The
meeting convened at 3:12 PM with Michael Corbett presiding. Michael opened by thanking the members
present and asked for a report on St. Augustine’s University as a 50th
Celebration venue.
NOTE these IMPORTANT DETAILS:
Deadlines
Feb. 15 - $100 assessment payment for 50th
Celebration (Hospitality room,
brunch, souvenirs/keepsakes, teacher appreciation, souvenir program, minimum
$500 local JW Ligon Class of 1968 scholarship)
April
15 – $80 payment of Alumni
Association event activities ( Sat., night dinner/dance & Sunday
cookout)
- No November class meeting;
- December fellowship meeting only; discussion
only, no business will be transacted: December 9, 1
PM, tentative location D&S Cafeteria, Helen Montague
will coordinate.
- JANUARY MTG – IMPORTANT MTG RE: VOTING
FOR CELEBRATION VENUE. The class unanimously decided that a quorum
constitutes the persons present.
Venues Options:
Toney
Bethea reported that the St. Augustine’s
University (SAU) venue is $500 day; catering cost per ABL
Enterprises, SAU caterers, is $6 per person if classmates go to the
cafeteria for meal rather than have meal served in the program ballroom area. Manager
indicated that student workers were available to carry food to those w/mobility
constraints. ABL Enterprises has served
as the caterer for CIAA. A sample tentative minimal menu buffet could include grits,
eggs, sausage; bacon; breads; beverages.
Additional information needed regarding this SAU venue: tables, chairs,
PA system, stage area, dance floor, & other amenities included in the venue
$500 cost; additional cost of having buffet on ballroom level; availability of
alcohol during event.
Janet Howard refreshed the information re: the Westing Center,
2200 Westinghouse Blvd, Raleigh, NC
27604. This venue is managed by the
son of our classmate, Carolyn Lee Bray. Center details:
$400 for 8 hours normally $175 per hour
Center provides chairs and tables, but no set-up, break down or decoration;
dance floor & DJ & PA systems provided
Site has liquor license & all sales from Cash Bar are the Center’s
Private caterer allowed
A tour of facility can be arranged
Another venue option included Thomas G. Crowder Woodland Center, 5611,
Jaguar Park Dr, Raleigh, NC 27606 (https://www.raleighnc.gov/parks/content/ParksRec/Articles/Parks/TGCWoodlandCenter.html)
that provides tables, chairs, allows private caterer, beer & wine (with
license), costs vary from $75/hr to $200/hr depending on spaces reserved, e.g.,
deck, gallery, bird walk, warming kitchen, dogwood room, etc.
Extended
discussion included Larry’s Country Kitchen as a venue and a review of the
minutes that confirmed there was no final vote to confirm that location as the
Celebration site. After consensus was
reached that any location selected must provide a private room setting for
class activities along with a venue representative of our 50th
Reunion significance, it was unanimously decided that it was time to limit
venue investigation to final candidates for the event.
Toney Bethea moved that
the class limit its search to the following three (3) venues: St. Augustine’s
University, the Westing Center, and the Thomas G. Crowder Woodland Center and
that reports be received for a vote at the January 2018 meeting. Michael Corbett seconded the motion and the
motion passed unanimously.
There was additional discussion
regarding the menu for the celebration.
Suggestions included fruit, eggs, bacon, sausage, grits, shrimp &
grits, hash browns, omelets, frittatas, quiche, breads, beverages, mimosas
Keepsakes/Souvenirs: Carolyn Ratliff represented information
regarding the 50th Reunion tee-shirt: colors: navy blue and gold; the
front center will have our class ring design.
The company’s proposed cost ranges from $10 - $12 per shirt.
Association updates: Geneva Rogers Hill, the class Alumni
Association rep, announced that the Association is having a ‘ Mr. or Ms JW Ligon’ Contest for the JW Ligon Alumni
Association Scholarship Fund; the class suggested that our representative could
be Clarence Williams, who declined.
Another Association scholarship possibility includes a baby contest with
10% to applicant.
Silent Auction: Janet and
Toney are investigating online silent auction software; however, they will post
items with this meeting’s minutes.
Janet will also post the names of
classmates who are in the current database.
Announcements: Clarence Williams reminded the class of the proposal
to the City of Raleigh of moving the AACC (Sunnybrook RD, curated and founded
by Dr. Palmer), to Dix property. Clarence encouraged members to connect with
him for more information. He also
reminded us that Bettie Murchison is the chair NC History Museum AA Festival
committee and invited submissions for participants.
NOTE these IMPORTANT DETAILS:
Deadlines
Feb. 15 - $100 assessment payment for 50th
Celebration (Hospitality room,
brunch, souvenirs/keepsakes, teacher appreciation, souvenir program, minimum
$500 local JW Ligon Class of 1968 scholarship)
April
15 – $80 payment of Alumni Association
event activities ( Sat., night dinner/dance & Sunday cookout)
- No November class meeting;
- December fellowship meeting only; discussion
only, no business will be transacted: December 9, 1
PM, tentative location D&S Cafeteria, Helen Montague
will coordinate.
- JANUARY MTG – IMPORTANT MTG RE: VOTING
FOR CELEBRATION VENUE. The class unanimously decided that a quorum
constitutes the persons present.
Meeting Adjourned - 4:52 PM
