February 9th, 2020 Meeting
Posted Tuesday, February 11, 2020 08:03 AM

Southwest High School 40 year Reunion Committee Meeting Minutes                2/09/2020

Present:  Veronica Konold Legan, Margaret Kinsella Johnson and Kris Robb Evans Via Remote:  Paul Barber, Betsy Rummel Messman, Julie Oxborough Yankus, Christi Samples Siegel and Scarlett (Wai) Wong Lai

Previous minutes were approved after recognizing that the venue site name was missing

Venue:

  • Embassy Suites Bloomington at 2800 American Blvd West, Bloomington MN 55431
  • Block of rooms reserved

Invitations/Tickets:

  • Adjustments to invitation include removing “PayPal preferred” as it’s not quite seamless
  • Price-breakout dates to change to:
    • May 1 (vs April 1)
    • June 15th (vs June 1)
    • Add that it is a cash bar
  • Betsy and Paul will coordinate emailing invites, Christi and Veronica will snail mail if needed

Publicity:

  • June is posting information to Facebook page as needed
  • May want to add photos from in-person meetings for fun and motivation!

Event/Fun:

  • Margaret will work on an ice-breaker game; 80’s or Southwest high trivia suggested
  • There will be a “selfie booth area” set up and a sign will encourage people to send in photos that we will post. (Suggest that photos be reviewed before posting)
    • Props needed
    • Wai also volunteered to take candid photos throughout the event.
  • Veronica & Margaret will  see about what Bunny’s could offer for Friday happy hour, and Veronica will send a report to the committee
    • Private room.
    • Suggest timing based on happy hour schedule
  • This committee will try to plan fun events could be for that evening, e.g. games or door prizes
  • Wai will contact Southwest to determine if there is anything that the alumni could do a project to assist and report back.

Financials:

  • Four committee members registered for event, with “money in”
  • Need to remove the previous Chair, Alan Fine and Add Veronica Konold Legan, the current Chair from having Signing status on bank account for ease of operation.  Paul did research and Veronica will contact Alan about meeting at a branch to complete task.

Memorials:

  • Group decided that this is too complicated and unwieldy.  Will omit anything major, aside from possible mention by emcee. 

 

Next Meeting:      4pm, March 15 @ Veronica’s home – 13580 Technology Drive #3125, Eden Prairie.  Use west entrance into complete, park and call her at 612-709-5918 when you arrive to be let into building.