Sunday, November 23, 2008

Step taken so far for the reunion.....

This weekend me, Nancy, Beckie, Greece and her husband Shawn, Alicia, and Yvonee got to sit down after all the fun and messy games and discuss and throw around some ideas on where we should start and what steps should be taken next for this reunion to become a reality. Cause time flies and before you know it July will be here. So with that being said it looks like the majority of everyone so far wants the reunion catered which was my vote as well. I think this is a great idea so we dont have to worry about the food, set up and clean up. So where we stand right now is Nancy will be calling some local caterers within the next few weeks and getting an estimate of how much per person for a plate, 13 years old and up. Younger children were thinking may only have to pay a couple of dollars not full price. But how much all depends on the price though so thats not set in stone yet. We are thinking Mexican food which is inexpensive and tastey. Everyone agree? Also, we talked about how we would go about collecting the money and how that would work. I didnt mention it there cause I wanted to talk to Deya, my sister before I offered her up to the resposibilty (she missed out on all the fun had the yucky cold thats going around and stayed home) Anyway she is great at managing money, very trust worthy and really organized and has agreed to it. So what we would do if everyone is ok with it she will open up a subaccount under her account but name it Garza Family reunion but any checks for payments for the food and any other expenses we think everyone should contibute to would have to be made out to her so she can deposit into that account. She would have record of it and can even send out a reciept once your payment has been recieved if you would like. Does anyone have a problem with her doing this?

Also, once we set the date a flyer will be sent to everyones home were hoping by mid or end of December. Very important we will need everyone to rsvp by email or phone to myself or Yvonne. Phone numbers and emails I will post later. Then once the rsvp's start rolling in and we have an idea of whos coming and whos not we will set a deadline as to when your money has to be paid by. All that will follow later so keep on checking the blog for important news.

Any other ideas and input is welcome. It did really help though being together and talking about it. So consider us The Garza reunion committe if you guys have any questionsor would like to be part of the committe let one of us know. Lets make this happen. When I talked to Grandma this weekend I felt that she feels like its a big big challange and hopes we can pull it of. I told her she just needs to stay healthy and that it is going to happen. So lets all pray for her and keep her strong and healthy for the Reunion and many more years to come. Alright until next time its past my bed time.

9 comments:

rebeccaharper said...

thanks for putting all the info down Lissette.. I think having one account is a good idea and we can even keep track on the blog for payments sent in.. I do think we need a representative from each Family... (Tio Evelio, Tio Char, Tio Lolo etc...) to collect the money to be sent in... I think it makes the process a little easier.

Lisette said...

No problem Beckie I really want this to happen so any way I can help im on it. I def agree that there should be one person per family to collect the money than one check sent that will make the process much easier your right.

Paul , Norma said...

Hi this is Paul(you know Pablo Garza Gonzalez) from washington! You girls are sooo smart you must be related to ME! Good idea Lets us know how we can help!

Lisette said...
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Lisette said...

so Paul do you want to be the representative for Tio Lolos family?

Larry and Yvonne said...

Hey everyone! I just wanted to throw this out there.....I really don't think there should be a "committee" It's so great that we all want to make sure this gets done, but everyone should feel like they have a part in it!
I know that majority voted for catering,i did too, because of the setting up and cleaning up, but I really feel like if we were to keep it simple and family friendly this event will be a hit! I spoke to Adam and he has "connections" for getting meat really cheap, if we were to have 2 or 3 sides and drinks it would be alot cheaper for everyone. He did mention that he did not mind BBQ it? I also think that maybe we can ask for donations per family instead of charging them per plate. some families may be able to give more than others, but there won't be the feeling of " I didn't pay, I can't go" and I don't want that to happen!
what do you guys think?

I know that this event needs to be organized, but if it's kept simple there shouldn't be any problems?

Having a rep for each family would be great to make sure everyone is up to date with the info.

We are just waiting to see what date Adam can get at the Gun club, as soon as that is done we will send out the flyers.

Lisette said...

Yvonne we should still look into the caterinng aspect of it and call and get an idea of the prices and compare how much it would really save us cause if its not that much of a difference I still think its worth catering. It may be affordable to everyone we wont know unless we throw a price out there to everyone. Adam says he doesnt mind but does he really want to be stuck at the grill cooking instead of relaxing and partaking in all the fun and games. Thats alot of work and alot of meat to cook. I know I wouldnt want to and i dont think thats fair to him but hey if he does thats great. Maybe we can pay someone not a family member to do it thats an idea. See how cheap he can get the meat and in the meantime im going to research catering companies online. Hows Maddie's coocoo. poor baby it breaks my heart when they get hurt.

Larry and Yvonne said...

She is doing bertter, it's scabbing up.

I called yesterday and checked out some caters (spellling) so lets see.... I totally understand what you are saying!

Lets see what adam has to say, he mentioned that he know different caters too, so maybe he can throw some numbers out there.

Adam said...

Hi everyone it's Adam. First off I love the whole idea of a reuninon so I am willing to do what ever is needed to get this done. The friends that cooked at my wedding are the frends I had in mind. They didn't charge for their labor only the materials, but I wouldn't ask them to do that for this. Keep in mind that I had all the turkey meat donated from another friend and my wedding was over three years ago and the price of food has gone up. After saying that I fed over 500 people for less that 500 dollars. For those of you in washington thats a dollar a person :) Now that is just the cost of the rice, green beans, rolls, salad, and fruit salad. I have helped these same friends with other weddings and catering jobs. The trick is to have the food done before the party starts. The way that this is accomplished is a simple menu and preperation. For instance Alex and I have talked about deep pitting a pig. Not a bad idea. I bought a hog for a friends family today. The price was $1.00 a pound. 200 pound pig, $200.00. A friend has a special bbq to rotiserie a whole pig and a technique to cook chicken inside it at the same time. A pig that size would feed about 200 people and take 3 hours to cook. The up side is that to prep it would only take half an hour, after that it would be just adding charcoal. What I am getting at is I have access to all of my friends equipment and the gun clubs equipment, it would just be replacing them with us. I will still ask what thier cost would be and let you guys know. When I was shopping for my wedding caterers I found a Mexican outfit that was $5.00 for a plate of rice, beans, chile verde and tortillas. I like the idea of Deya handling the money. If I were to cook I would buy all the stuff before and then send my receipts to Daya to be reviewed and payed back. In closing I don't want to sound like I want to take charge of anything, just want to help out. I feel kind of guilty that I haven't been to washington since Oscar's wedding and am willing to go the extra mile to make that up. Also e-mails can sound kind of cold sometimes and if any body wants to call me they can 559-908-9838 thanks