A little more about the cost and location...

For most of our class coming to the reunion will mean purchasing an airline ticket. I want to make sure that everyone understands what the overall costs for the reunion will cover. Here is a breakdown.

The cost for the weekend covers housing in on campus apartments for two nights.

It also covers all of the meals for the weekend. Many of the meals will be in the on campus, Alumni Dining Commons, which is an all you can eat buffet style setting, and is said to be one of the best Cafeterias in southern California. There will be at least one banquet dinner (possibly two). You can click these links to see the facilities: http://www.calbaptist.edu/conferences/banquets.aspx

There will be plenty of meeting space for any meetings/gathering that we need, with access to any technology necessary, which is also included in the cost. This "extra" is part of what is so expensive if our class booked a conference or reunion at other locations.

There is plenty of space for kids to run around outside on the campus:

http://www.calbaptist.edu/conferences/outdoorlocations.aspx

There is an outdoor basketball court, beach volleyball court, a spacious aquatics facility, and a large lawn for organized sports/games etc.

Here are some pictures of the campus:

2012 Reunion Details

Welcome Class of 2002! The purpose of this Blog is to provide each of you with tentative information on the details of our 10 year high school class reunion. I have set up a survey that I would like each member of our class to please complete so that we can have an accurate account of who will and will not be able to attend the reunion in California in July 2012, and if there are pockets of our class that would like to set up mini-reunions in different locations.

If you have not completed the survey, please paste this link into a new web browser: 


http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XKV8HWB


The 2 main factors that have been considered in planning our reunion are COST & LOCATION. 

LOCATION:
California seems like the ideal central location as our class resides from Europe to Asia to America. From the information that has been provided on our current class demographics 58 live in the USA, 2 in the UK, 1 in Thailand, 1 in Sweden, 1 in South Africa, 7 in the Philippines, 2 in New Zealand, 5 in Australia, 1 in Canada and the rest are not specified. Of the 58 in the USA, the highest majority is California. This information is what was given to me by the Alumni office at Faith Academy.

COST:
The reality is that just about everyone that decides to attend our class reunion will be required to purchase at least one airline ticket. In addition to this, the price of hotels and food in California, (especially closer to the coast) can be very expensive, and the cost can add up very quickly. With this in mind, the goal is to keep all other required expenses to an absolute minimum.

Right now the tentative details for our class reunion are:

DATES: July 20-22, 2012
LOCATION: California Baptist University, Riverside California
COST: $150 per person total for the weekend. The cost includes 3 days/2 nights in an apartment (includes linens), full meals each day, and use of campus facilities (for meetings and fun). 
Children 4-10 years old are $100/weekend.
Children 3 and under will have free meals, and if you have a crib (or Pack N Play) for them to sleep in then housing is free as well. If they require a bed it is $40 ($20/night).

The CBU website is www.calbaptist.edu. The Riverside zip code is 92504.


My next post will include more details about CBU and the tentative schedule and facilities...