Reunion Details Posted

[Jim Sheppard]

News Flash!

Fees and events are fairly well finalized for the 2011 reunion. Registration form and hotel information is now on the Reunions page! I have my room booked and the check to the Association will be in the mail on Monday! See you all there!

[RJ_Smith]

Here's a link!

http://www.ichiban1.org/html/reunion.htm

Nice fill-in PDF form Jim, looks great

[Jim Sheppard]

Love the fill in .pdf. They are available in Adobe Acrobat 9 & I just got mine a few months back. Our guys can fill in the fields and then print the form...or download it and print. This way Quint doesn't have to try to read our scribble! ~grin~

[Bill Mims]

I just booked my room, You need to call hotel direct the number is 706-225-1000

[Jim Sheppard]

They can patch you through from the toll free 800 number we posted. The direct number to the hotel saves you time if you have unlimited Long Distance.

[RJ_Smith]

That reminds me of something funny! Last summer I sat in on a "junior" programming class with middle schoolers age ~13 or 14, and one of them had no idea what a "long distance" phone call was. Never heard of it. Even made me feel old

[Bill Mims]

Jim, I stand corrected. When I called the 800 number they said I need to call direct.

[Jim Sheppard]

I suspected this might happen...and when I suggested to the Reservations Rep. on the 800 number line that I simply change our information to show that direct, local number...he assured me that anyone who wanted to call the 800 number could (would) be re-directed directly to the hotel front desk. I am not a big fan of "misinformation"...and, apparently not everyone on the 800 number staff is on the "same page". After I return from my trip out west....I will modify the information I have posted on the website to emphasize the local, direct number.

Thank you for "cluing me in" to what is really happening.

This property was selected after much consideration by the board back in June of 2010 with Sales Rep Michelle Spivey giving us all the tours and info we needed. The Hotel has very nice accommodations, a lovely pool area and is on a dead end cul-de-sac smack in the middle of a large shopping area with optional restaurant choices nearby as well. Most of these shopping and eating establishments are within walking distance.

Michelle has been our "point person" in the Fort Benning Area and usually joins us for dinner one night (informally) during our reunions. She works for the "Magnolia Group" which owns several hotels in the area. After we signed our reunion contract, the Magnolia Group sold the property we selected...and we just learned of this on New Year's Day when I called to make my hotel reservations.

John Topper has been in touch with Michelle and been reassured that all arrangements will be honored. The new ownership should not adversely affect our reunion at all...but I want ANYONE who has ANY difficulty in the reservation process to let either myself or the Reunion Committee (John Topper) know ASAP....and we will be on it like a duck on a June bug!