KC MEETING REPORT

My sincerest "Thanks" to everyone who participated in the KC meeting yesterday, (4/25/10). My husband, Randy, was right when he said, "Fultonions can be an amzingly loyal bunch of folks." I would add patient to that list since they are helping me as I work with a huge learning curve on this project. No wonder I didn't hear from many people about the KC meeting, they thought the meeting was over before they got the letter because of my clerical error. “Duoooogh!”

I was sorry I hadn't remembered to take my camera to the meeting so I could post pictures of Matt Meyer, Steve Baysinger, Jill and Bill Riester, and Steve and Carla Maerz and my daughter Grace Anne (who went with me since Randy was in Minnesota on business). Sorry Dave (Danuser) that you couldn’t join us. I hope your Mom’s estate auction went well. I had planned on supporting your sale but like you, don’t know how to be two places at one time.

The KC meeting was great. We talking over old times (of course) and I heard stories about Steve Maerz and his buddies I had not heard before, thanks to his wife Carla.
Carla Maerz helped answer Steve B's good question about what I had in mind for spouses to be a part of a reunion that mostly focuses on the past. She and Steve told us some great John Jameson stories that had us all rolling in laughter. (Way to go Carla and Steve).
A shared interest in nursing helped Jill Riester and my daughter Grace illustrated how Spouses can find others who share common interests and form new friendships. Of course we had current interests to share about our kids, businesses, surgeries from old high school injuries that makes our reunion not just about the past but about who we are today. Matt gets the prize for most loyal for making the effort to attend the meeting on crutches. Hope the hip heals up quickly.

Some of our discussion included: The value of staying in touch
• The need for accurate addresses and contact information
• Linking the Fulton (MO) Alumni Association web site to this blog.
• Making the date of the reunion the first part of June, in connection to the Fulton Street Fair.
• Having lots of fun activities to make it interesting for everyone. [Like: the usual golf, a service project Linda (Landrum) Houston and Tanna (Crump) Schmidli might get going, a pool (billiards) tourney, something in Columbia, a tour of the High School, Walk on the trail, a picnic, some competitive opportunities with a scavenger hunt around town, a barn warming cocktail hour, etc…]
• Bill suggested A Tale Gate for a Royals game this summer as a warm up for next year. He said, "Even if the Royals don't play well we can have fun together in the parking lot or at Legions (sp?). (wherever that is???)
• Matt helped keep me focused by asking Q: what’s the next step? A: To contact folks and encourage them to get involved and connected to send in ideas.

Thanks again everyone for your time and patience. It was great fun seeing you all, I look forward to the tailgate. CCH