Marharba, Brats! Aramco Brats, Inc., began a new term, November 1, 2019. We are proud to present our board for the 2019-2021 term:

Liz Germani​ (RT '84). President
Sandra Kerr-Louchard​ (DH '84), Vice President
Tom Littlejohn​ (DH '84), Treasurer
Amber Perkins-Neal ​(DH '86), Secretary
Bridget Halpin ​(DH 84), Reunion Oversight Director
Paul Allen ​(DH '89), Director at Large (Nominations)
Dawn Kolb ​(DH '92), Website Director
Marie Littlejohn-Dunn ​(DH '77), Director at Large
Caroline Homolka-Masters ​(RT '84), Publications Director
Selma Zein ​(DH '06), Database Director

Aramco Brats, Inc. welcomes 2 first-time board members:

Selma Zein​ is joining the board as the Database Director. Born and raised in Saudi Arabia, Selma, DH 2006, lived in Saudi for 18 years.

Considering Selma’s family are placed in all parts of the world, she loves to travel. Her favorite spots always include a sunny day. Her furry child, Sylvester (cat), and she are currently in pursuit of exciting new endeavors, and, as a part of her new adventure, she looks forward to being a part of ABI's Board.

ABI also welcomes ​Bridget Halpin​ as the Reunion Oversight Director. Bridget is the youngest of five Halpin children who were all born and raised in Dhahran. She is a proud member of the class of DH'84.

Like many Brats, Bridget has been bitten by the travel bug, and she and her husband, Damian, travel internationally as much as their work schedules will allow. Being a true Irish lass, Bridget says that she has never met a stranger thanks to her "gift of gab." When not golfing or traveling, she spoils her two terrier pups, Rory and Hailey.

Bridget was an invaluable member of the Phoenix reunion committee serving as the Reunion Chair. As the Reunion Oversight Director for the new term, Bridget's goal is to continue the progress of refreshing activities by encouraging fun and new ideas.

The results of the 2019 Phoenix Reunion Satisfaction Survey are available for your reading pleasure!  

2019 Phoenix Reunion Satisfaction Survey.pdf

2019 Phoenix Reunion Satisfaction Survey - Comments.pdf

A huge shukran to all those who took the time to complete the survey.  We sent out 488 survey invitations and received a total of 155 responses, including 84 written comments to the question "What could we do to make your reunion experience better?"  Many respondents also took the time to follow up with an email sharing their thoughts and suggestions.  Some great ideas!

Look for an invitation to take another survey about reunions in general in your inbox in the near future!

If you attended the 2019 reunion in Phoenix, look for an email inviting you to participate in a satisfaction survey.  These reunions are for YOU and your Brat family, so your opinions are important!  Please take the few minutes required to complete the survey of 11 short questions.  The last question has a place to enter your feedback/suggestions in text form, or you can email us if you need more room for your thoughts.

Survey results and comments will be shared after we close the survey   Thanks in advance for your feedback!

Here are the results of the 2019-2021 Aramco Brats Board of Directors election which were announced at the reunion banquet on May 26th.  Thanks to the ease of online voting, we had fantastic participation - 318 (22 mailed, 20 onsite , 276 electronic)! Thanks to everyone for participating in choosing your elected officers for next term!

How Brats Voted

Per ABI's bylaws, the winner was determined by simple majority. The election data and results have been reviewed and ratified by Melanie Penoyar-Perez, DH 87.  Full election results and description of voting processes can be viewed here.

Questions regarding nominations process or other volunteer opportunities should be directed to Paul Allen.

Who enjoyed seeing all the Brat fun at the reunion in Phoenix? As you might imagine, your ABI Board puts a lot of effort into organizing these events for the Brat community. You may not realize it, but ABI is run by Brats just like you.

Have a great idea that you would like to help get implemented? Interested in volunteering for the Aramco Brats, Inc. Board of Directors? Future volunteers are needed for the 2019-2021 term. Submit your volunteer interest form online today!

Appointed Positions

The following positions are appointed by the elected officers on November 1, 2019:

• At Large Director

• Database Director

• Nominations Director

• Publications Director

• Reunion Oversight Director

• Website Director

Responsibilities for board positions are outlined here. Most volunteer work is done via conference call and/or by email in approximately 1-3 hours per month. The board meets in person twice per term - once at the reunion and once during the off-year. Time commitment and meeting frequency increase with the planning cycle for the biennial Brat Reunion.

To be considered for any of the positions above, submit your nomination online now. If you’ve submitted an interest form before 2017, we welcome you to resubmit so we know you’re still available.

If you are interested in learning more about becoming an ABI Board Member or volunteering in a short-term capacity, please contact us!

NEW - 2019 Reunion Swag!

2019 reunion swag is now available in the online suq!  In addition to a limited selection of t-shirts, we've still got some sports-packs, tumblers, and those awesome Arabic Pepsi logo slap-coozies that work with both cans and bottles.

Summer Suq Sale

Help us clear out some of our t-shirt inventory and replace your favorite worn out t-shirt!  Once they're gone, they're gone!

- Add a 2013, 2015 or 2017 reunion t-shirt to your order for $6!

- Order 2 t-shirts from 2013, 2015 or 2017 for just $12!

ABI's Board of Director's hosted a town hall on Saturday, May 25th at the reunion hotel.  Attendees were given a handout showing reunion and database facts and figures as well as Q1 2019 financials and your Board's agenda items for the remainder of this term.  Meeting minutes are forthcoming after our secretary returns from vacation.  In the meantime, we have updated the reunion facts and figures to reflect our final numbers for Phoenix.   For your viewing pleasure...  Seriously, there's some fun stuff in here!

Shukran to all who participated in our Early Registration Raffle.  54 raffle tickets were purchased totaling $270 which will be put toward hors d'oeuvres at our Friday Welcome Reception.

The winners were determined during our last reunion planning meeting by entering the name for each ticket purchased into an online random name selector, Name Picker Ninja.  After a winner was selected, that entry was removed from the random name selector before we drew the next winner's name.

Congratulations to our 3 lucky winners!

Going to the Reunion next week and need to know what's where when?  Well, there's an app for that!  In addition to paper reunion programs available at Registration, we've made an app for your smart phones and tablets!  Okay, it's really more of a web site site cul-de-sac, but you'll have all the information you need to navigate the reunion right at your fingertips.

On your smart phone or tablet, click here to load the your BrAt "app."  The dropdown menu has links to everything you would typically find in a paper reunion program and then some!

• the reunion schedule times and rooms
• interactive map showing locations of reunion activities
• useful places in the area, including some restaurant information
• a map of the resort itself
• reunion update page where the reunion committee will post any important messages during the reunion.  Check back periodically or subscribe to updates via RSS feed for push notifications.
• social media
• some important reunion do's and don't's

Be sure to bookmark it and/or leave your browser window open for quick access during the reunion!  You can also add it as a shortcut to your home screen (see how: iOS or Android), so it will feel more like a normal app. It's public, so there is no need to log in. The "app" will also be accessible as a tab on www.aramco-brats.com for the duration of the reunion and through a link on ABI's home page.