Copy of Doris's May 6 email

Just for the sake of having this in the Blog record, I'm posting the message Doris emailed to many of you last week. I know she didn't have everyone's email addresses at the time she sent this out so maybe more people will be logging in as news of the blog spreads through the family. Janie


From Doris:
In case you have forgotten, the reunion is scheduled for July 10-12--only 9 weeks away! We've lost a very important member of the family since the date was first set last fall, but Marvin, I know would be the first to urge us to keep the date. Mary Jo as well encouraged us to go ahead with plans. I'm sure we'll all feel Marvin's presence when we gather at Hooks Point and we will honor him by attending.

Even though Mary Jo is ready and willing to put up with us for the weekend, it is a big undertaking. On March 31 she and Lee Ann made preliminary lists of what needs to be done to get the site ready, groceries needed in advance, meals to be catered, suggested activities, needed items to be donated, purchased, or rented (See earlier blog post). Janie, who rode back to Iowa with Mary Jo and Dolly in early April, suggested a reunion blog might be the way to not only get out the information but to get everybody's help. She researched setting up the blog and by clicking on the link above you can see the result.

All of this technology makes my head swim, but I know that of the approximately 90 names on our family list, we've got a lot of "authors" and "followers" out there who can figure it out and will be posting their blog. To show my faith I offer the first 10 bloggers, big or small, young or old, $10 each from my just-received Obama stimulus social security economic recovery payment. How's that for an incentive!?!