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NEWS - February 1, 2007

Ok.  It's been a long time since the last email news.  And, here we are a month into 2007!  Time flies ... etc.

It's not that I haven't been paying attention or anything, it's just that the last year for me and Sharman has been, um, TOTALLY CRAZY.

About a year ago Sharman took an International Assignment as Vice-President of Services Delivery for all of IBM Canada.  We've had a condo in downtown Toronto, just a block from the Rogers Centre (formerly The Skydome) where the TO Blue Jays play (oh, sorry, that's the vernacular up there - "TO" - for Toronto, Ontario).  But I've been keeping the homestead going in Alpharetta, GA and she's been mostly in TO.  Lots of flying (and driving) back and forth to/fro Georgia.  It's been a blast, lots of fun.  Toronto is a great city.  And, I am partial to Canadians:  Heck, I married one!  However, it's also been pretty taxing.  Not much time for too much else.

Anyway, guess what?  We're now just eleven months away from the year of our 40th reunion!  Ah, can anyone say:  "Forty #@!%& years?  It can't be!!!"  Well, yeah, it can.  And it is.

So.  Here's the drill.  As with the last time, I'm happy to manage the communications, the database, directory, etc.  But!  Some of you guys in the Abington area have to step up and lead this.  It's just not practical for me to do it from almost 800 miles away.  Judy Earnest was the point person last time.  Unfortunately, I haven't heard from her in a looooong time.  I know Kevin Corcoran has kept a group meeting for happy hours periodically so I know some of you are actually still communicating with each other.

If anyone has any thoughts on this, or (gasp!) actually wants to step up and volunteer to dive into organizing this momentous celebration, email me.  A few things that leap to mind that need to be done:

• Decide on a time.  I can put up a poll so everyone can chime in
• Decide on a venue
• Work with the venue to arrange details of menu, setting, cost, etc.
• Mailings to make sure the database is up to date and, I think, poll those who are not Web/email active about their preferences for timing for a reunion
• Renewed effort to find missing classmates - we did great last time, and since then people have found the class Web site and contacted me.  But I think we can find some of those who are still out there in the wind.
• Financing - someone needs to act as a Treasurer, set up a bank account, etc.  Last time, as I recall, we asked for contributions in advance to fund some of these activities (mailings and venue deposit especially).
• Printing of the reunion directory - last time Hank Meyers arranged the printing, I did the design and front-end work.  I'll still do that but a "friendly" printer needs to be found.