Encina High School

Alan Dankman	Chantelle Lehman  (Biaggi)	Gail Vanneman (Laura Warren)	Deborah Carlsberg (Foster)	Chris Harrold

In May, 2008, the Reunion Committee started plans for our 40th reunion held on October 3, 2009.  On November 6, 2009, our 40th Reunion Project was completed!

PROGRESS TO DATE:  

• Sent classmates an initial notification of the reunion, verified their contact information, and solicited feedback.
• Created overview and detailed reunion project plans.
• Created a budget.
• Created this new Encina Class of 1969 website.
• Researched 11 potential reunion sites.
• Narrowed potential sites down to the Hilton Sacramento Arden West Hotel and the Del Paso Country Club because they both have separate areas (one for the band and dancing and another more quiet area for chatting).
• Chose the Hilton Sacramento Arden West since over 60% of classmates that indicated they are interested in attending the reunion live out of town and due to the significantly lower costs. The Hilton Sacramento Arden West just completed a 4 million dollar renovation and is looking good!  All reunion attendees also qualify for their "Take The Elevator Home" discount on guestrooms.
• Signed a contract with the Hilton Sacramento Arden West to hold our reunion on Saturday, October 3, 2009, which was the closest available date to the month of September which most of those classmates responding to our survey indicated would work best for them.
• Paid the $1000 deposit due the Hilton. 
• Researched several bands to play at the reunion and chose alumni Chuck Dunn's band, The Blues Monsters, to provide live entertainment for our reunion.  Check out their website at www.thebluesmonsters.com.
• Opened a reunion checking account.
• Opened a reunion PayPal account.
• Created a Reunion Donations page to encourage donations to help lower our reunion ticket price.
• Finalized the reunion ticket price structure.
• Created the online capability to:
  -Register for the reunion
  -Purchase reunion tickets
  -Make hotel reservations
• Decided on our reunion theme: Apache Spirit - Once Apaches, Always Apaches!
• Designed table centerpieces.
• Designed magnetic, photo name tags.
• Received the band contract and list of "oldies" they will play.
• Attended several appointments with our Hilton contact to go over reunion details.
• Decided on reunion decorations.
• Created an iPOD playlist of tunes from our high school years to play during the reunion when the band is not playing.
• Collected donated prizes for our reunion.
• Completed our efforts to find missing classmates.
• Contacted all classmates who previously indicated they were planning to attend our reunion but who have not yet purchased ticket(s) to encourage them to purchase their ticket(s) right away.
• Raised $2,891 in reunion donations.
• Discontinued ticket sales.
• Made final preparations for our reunion.
• Held our event the evening of October 3, 2009, which was a fantastic success!  Our best attended reunion with approximately 130 people attending!
• Met for our post-reunion meeting on Saturday, October 24, at BoBo Cafe on Fulton Avenue, to review what worked well and what could be improved.
• Sent thank you notes.
• Posted slide shows of pics from our reunion to our website.
• Created links on our class website to enable the download of photos from our reunion and the ability to order high-quality prints from our reunion photographer.
• Sent DVD order forms to classmates for whom we have addresses.
• Closed our PayPal account.
• Closed our bank account.

CURRENT ACTION ITEMS: 

• None!  We are DONE!