[MiramonteTalk] 55 year reunion

[Harold Hallikainen]

Sounds great to me! Thanks for the work on this.

Harold


On Tue, June 25, 2024 2:50 pm, Claire Bainer wrote:
> thanks Harold, At this point I think the opportunity to connect and talk
> is
> probably most important (intimacy and comfort)- food and drinks maybe is
> next - heavy hors d'oeuvres that could pass as dinner and could help get
> people mingling.  A sound system with "our music might be nice to set the
> tone" - that's my sort of order of priorities - outside in september is
> usually lovely here so that might be nice - also we might have better luck
> with venues if we pick sunday over saturday - I probably doesn't matter
> since we are probably retired by now- and flights off weekend might be
> better... I wont limit my search to these things but will sort of keep an
> eye out for my "priorities"  - how does that sound? C
>
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 12:08 PM Harold Hallikainen via Talk <
> talk at miramonte1969.org> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Claire! $65 per hour sounds pretty good. OCC charged us $1,957.50
>> rent plus $9,071.06 for the meal. I've attached an income statement
>> showing the results of the last reunion plus a little bit of interest
>> earned since then.
>>
>> The 50 year was the big indoor event at OCC shown on the attached. I
>> remember another outdoor event at OCC, but we had to leave early because
>> one of our dogs was going in for surgery after eating a rock.
>>
>> Thus far, we have not set a time. Last time, there was the dinner plus
>> several smaller events surrounding it (informal meeting in a restaurant,
>> a
>> picnic, a walk, etc.). I like the idea of several sub-events to make
>> travel to the event more worthwhile, but a "main event" that everyone is
>> at is also great.
>>
>> I'm NOT a party planner, so I look forward to others contributing ideas
>> and opinions.
>>
>> THANKS!
>>
>> Harold
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, June 25, 2024 11:51 am, Claire Bainer wrote:
>> > Hi Harold I’m wondering if we have an agreed upon time? We could do
>> an
>> > outside early evening like a 5 to 8 with drinks and heavy hors d’
>> > oeuvres - I don’t think anyone in our group wants to sit on the
>> ground
>> > so I’ll look make sure there is out door seating.  Did we say
>> Saturday
>> > or Sunday? Sorry if I missed this info on the thread. I need a little
>> more
>> > info so I can eliminate places that are not available.
>> >
>> > Hacienda de los Flores in Moraga has 3 to 5 available on the Saturday
>> the
>> > seventh, we’d need to eat hire a catering company and clean up after
>> (it
>> > is booked for a wedding at 7:00) but $65.00 an hour- not perfect but
>> > it’s an idea, I guess I’m unclear about what I’m looking for do
>> > people want a sit down dinner or a picnic?   I’ve just started
>> looking
>> > around. There are lots of options -
>> > C
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPhone
>> >
>> >> On Jun 25, 2024, at 11:18 AM, Claire Bainer
>> <clairebainer at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> 
>> >> Sent from my iPhone
>> >>
>> >>> On Jun 22, 2024, at 11:32 AM, Harold Hallikainen via Talk
>> >>> <talk at miramonte1969.org> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks! Locals are checking out venues. We can discuss what they
>> >>> find.
>> >>>
>> >>> Harold
>> >>> https://w6iwi.org
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>>> On Sat, June 22, 2024 11:24 am, D Terry wrote:
>> >>>> Hi there!  Burks and I are thinking we can make it up the coast for
>> >>>> that
>> >>>> weekend!  Unfortunately we’re not much help though.  Let us know
>> if
>> >>>> we
>> >>>> can do anything long distance, please.
>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone
>> >>>>
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