20th Reunion Questions

1. How many people showed up?

Good question. Some attended the Pool Mixer, but didn't attend the Reunion Dinner, and vise versa. Not counting the people that attended both nights twice, we had close to 200 people, total. The Reunion Dinner itself had around 160. We had a few people show up in other classes (moslty due to marriages) such as the
Sherman E. Burroughs High School Class of 77
Sherman E. Burroughs High School Class of 81
Sherman E. Burroughs High School Class of 82
Sherman E. Burroughs High School Class of 84
Sherman E. Burroughs High School Class of 85
Unfortunately, there were a lot of people that said they were coming, and then flaked. Like every reunion, there could have and should have been many, many more people. Maybe next time we can do better. Now that we have a permanent website, the "I didn't know about it" excuse will no longer exist.

2. Was it fun, did I miss out?

What.......do you really think I'm going to say that it sucked? Of course not. Seriously, it was awesome, and you did miss out. The next will even be better.

3. Am I a loser for not showing up?

(No, you are not a loser, but we're going to pretend that you are so that you show up next time) Yes, unfortunately you are a loser.

4. Did anyone make it onto the official BOZO List?

Fortunately, no one made the list. What is the BOZO List, you ask? Go here.

5. I found out about the reunion at the last minute, and I'm upset that I wasn't able to attend. Why wasn't I notified sooner?

OK, don't even get me started on this one. The reunion website was up one year prior to the reunion. The reunion date was set on the website in November of 2002, and was also linked on the Burroughs High School Reunion page. The website entered the search engines in February 2002, so any 1983 BHS
reunion search would list our site. The front office of Burroughs High School had the reunion info. in November 2002. For those that were on the email list, many emails were sent. Emails were also sent via the classmates.com email info. The reunion committee members rans ads in local papers, posted flyers in businesses, etc. Short of hiring private investigators, we made our best attempt to get the word out.

In my humble opinion, ultimately it's the responsibility of each classmate to seek out reunion info. in common sense places such as the BHS front office, old friends, internet searches, etc. I believe in putting the info. out there for people to find, but I don't believe in searching down people. I think it's a complete waste of time, and I think it's rediculous to expect anyone to waste their time doing it. If you have to hunt someone down for a reunion, then they aren't that likely to come anyway. We are now in a new era of computers and the internet, and the days of personally mailed invitations are completely over (at least for this class). They cost too much to make and send, take too much time, and many are wasted because of out-dated addresses.

So now that we have a Burroughs Class of 83 website, we shouldn't have any more problems with getting the word out. In the next 5 years, hopefully everyone will have heard about it.

6. Who organized the reunion?

Cathy Ryan, Rose Garcia, Dan & Cheryl Warren, David Lewis, Saundra Frageman, & Mike Braithwaite.

7. Was there a surplus after expenses where paid, and what happens to that money?

Each reunion there is usually a very small surplus of a $100 bucks or so. I believe that was the case this time, as well. The money is put into a Class of 83 savings account to draw interest, and will be used at the 25th Reunion.


8. Where will the Burroughs High School Class of 83 25th Reunion be held?

It's still a ways away, so nothing has been planned. Some have expressed interest in having it in another city like Laughlin or Vegas next time, and some don't like that idea. I will be posting some polls in the future to find out what the majority of you want. There will definitely be some smaller informal get-togethers in places like Las Vegas between now and 2008. Just keep reading the News page for events that develop.