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This Is Another Special Message Only For Those That Have An Interest In Visiting
The Culinary Institute of America (CIA).
If you are not
interested in the CIA, ignore this message.
The last CIA update
advised you that we had a group reservation at the CIA for tour and lunch on
Friday 13 May. We likely need at least 20 to hold the reservation. We have
only 18 confirmed reservations at this time as shown in green (FIRM) in the
following table.
If you want to join this group you
must respond NOW to
61reunion@cfl.rr.com
!!! If we do not get 20, we may have to cancel the group reservation.
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Name |
Fri 13
May Morning Tour and Lunch |
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Connor |
FIRM |
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Covingtion |
2 |
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D Brooks |
FIRM |
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Fritz |
FIRM |
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Grisoni |
if
needed |
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Lenhart |
FIRM |
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McCann |
FIRM
1X |
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Montgomery |
FIRM |
|
Mucho |
FIRM |
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P Smith |
FIRM 1X |
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Rauch |
#1, 2x |
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Scivoletto |
FIRM |
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Webster |
FIRM |
Another Reminder and It Is Important You Respond
To Submit New Survey
There are four important references attached that will indicate the action you
need to take:
1.
Hotel Reservation List
o
This list shows all the current room reservations.
o
Everyone that submitted a survey and indicated a “Yes” or “Maybe” for attending
the reunion has a room reservation.
o
All of you should check the list and see if the reservation is correct for your
current plans.
o
If any changes or cancellations need to be made, send them to
61reunion@cfl.rr.com
2.
New Surveys Submitted List
o
This is the list of those that have submitted the new survey.
o
If your name is on this list, you completed the new survey and your new
registration is on file.
o
You do not need to do another survey.
o
This list also shows those that have submitted their deposit.
o
If you have not submitted your deposit you should do so now.
3.
Must Submit New Survey List
o
This is the list
of those that indicated a “Yes” or “Maybe” for attending the
reunion in the initial survey, BUT HAVE NOT SUBMITTED A NEW SURVEY.
o
If your name is on this list you MUST SUBMIT A NEW SURVEY!!
o
If you no longer plan to attend, enter that in the survey and your room
reservation will be cancelled.
o
If you plan to attend, this survey will collect the latest info for all the
options available.
o
A summary of the changes since the initial survey is provided below.
o
This list also shows those that have submitted their deposit.
o
If you have not submitted your deposit you should do so now.
4.
Not Planning to Attend List
o This is the list of those that indicated they were not going to attend the
reunion in the initial survey or by later change.
o
If your name is on this list there is nothing for you to do.
o
If things have changed and you think you might be able to attend, you should do
the new survey so that we get a room reserved for you. You can cancel the room
up to 24 hours ahead.
o
If you have submitted your deposit, it has or will be returned.
If you do need to submit the new survey, read this 55th Main Page
for some background info and
things you need to do.
Here is a summary of the main items that have changed and been
added to the survey.
·
Early Bird Activities
◦
There
are a larger number of folks arriving early than we had imagined, e.g., 25 or so
by Tuesday, 55-60 by Wednesday, 180 or so by Thursday, and 300+ by Friday.
◦
In
response to this we have added new options for these days to the
Master Plan,
such as group dinners and visits to local attractions.
·
Transportation from Arrival Airport
◦
Several have asked about transportation from their arrival airport to the hotel.
◦
To
assist with this, we have added the option for ridesharing from the airport.
◦
If you
are interested, you can indicate this in the survey and we will try to pair
folks up.
·
Transportation to Events
◦
You
have the options to travel by POV/Carpool or bus to all events.
◦
In
some cases we think travel by POV/Carpool is best and for others we think travel
by bus is best. We tell you this in the survey. The choice is yours.
◦
We
will assist in pairing riders up with drivers for the events, so you do not have
to have a car available to sign up for car pooling.
·
Rollaway Bed
◦
Several have indicated they plan three in a room – this allowed by the hotel.
◦
We
added option for requesting a rollaway bed.
·
Roomshare
◦
There
are several widows coming and some have expressed an interest in sharing a room.
◦
We
added this as an option and we will connect those that have an interest in
sharing a room.
◦
There
is an option for the single guys to also share a room. In spite of what these
guys may request, we are not pairing one of them with a widow.
·
The Culinary Institute of America (CIA)
◦
CIA
offers several options on weekdays, see the
Attractions Info Sheet for more
details.
◦
In our
original survey we offered only options for these on Friday.
◦
Many
of you expressed an interest in one or more of these options.
◦
We are
now offering three of these events for both Thursday and Friday.
·
Kykuit – Rockefeller Estate Tour & Lunch
◦
A
large number of people are interested in the Kykuit tour and Lunch combo.
◦
Therefore we are offering this group option on both Thursday and Friday.
·
Church Services
◦
We
have added church service options at the hotel
◦
Catholic Masses on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning.
◦
A
non-denominational Protestant service Sunday morning.
·
USMA Band Concert
◦
One of
the events we had not included in the original survey was the USMA band concert
in Ike Hall on Sunday from 1400-1500.
◦
This
could fit with the Sunday West Point boat cruise or individual tours at West
Point if you wanted to tie these options together.
·
Boat Cruise and Visit to Constitution Island
◦
In the
original survey we offered option for boat cruise on Monday with added option
for Constitution Island visit.
◦
Many
more of you are interested in these options than can be handled in one event.
◦
Therefore we are adding these options for Saturday and Sunday in addition to
Monday.
◦
Cruise
times will be scheduled so that band concert on Sunday and alumni activities on
Monday can also be selected.
·
Prep School Tour
◦
Many
of you expressed an interest in touring the new prep school.
◦
We
have scheduled this for Monday from 1100 to 1200.
◦
This
can be followed by lunch at Ike Hall and the afternoon reunion functions there.
·
Memorial Service
◦ Memorial Service as been moved to Tuesday at 1400 following lunch in Washington
Hall.
·
Other Popular Attractions
◦
Boscobel House and the Brotherhood Winery were two other potential group
activities mentioned by respondents.
◦
We are
offering these on Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
◦
If
there is enough interest on any of these days we will schedule group tours.
And here are the things you should do.
1.
Review the Reunion Reference Material
a.
Attached are the reference docs for the reunion, including:
i.
Master
Plan –
suggest you
refer to this as you complete the survey.
ii.
Attractions & Tours Information Sheet
iii.
Featured Activities Information Sheet
iv.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) –
check this if
you have a question.
v.
Hampton’s Tour Guides for West Point Area and for NYC (because of the size of
these files, they are not attached, but available by request to
61reunion@cfl.rr.com)
b.
Browse
thru these to firm up your preferences prior to doing the survey.
2.
Complete Your
NEW
Registration Survey
a.
Just
use the link below to complete and submit your new registration survey.
b.
REMINDER. Anyone attending must be registered, including kids, grandkids,
friends, neighbors, consultants, lobbyists, body guards, speech writers, medical
staff, teleprompter experts, hangers-on, etc.
i.
Therefore, if you have more than one guest coming, you
or
your guests will have to complete additional surveys to cover these added
guests.
ii.
If you
have quite a few family members, you can streamline this as explained in the
survey instructions.
c.
Here
are a few tips:
i.
Take
your time, there are a lot of choices.
ii.
There
are a lot of options, so read the entries carefully.
iii.
Refer
back to the reference material,
particularly
the Master Plan,
as you
complete the survey or if you have any doubts about an item.
iv.
CAUTION
- Many of the activities overlap on the same day. So be sure to check the times
for the things you select to make sure they are not mutually exclusive.
v.
You
can go back in the survey if you need to make a change before you submit. Once
you submit that version is gone.
d.
OK - Here is the link to the survey:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1j2l2DuIj0sy9iBHkjrA8zfm-Il3Pz9GEpI8kGj1qoFg/viewform?c=0&w=1&usp=mail_form_link
(NOTE – If
the link above is not working for you, your can paste in the address in your
browser or open the word doc attached and use it to get to the survey)
If you have
any questions or comments contact us at
61reunion@cfl.rr.com
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The Park Ridge
Marriott in Park Ridge , NJ clearly separated itself from the other two hotels
in its overall responses to our Class interests, positive answers to our many
requests, and significant cost benefits offered to the Class. We
selected this hotel for the reunion.