UCSC Alumni Assoc. - LA Chapter
UCSC Alumni Assoc - LA Chapter

Minutes of UCSC Alumni Association, LA Chapter, 01/23/00

Check out a copy of these minutes at our new web pages at:
http://alumni.cse.ucsc.edu/~franz

Present:  Claude Zachary, Ken Feingold, Fran Zandonella, Ann Reinhart,
Jennifer Brow, Lisa Buschmann, Michele Ploessel


Meeting called to order at 4:15 PM.

The minutes from the previous meeting 12/18/99 were approved.
Corrections:
  Claude's phone number is in the 310 area code (not 213 - oops!)
  Lindsay Doran is not leading the Broadway Tour; the LA Conservancy Docents are
  Please add the web page to the top of the minutes

Finance Report:  
Treasurer Jennifer Brow reports that we have $4491.00 in our account and we
are expecting a $500 refund from Sea of Cortez plane ticket deposit.

Activities Report
Fantasia Event: January
Fran proposed that the group event to see Fantasia in IMAX should take place
on Saturday, Feb 5th, in the early evening (~5:45pm).

- Fran will send out and inquiry for the date and see about getting tickets 
- She will send email publicizing the event.

Broadway Tour & High Tea with the Chancellor: Mar 4, 2000
by Ann Reinhart

There are a total of 32 spots for this event.
We decided to charge:  $25 for Broadway Tour and High Tea, parking is extra

Email Jennifer Brow jbrow@earthlink.net
to reserve a place on the tour and/or tea. 

Mail $25 for both events to 
   c/o Jennifer Brow
   8423 Tuscany Ave #3
   Playa Del Rey, CA 90293

RAIN or SHINE
When:  Meet at 9:30am; Tour starts at 10am and is 2 hours long
What to Wear:  Wear comfortable walking shoes
Where to Meet:  In the Lobby of the Biltmore on Olive Street side
Cost:  $8 + $3.50 for Parking at Pershing Square, 
       Please bring parking ticket for validation
       Tour is free for LA Conservancy members

Broadway Tour
Docents from L.A. Conservancy will be guiding UCSC Alums on a Tour through
LA's downtown historical movie houses.  We will be viewing the inside of 3 
historic movie theatres and ending our tour with a Question and Answer session 
by Special Guest Lindsay Doran, UCSC Alum and President of Three Strange Angels 
(production company). After our tour, we will have High Tea at the Biltmore 
with the Chancellor.
Please note:  this is not the time to sell your screenplay. :-)

High Tea at the Biltmore with Chancellor Greenwood
Enjoy High Tea the classy Regal Biltmore Hotel with Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood.

When:  High Tea starts around 12:30pm (after Broadway Tour)
What to Wear:  Appropriate attire for High Tea (dress nicely)
Where to Meet:  Lobby of the Biltmore
Cost:  $15.50 + $3.50 for Parking at Pershing Square

Winetasting Event:  Saturday, May 6th.
Claude needs help.  Ken said that he would contact Jeremy Strick at
MOCA to see if we can host the winetasting there.  Claude will follow up 
on this.  If MOCA is unavailable, we may have it at Bruno's or Buona Vita 
Ristorante.  Union Station was also suggested.

Claude will contact Susan Bok to see if she can help out.  (She did a fantastic 
job organizing the wine tasting 2 years ago.)

UCSC will send out invitations in mid-March.  The Chancellor will be attending.
We plan to start the event at 2pm.  (Last year was too early.)

- Ken will contact Jeremy Strick
- Claude will call Susan to see if she can help out with organizing this event

Trip Report:  Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve

Ken Feingold, our TripMaster, will be getting us more information on this trip.
The fee for the trip will pay for 3 meals on Saturday and brunch (or breakfast
and lunch) on Sunday.

A note about this event will go out with the winetasting invitation.

We need people who can transport the food.  (Lisa B. was volunteered.)
If we want to go to Esalen, someone needs to contact them.

What:  Big Sur Camp Out at Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve
When:  July 14th @ 7pm until July 16th @ 4pm
Where to Meet:  At the Preserve
Cost:  $75 for the weekend (~25 for food, $50 donation to UCSC Reserve)

- Ken will get more trip details
- Lisa B. will bring up the food and some supplies
- We need a person to find out if we can go hottubbing at Esalen

Proposed Events:
Hollywood Bowl:
The Hollywood Bowl will give us a 20% discount.

- We need someone to help organize this event.  Any symphony lovers out there?

Karamosov Bros.:
Someone said it would be fun to see them when they are in town.

- Fran said she would try to find their schedule on-line.

Family & Small Child-Friendly Events:
Jeanne Leone-Sterwerf sent in email asking if we were planning any
family events that could include small children.  Families with small children
need places where parents could take strollers, nursing moms could sit down 
to nurse, and parents could change diapers.

Her suggestions included the Zoo, Disneyland, a Potluck, a Picnic, and Long
Beach Aquarium.

- If anyone has any more suggestions, or wants to plan an event, please let 
Claude or Fran know.

April Potluck:
Maybe the weekend of the 29th or 30th?

Website:
The new UCSC Alumni - LA Chapter website will be at:

http://alumni.cse.ucsc.edu/~franz

People at the meeting had 2 requests:

On the emailings of the minutes, etc, please put the addresses on BCC: to
protect the privacy of our members
Put the website at the top of the emails and at the top of our minutes.


We decided that we would email out all of our events before sending "slug"
(not "snail") mail (aka US Mail) in order to save us money

Claude will email a "Welcome" message to Slugs who become part of our mailing
list and on-line community here in LA.

Fran (webmaster) gave her report on our website situation:
Fran reports that UCSC still doesn't have a way for her to update our web 
pages on-line.  She can email Rob Barandas at the UCSC Alumni office to make
small changes.

In the meantime, she is moving all of the web pages to a new location:

http://alumni.cse.ucsc.edu/~franz

This is a temporary location until UCSC has a way for her to update the
web pages at the new alumni site.

She will contact Rick Nagle of CATS to see about transferring the data from
the old web page location.

There is a new website for the UCSC Alumni Association:

http://www.alumni.ucsc.edu/

Eventually our chapter website will be at this location.

Fran will
  - mail a notice about our upcoming events to our current local Alumni
members.
  - contact Rick Nagle about moving the old web pages to a new location
  - contact Rob Barandas to see about the schedule for us to move to our
new website location
  - contact Carolyn if she can't get an adequate response on this issue.
Our web pages are an important way that we stay in touch with our community.


Next Meeting:
The next meeting will be held on Sunday February 27th, 5 PM, at Berri's Pizza 
Cafe.  Please RSVP to Lisa Buschmann at emmaboo@mediaone.net or 
call 310-313-1163 by February 24th for free pizza at the meeting.

Berri's Pizza Cafe
8412 W. Third Street
LA, CA 90048
323-852-0642
East of La Cienaga, South of Beverly Blvd.

Meeting adjourned at 5:30 PM.

Respectfully submitted, and emendations welcomed, by
Fran Zandonella, Secretary & Webmaster