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1. Many Thanks to the Houston Reunion Committee
The ABI Board sincerely thanks the Houston Reunion Committee (Marie Littlejohn-Dunn, Penny Dougharty-Maher, Lisa Menicke-Sandefur, Osama Mikhail, Andrew Bobb, and James Erwin) for a superb job in organizing and hosting the 10th AramcoBrat Biennial Reunion. Over 850 Brats, parents, teachers, and guests registered for the reunion. Many were first-time attendees.
My favorite reunion story is about a classmate of mine that attended her first Brat reunion. Every time I saw her she was smiling. On the second day she came up to me with a huge grin on her face. She proclaimed, "I am never missing another reunion in my life!"
2. Shukran From the Reunion Committee!
The Reunion Committee would like to express its sincere appreciation to all who turned out and made it such a great weekend! We merely provided the backdrop, but it took all of you to come and bring it life for us! It was so nice to look around and see everyone having such a good time with old friends and making some new friends. Mission accomplished!
To the BAGS, what can we say? The reunion would not have been the same without Suite 333 (a.k.a. Halfway-to-Hell). Thanks so much for your desert hospitality in opening the doors to all.
Thanks so much to the many who volunteered to help us out, from the early arrivals who contributed their muscles to setting up those palm trees to the class photo shepherds to the prize runners at the banquet.
And last, but certainly not least, thanks to all of you for the compliments and kind words about your reunion experiences. It really means a lot to us!
See you in 2!
3. Class and Group Photo Orders
Class and group photo orders can be placed at Elegant Portraits (http://www.elegantportraits.com). To see the reunion galleries, click "Click Here to Order Prints" and then click "Aramco Brats Reunion - Houston" in the Galleries section (or just point a browser here).
In addition to standard prints, there are several other fun options available: t-shirts, mugs, mousepads, and picture puzzle. The group photo shots were done with large film that requires special processing but will be posted as soon as they are available.
4. ABI Reunion Photo Gallery
Webmaster Michael McCoy is setting up a photo gallery on the ABI website to display pictures folks took during the Houston reunion. If last reunion is any indication, we might end up with *hundreds* of pictures. We welcome your pictures if you are inclined to share them with the rest of us.
A couple of guidelines:
If you want to have your pictures included in the ABI gallery, please send them to Michael at webmaster@aramco-brats.com
5. Reunion Lost and Found
We've added a Lost and Found forum to the Reunion section of the ABI BratBoard (http://www.aramco-brats.com/BratBoard/). If you lost something you'd like to get back (or if you found something you think some Brat is going to miss), please post a message in the Lost and Found forum and maybe somebody can help.
To post a message, you'll need a (free) BratBoard membership*, but non-members are welcome to read the messages to see if something sounds familiar.
Questions? Contact Michael.
*To request a BratBoard membership, just click the Register link at the top of any BratBoard page and use the member form to specify what username you want to use and what your email address is. Once you respond to a confirmation message, your account is active. Simple.
6. Reunion 2007!!!
The ABI is proud to announce that Mary Martin-Venker (DH'73) has accepted the job of chair of the 2007 Reunion. While an exact location has not yet been selected, we are quite sure that you'll find the 2007 reunion somewhere in the Carolinas. Watch the ABI website for further updates.
7. 2005 AramcoBrat Directory and 2003-2005 AdBak
The new directory will be mailed to those Brats that have paid their AdBak (and were unable to attend the reunion) within the next several weeks. We need to wrap up reunion finances before sending them out.
It isn't too late to pay your AdBak for this term. Sign on to www.aramco-brats.com, click on ABI, click on Administrative Baksheesh, print out the form, and mail to the address on the form. If you have any. AdBak questions, please contact treasurer@aramco-brats.com.
8. 2005-2007 ABI Elected Board
We are pleased to announce the results of the ABI election. Your new elected officers will be:
Michael Simms AB 1978 - President Diane Knipfel-Adams AB 1975 - Vice President Pat Meadors-Desormeau RT 1960 - Secretary Cathie McCoy RT 1974 - Treasurer
Their two-year term will begin on November 1, 2005.
Wishing all of you a pleasant summer,
Diana Ryrholm-Geerdes RT 1962 For the ABI Board of Directors and the Houston Reunion Committee
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