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Reunion--Class of 1961

Classmates and Guests on the Greytag Network,

            We had a number of committee members on vacation this time of year so there were a few less members in attendance for our July Meeting.  We received a summary of our reunion registrations and the numbers are lower than our hotel registrations and so my first suggestion would be to please don’t wait too long to register as some of the fees and rates go up after the first week in August.  Again, you can register by going to the AOG Homepage at: www.usafa.org  and clicking on “Reunions” and then going to “Class of 1961 (45^th)”.  Merchandise sales have also been slow with Polo Shirts coming in first in popularity and our 14 oz glasses and the bucket hat both coming in second as the top selling class items for the reunion so far. 

The first half of the meeting concluded with explaining our options with regard to the photo gallery website for the Class.  There are two basic modes of operation: one as a spectator and second as an editor to your own personal additions to the gallery.  Additions can be made in three ways; creating your personal picture albums (as many as you like), creating your personal diary/blogs (as many as you like) and participating in forum discussions with website-registered classmates and other guest registrants on our Greytag Network online.  As a way to help me encourage others to participate I would first like to have as many classmates as possible get on line and visit our gallery website.  In addition to roaming around the albums that have already been posted by me you will also be able to use the forum function.  In a forum we will be able to "group speak" and, hopefully, I or David Hughes, our webmaster, will be able to answer any of your questions and prepare you for the next stage of participation that of being an editor of your own pictures and items.  In this later editor stage I am seeking around 5-10 "pioneer" classmate volunteers before our 45th Reunion to be the first to register and share their pictures in the photo gallery and their thoughts and reflections in their diaries/reflections for other members of the GTN to ponder and respond back, if requested.  Please, use the following URL, user name and password to become spectators and forum users only and to become familiar with the workings of this most impressive website. 

The URL is: http://afalumni.giph.com, the user name is: greytag and the password is: usafa1961. 

Please respond directly to me at rcubero@adelphia.net after you have reviewed the class gallery website and wish to go to the next level as editor.  In becoming an editor, I would also suggest that you begin by creating two personal albums: One of your current family and another by posting pictures of those classmates who are gone but not forgotten.  By the way, after reviewing the website please make any comments or provide feedback using the "forum" function. 

The second half of the meeting was taken up with a more detailed discussion of the Chaney King Bike Ride Run which will be an optional reunion activity for Saturday, September 9th, for those classmates and guests who wish to participate in this unique event.  Chaney King was a young female cadet who died in a car accident on January 18, 2003 in her sophomore year.  She was a Falcon Scholar who attended Northwestern Preparatory School in Crestline, CA, before being admitted to the Academy.  After being admitted to the Academy the following year, she proved to be a highly motivated and involved cadet and thanks in part to her family and the Falcon Foundation an annual Bike Ride/Run is conducted in her memory at the Air Force Academy.  September 9th, 2006 will be the Third Annual Chaney King Bike Ride Run sponsored by the Falcon Foundation and approved by the Senior Staff to be conducted at the Academy.  I call your attention to our most recent edition of "Checkpoints-June 2006."  On page 50 you can find an article explaining the purpose and activities associated with the upcoming Chaney King Bike Ride Run in September.  For our class if you would like to register for the event all you need to do is contact me via e-mail and let me know your wishes.  You can rent a bike and helmet (charges are in addition to the registration fee) for the ride or you can bring your running/walking gear and participate in only the run/walk portion of the event.  For a special Reunion member registration fee of $25.00 per person you can participate.  Your registration fee will allow you to have lunch and, if you so indicate to me, enjoy the company of a cadet for the awarding of door prizes and the viewing of the tot-bike races which occur during and after lunch.  If you have an interest please contact me at: rcubero@adelphia.net.

After we adjourned the meeting, Terry Storm presented his edited version of the video presentation “Expect Great Things” that will be shown at Friday night’s dinner.  Terry did an absolutely outstanding job in shortening the presentation from one hour to 25 minutes in what all of us agree was a seamless edit of the material. 

Warm regards, Randy

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