I've formed an opinion that we've had a bit TOO MUCH communication -- hurtful communiction. This reunion is one of the first decade reunions where most people are on email. The trouble with email is that a "private" communication is not necessairily that. Email also has the replication issue where one copy can be blind-copied, forwarded after the fact. A poison email is like a virus. It can replicate and spread. An email doesn't necessarily ever go away.

These forums (fora?) are also un-private and durable. They are like a sign nailed to a tree. At any rate, we need to treat electronic communication as if it were a recorded public conversation, especially to third parties named in them.

I agree with your 2d suggestion, Dora Faye: planning by people who want and CAN work together, united and not trying to focus so much on being a head honcho. All of us want a well-planned Big 50th, possibly that last reunion for some of us, and we DO NOT want to attend anything that has a gang-fight atmosphere. I don't want to attend a reunion with gripers. Renewing memories, getting updates with fellow alums--that's what reunions are supposed to be all about.

One thing that's basic for this reunion is we know what's going on and being planned...or can be that way. It allows us, especially us Pirates away from the Flagship who can get information and commend or make suggestions. COMMUNICATION! It's important and good to have. As a sergeant-instructor in my ROTC class at WSU taught us about communication: "If you ain't got commo, you ain't got s..t". 

Well fellow former classmates, why aren't we using this forum to discuss all the junk about which people are writing e-mails??????

I think we have a real problem brewing (or maybe it's through brewing, maybe it's on the burner and burning) -- and we probably don't need to discuss it further except to figure out where to go from here.  I think we need to either: 1) keep on keeping on and let the dust fall where it may, or 2) start the planning over with those who commit to cooperate and respect each other.

What do others think -- about moving on?  We've got a special reunion to plan!!!!!!!!

Dora-Faye

• Planning for the John R. Rogers 50-year reunion began at a March 10 meeting held in Spokane.
• The agenda was the tentative formation of committees and chairs.
• We'll publish names and duties here, after they are firm.
• The first work product will be a near-term first mailing to the class of 1960 alumi-of-record. 

I can help if you have problems uploading a picture, or you can send it to me and I'd put it into your profile.

You were my first user. I registered you a few months ago and plunked in the flower for a placeholder picture.

Committee Leadership:  Class officers are to begin the planning and include Ray Miller, John Lindeblad, Jerre Ellis, Dora-Faye Hendricks, and maybe Larry Johnson. 

Next General Meeting:   Tues., March 10th, 6:30 PM at Ferraro's, 11204 E Sprague, in the valley.

Proposed Agenda:           

• Introductions of everyone present
• Sharing of ideas from other 50^th Reunions
• Discussions of the following subjects and volunteers interested in each:

a. Date - Summer or September?

b. Location - Eagles, Valley Eagles, Mukogama, Davenport, DoubleTree Northern Quest Casino, at Rogers, maybe at various venues

c. Program - Brief Speaker (classmate or teacher); skit (as in high school)

d. Food - inexpensive, under $20 (or provide partial scholarships)

e. Music - Background music of our era (include "Sleep Walk")

f.  Entertainment (if any) - any willing talent in our class?

g. Decorations - lots of purple and gold and photographs, slogans, song word signs.

h. Pricing - (depends on location, program, food, music, decorations etc.) fundraising?

i.  Memorial - at the river or at the Memorial Wall at Rogers; same as at 40^th; Grace  to list all those gone since then (maybe somebody will want to speak).

j. Supplementary Events - Golf, Picnic, Cocktail Party, pizza party, where and when       for each? (maybe something at Wandermere??); a potluck dinner; wine-tasting;

k.Memorabilia Table/Displays of our school days & news of classmates

l. Other - Ed to develop a website chat room including members of years 59 & 61?

• Formation of a General Committee, Chair, Recorder, and maybe sub-committees for above.

• Acknowledgement of Standing Committees:

Ø  Website Information and Early Registration - Ed Mauget

Ø  Research for Missing and Deceased Classmates - Grace (Kassa) Ward

Ø  Yearbook - Dora-Faye (Schmidt) Hendricks

Ø  Compiling Postal and E-Mail Addresses - Ed, Grace and Dora-Faye

• Suggested mailing dates and types of mailings needed --

• Next General Committee Meeting (date, place and time) -

• Thanks to everyone; adjournment

•  Dinner?                       

  I am trying this out!

  Guess I need to find a picture!

    Later Grace

If this is for the poll of what month to have the reunion, that Dora Faye asked for, September might be better because lots of things happen post-summer, for example, we alums could go to a Rogers football game and sing "Hats Off to Rogers High" on Friday night.

Nothing serious. Whenever. Most of us, I suspect, are retirees so any month, any day would probably do.

Goody. You read a forum, posted a reply, and then actually voted in a poll.

Forgot to mention that polls only appear on the first page.

To navigate up in your current page hierarchy, click on a breadcrumb (e.g. Home  Forums  2010 Reunion  Polls  ...  at the top of this page).  To navigate to the start page (where the polls are), click on 

• the pirate (he likes clicks), 
• or "Home" in the breadcrumbs, 
• or "Home" in the Main Menu.
  

Okay; I got the picture.  Let's start a REAL topic and I'll try to get others to get on here to post comments.  You're GOOD!

Is your first question posted?  I didn't see it at the top right of my page. On the top right is a picture of Spokane and a search area.

Let's see the first question and I'll try to get a bunch of people to participate.

I've begun a series of one-question, multiple choice answer polls. Each current poll appears at the upper right of your page, if you are logged into the site. You can only vote once. You would simply click a choice and then click the Vote button.

After (and if) a reasonable number of people respond, I'll close the current poll and publish a new one. You would be able to view results of the current and previous polls by clicking the Results button.

If nobody votes, I'll stop the polling.

On members' questionnaire: if we collect and decide on a reasonable number of items, I can place them on the user profile as additional optional inputs. Classmates.com or Facebook.com or simlar social networking sites have Q/A sections that could serve as a model.

Let's talk it up a bit. Then I'll put more tabs and fields on the user account profile. Any user can update their own profile at any time.

Loretta is cooking a great Lasagna dinner and our daughter is bringing Loretta's mom over for dinner and a few hours visit.  I got called away to help and got rushed before I sent the last posting.  

I meant to say I Phone, not I Pod. 

We could also make up a menu of questions to help expand members profile.  Some of the ones I mentioned, plus:

What was your favorite movie this last year?

Do you listen to NPR (National Public Radio)?   Prarie Home Companion or other favorites 

I wonder if we have a list of e mail addresses for class members that is more current than those in the September 2005 c;ass directory 

More later

Excellent ideas, Mike. This would be an improvement over just Wyatt and I writing stories (although we will continue this until the reunion).

Loretta likes her iPod? Me too. That seems to be a change in habits that occurred after we were in kindergarten together.

It would be fun to see who members favorite teachers or subjects were after all these years.

Compare notes on how current economy is impacting retirement or retirement plans

What is the last book you read or last 3

You favorite place to travel?

Are any teachers still living and active at reunions?

Loretta (Rose) Merewether LOVES her I Pod.  How many useres are there and what is your favorite application.   

How many Text to grandkids or play Runscape?

These are just a few ways we could share

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