Everyone,
It is important that your reunion invitations be sent back as soon as possible. I need to give Mike's Firehouse orders by 7/7/07. With that in mind I would like all invitations returned by 7/4/07. You can contact me with any questions @ 517-290-6997.
Dean
Friday, June 15, 2007
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Hotel Issues
I received an email from Jennifer Ludwick yesterday (actually it was her second attempt) informing me that their is no availability in the main hotels in the Lansing area. I called a contact at the Lansing C.V.B and she informed me that their are 4 events in the area on our weekend and they had accounted for all of the bookings.
As a side note, one of the events is the Common Ground Festival which features concerts every night in Lansing. They have a web site if anyone is interested in the schedule of events.
Back to the Hotel issues, I offer the following thoughts:
1. The Lansing CVB informed me that they have been referring people to Jackson and Charlotte for hotel accommodations.
2. I didn't check the smaller hotels (i.e. Hebbs Inn in Mason) so their might be options there.
3. My wife, Jodie, is a meeting planner and she mentioned that these groups probably reserved large blocks of rooms and those agreements will end within a month of the event so starting next Monday 6/18/2007 they will be releasing unused rooms for availability. I did call the Holiday Inn South and they confirmed this to be the case for them and they encouraged me to call back on the 18th. I assume other locations would be in the same situation.
Good Luck,
Dean
As a side note, one of the events is the Common Ground Festival which features concerts every night in Lansing. They have a web site if anyone is interested in the schedule of events.
Back to the Hotel issues, I offer the following thoughts:
1. The Lansing CVB informed me that they have been referring people to Jackson and Charlotte for hotel accommodations.
2. I didn't check the smaller hotels (i.e. Hebbs Inn in Mason) so their might be options there.
3. My wife, Jodie, is a meeting planner and she mentioned that these groups probably reserved large blocks of rooms and those agreements will end within a month of the event so starting next Monday 6/18/2007 they will be releasing unused rooms for availability. I did call the Holiday Inn South and they confirmed this to be the case for them and they encouraged me to call back on the 18th. I assume other locations would be in the same situation.
Good Luck,
Dean
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Udate 6/10/2007
Dear Classmates,
Just wanted to let everyone know that Heather (Williams) and Chris Worthington are sending the invitation out as I type this. I provided them with the list of addresses last week so I am responsible for us being behind schedule. Luckily for me, Heather is still a very nice person and didn't yell at me for being tardy. She and Chris are being very good sports and I really appreciate their help.
That being said, I would really appreciate everyone responding as quickly as possible to the invitation so that we don't get any further behind.
I would also like to thank Patty (Davis) Kirchmeier for all of her help. She has tracked down another 20 or more people in the last week and those updates have been forwarded to Heather.
Others who have helped (or offered):
Amy (Schnabelrauch) Hanover and Peggy (Schnabelrauch) Napieralski who have offered to provide centerpieces.
Blaine Anderson for his introduction to Mike Homan (Owner of Mike's Firehouse Grill) and his efforts to find classmates.
Tate Schaar and his wife offered to build a class website.
Others who have offered to help, but I was too unorganized to use: Jennifer (Meck) Stiles, David Reid, Amy (Booher) Pleune, Dan Voss, and many more.
The bottom line is that I am very excited to see everyone and encourage you to email me or call @ 517-290-6997 with any thoughts or suggestions.
Talk to you soon,
Dean
Just wanted to let everyone know that Heather (Williams) and Chris Worthington are sending the invitation out as I type this. I provided them with the list of addresses last week so I am responsible for us being behind schedule. Luckily for me, Heather is still a very nice person and didn't yell at me for being tardy. She and Chris are being very good sports and I really appreciate their help.
That being said, I would really appreciate everyone responding as quickly as possible to the invitation so that we don't get any further behind.
I would also like to thank Patty (Davis) Kirchmeier for all of her help. She has tracked down another 20 or more people in the last week and those updates have been forwarded to Heather.
Others who have helped (or offered):
Amy (Schnabelrauch) Hanover and Peggy (Schnabelrauch) Napieralski who have offered to provide centerpieces.
Blaine Anderson for his introduction to Mike Homan (Owner of Mike's Firehouse Grill) and his efforts to find classmates.
Tate Schaar and his wife offered to build a class website.
Others who have offered to help, but I was too unorganized to use: Jennifer (Meck) Stiles, David Reid, Amy (Booher) Pleune, Dan Voss, and many more.
The bottom line is that I am very excited to see everyone and encourage you to email me or call @ 517-290-6997 with any thoughts or suggestions.
Talk to you soon,
Dean
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