Sunday, January 31, 2016

Jan 30, 2016 Meeting Minutes

Reunion Date

Reminder – The reunion will be held the same weekend as 71st Homecoming (most likely in Oct). Unfortunately that date has not been set yet. According to Dave, the Athletic Dep does not publish this information until the April time frame. This prevents us from moving forward on venue selection, which is a little concerning. We discussed whether to stick with the Homecoming weekend or just pick another weekend. The committee unanimously decided to stay the course and continue with the 71st Homecoming weekend. Everyone is looking forward to a 71st Football game!

Falcons Search Committee Update
Darlene is diligently working through and compiling a Master list of all our classmates using various data sets, i.e., graduation list, multiple past reunion email lists. The committee is providing email updates as we get them, as well as reaching out to classmates in an effort to obtain their contact information.

Venue/Catering Committee

There are two venues being compared. We will provide an update as soon as information is available.

Hotel Committee

Reminder - The committee decided not to lock-down a particular hotel via blocking rooms. In an effort to cut the venue expense, the location of the reunion will most likely take place outside of a hotel. Due to the use of various hotel booking websites, many individuals will likely be able to book a hotel more economically than we are able to negotiate a room rate. This also lessens our risk of being left with un-booked rooms.

Thank you for your patience as we work diligently to finalize the details.



Welcome to the Seventy-First Class of '81 Blog!

The purpose of this blog is to keep you informed of our upcoming 35 year class reunion. We have several classmates on Facebook and this is an efficient means of communicating our progress. However, we realize many people are not on FB, so we wanted to create one safe source where everyone could receive the same message and connect with your fellow Falcon. The planning committee highly encourages you make this an interactive venue of communication. We are looking forward to your feedback.

Thursday, January 28, 2016



71st Class of '81

We had a great time at the 30-year reunion. I am looking forward to making new memories at the 35-year reunion!