assist. Diane is currently updating the list the school provided using the Yearbook, the 2007 and 2002 directory. Girls: Diane Walker will chair and Karen Walker Stone will assist. MaryJane Pacos, Sandy Justice Lepley and Kathy Funk Campbell will assist with phone calls. Both groups will work with the lists provided by the school. Diane made changes to this list using the 2007 and 2002 alumni directory. Site Selection: Bill Bennett will chair this committee. He will begin checking out locations etc. in the Levittown area and South Jersey. John Procopi will assist Bill. Treasurer: The group in attendance nominated Tom Kearns to chair this committee The DJ, Decorations, Door Prizes committees will be decided at a later date. Discussion did take place regarding a DJ. Jerry Blavet’s fee is around $2,800. Frank McSherry is also a possibility as a DJ. The site for the reunion is dependent on the expected turnout for the 45th. Due to the economy and the 50th reunion looming in 7 years it is anticipated we will try to keep the per head fee very reasonable. Bill Plunkett will send a copy of ‘Guide to Planning a Class Reunion to John and Diane. The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, October 12, 2009 at 7 PM in the school conference room. Agenda items: Report from committee chairs on Contacting Classmates and Site Selection. |