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Dear Retirement Committee - I thought we could use this wiki to conduct some of the organizational business for the retirement celebration. I know we're all really busy and this might some face to face meeting time. There are pages for the major components (music, gifts, pictures, funds collected, etc.). Please check those pages as well. Post anything you have a question about, any ideas on which you'd like group input, or suggestions. I'd suggest that we add our last names after any comment so we can keep the conversation going.

Here's a recap of the plan with just a few changes:

 * Here are the retirees todate: Marilyn Frank, Madella Williams, Peggy Berkstresser, David Terry, John Marshall, Carol Pock, Jane Sakely
 * UPDATE - Now added Jan Cooper, Craig Green and Valerie Allen AND Beth McCarty
 * Event will be May 10 from 5-6:30. I know we discussed 6-7:30 at the original planning session, but Mr. Sanders suggested that would create too big a break for those folks who would most likely stay after school and cause dinner to be too late for those folks who'd head over to Joe's Crab Shack.
 * The formal event will be in the auditorium. Each retiree will have one person speak for them (sharing memories, stories, etc.) I know we talked about who would speak for each person, but I don't remember names. We discussed having the Jazz Band play and having Mr. Sanders sing (I did mention this to him...he didn't say "no" but he didn't say "yes" either. He might need a bit more persuading :-)!
 * We'll have a photo slideshow for before (and during?) the event. I believe Ms. Yates is working on that.
 * Ms. Gutierrez's art students will create a personalized piece of art for each retiree.
 * Donations of $15 are being collected to pay for framing the artwork and provide each retiree with a commemorative gift / gift card. Ms. Given is collecting upstairs money and Dinneen is collection downstairs money.
 * In lieu of a physical scrapbook, we're going to try using "Wallwisher.com" as an electronic scrapbook. Each retiree has a page and those pages are available for folks to post their thoughts. Dinneen will distribute links ASAP.
 * Ms. Stutts was going to notify Joe's Crab Shack that we'd be coming for dinner around 6:45. Ms. French was going to have a sign up sheet in the office so we could generate an approximate head count.

Questions? Updates?
What have I missed? Please add items below..... I did speak with Mr. Green yesterday and he was going to check the schedule to see if the Jazz Band would be available. Dinneen > > I really think we need to announce this date to the staff so we can place it on our calender. Also, we need to confirm the date with the retirees so they can invite their friends and family. If we should let the retirees know the concept of the evening so they can give us a person to speak for them. We need to get invitations out to their friends and family. It would be great if we could assign someone on our committee to a retiree so we can get everything together. Carla S Berkstresser || Simmons || Frank || Peterson ||
 * Mr. Guinea has agreed to run the A/V. He suggested Nick Gonzales, the assistant band director (and former student of Mr. Green) to direct the Jazz Band. How do we go about asking the Jazz Band to play? Ask Mr. Green?? Dinneen
 * I think it will be a good idea to ask Mr. Green and it is official, Mr. Green is retiring. Christina
 * What do you think about this? How about if we ask the magnet dept. to put together an ensemble to perform? It'd be a great tribute to Mr. Green. Dinneen
 * UPDATE 4/24 - I sent a reminder email for Ms. French to distribute to the faculty and also sent individual emails to the retirees asking for their input on who they'd like to speak for them. DO WE NEED TO MEET? It sort of feels like we do. Give me some feedback....
 * UPDATE 4/25 A few retirees have responded with who will be speaking for them. Here's the list so far. Please let me know if you know of others.
 * UPDATE 5/4 - Invitation distributed to retirees, jazz band & Mr. Sanders confirmed. Ashley will be our M.C. All retirees have someone to speak for them except Ms. McCarty and she's thinking about who to ask.
 * Retiree || **Speaker** ||
 * Allen
 * Cooper
 * Green || Grosscope ||
 * Marshall ||  ||
 * Pock || Wilson ||
 * Sakely || Given ||
 * Terry || Scott ||
 * Williams || Viktorin ||