It has been nearly a month since my last Post but most of the stuff going on has been pretty boring and not something I thought you all would be interested in. But anyway here is some of this boring "news".
Most of my time has been spent updating Email and mailing addresses. This is in preparation for a mailing that I will be making in November or December. The purpose of the mailing will be to get an estimate of the number who may be attending the reunion. It is important to get a good estimate when negotiating with hotels. The more we may have attending the better pricing we may be able to get.
To get this information I will make one mailing via Email only to those shipmates that I have a verified Email address. I have 191 Email addresses that will receive this mailing.
There are 182 shipmates for which I have only a street address. These individuals will receive a postcard mailing.
The Email and Mail list does include some relatives and friends of the Hazelwood crew.
Using Email as much as possible will reduce our costs since it does not require the $0.44 stamp. The Post Card postage is only $0.28 a reduction of $0.16 in relation to First Class Mail. Using this combination of Email and Post Cards our cost will be $51.53 rather than $163.24 if using all First Class, a reduction of $111.71 in mailing costs.
Each mailing will ask if they are planning to attend, are not sure, or if they know that they cannot attend. Those who are fairly sure they will be attending can send in a Registration Fee of $30.00 which covers hospitality room expenses, mailing expenses and other incidentals. If a Registration Fee is sent in and you cannot attend, the fee is fully refundable.
Response to the postcard "survey" can be made by sending it back to me in an envelope. Email responses can be made by a reply Email unless you wish to send a check. Then you can print out the Email and send it to me in an envelope with your check.
I hope I haven't bored you with all of this detail.
By the way, Carol and I leave this Saturday for 3 weeks in the Caribbean (Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands) for fun in the sun (and some Rum) and lots of SCUBA for me. If you click on my Profile on the right side of this Blog, you will see that I have another Blog which is "diary" of what else goes on in our retired life. You are welcome to look in and see how much fun you can have being retired!!
Smooth Sailing
