Calling All Reunion Attendees!

ByWayne Willis

The reunion is over, and we need to document what happened! 

WILL YOU HELP?

Why?  Because classmates who couldn’t attend (for medical or family reasons, especially) …, well they WANT to partake in the festivities.

One of the many excellent seminars on Saturday morning!

Everyone Contributes – Let’s Document What Just Happened

Let’s get started RIGHT NOW.  We need to document what happened at the reunion, mainly for the many classmates who could not attend for medical or other good reasons.

We have some volunteers writing up reports on events like Classmates In Concert and the Class Survey presentation.  But we need MORE of you to volunteer and help document the reunion.  (See “Everyone’s A [Photo-]Journalist” for tips on what to do.)

  1. Did You Take Pictures? – If so, please send in copies of your pictures, especially the good ones. Email them to support@Yale1969.org or upload them using the contact us form. We will feature the submitted pictures over the next several months.
  2. Report From A Particular Event – If you attended a lecture, a tour, a panel … any event that triggered thoughts or observations, pro or con, please write it up!   It can be an opinion or simply a report about what happened.  There were 60+ events on the calendar and some were very worthy of being shared with those who couldn’t attend.

    Ask yourself, “What 1 or 2 events at the reunion did I find ‘remarkable’ (in all senses of that term)?” And then ask, “Can I write a few paragraphs about it?”  If you can answer “yes,” please volunteer to work with me to create a 500-word article (plus or minus 300 words).  Your classmates will love you for it.

  3. Memories And Observations. Most of you guys are great writers.  At the reunion, many of you told me about something that jarred a memory or triggered a poignant compare/contrast insight about the Yale of 1969 vs. that of 2019.  Well, it’s likely that your friends will want to hear about those thoughts.  If you have anything on your mind that others might appreciate, please write it up.  I’ll help you upload it and groom it for online reading.  Email me at support@Yale1969.org or use the contact form.
  4. Discussion Groups.   Harry and I are working on features to support more discussions.  We webmasters would love feedback (even privately) about how the website could support more inter-action among classmates — to have it be more of a “community site” where discussions occur by college, activity or “shared interest” group.  Please give us your thoughts while we contemplate where the website should go, now that the reunion is over.

Please help!  Email support@Yale1969.org or use the “contact” form.

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