2010 Oscar Sanner Family Reunion Planning Meeting
– August 26, 2009
Attendees: Tom Baker, Steve Sanner, Denise and Al Safranek, Patti Sanner, Jennifer Sanner, Michelle Sanner, Bob and Sue Christenson
A great group of can-do/will-do cousins gathered at Bob and Sue’s to get the ball rolling for a Sanner Reunion next summer. According to Michelle, who archives events through scrapbooking, summer of 1993 was our last reunion. Uffda! That’s just too long!
We made some decisions and cousins accepted some assignments to get us to the next step. Here’s what we decided…
•We are focused on the 4th of July weekend, depending on availability of sites for an evening dinner and a park to accommodate our group for a day of fun and visiting.
•Once we know the exact dates, we will send out a “save the date” card or letter.
•Steve volunteered to work with Dolores to get all the needed addresses.
•Patty will check on parks in the metro area that would work for our group.
•Tom is checking on possible sites for an evening dinner.
•Denise volunteered to begin working on a DVD of family pictures that could play during our reunion.
•We will need means of identification. Jennifer volunteered to come up with some ideas. We discussed buttons and also having each family wear the same color as another means of identification.
•We talked about some games that would engage the younger generation.
•We discussed the possibility of having prizes – we would need to ask for donations of items or $$ to purchase these.
•All of us will benchmark with other successful family reunions to get ideas, i.e., the Wilebski clan.
•We stopped short of assigning Brad Keil with entertainment chair. Hopefully he and Heidi will be able to make it to our next meeting.
I think we accomplished a lot for our first meeting. We will start on the above assignments and touch base via email with what we are finding. We will meet again on Wednesday, September 23rd @ 7:00pm at Bob and Sue’s. ALL COUSINS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND. We also had fun just catching up…did you know Steve Sanner is a professional photographer?....or that Patti is driving the free State Fair Trolley during the fair?
Hope to see you at our next meeting.
Sue Christenson
