UCSC Alumni Assoc. - LA Chapter

UCSC Alumni Assoc - LA Chapter

Minutes of UCSC Alumni Association, LA Chapter, 02/27/00

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

Present: Claude Zachary, Ken Feingold, Fran Zandonella, Ann Reinhart,
Jennifer Brow, Michele Ploessel, Roberta Ferreira, Moira Leroreo Nelson,
Jeremy M. Samuels, Simon Ravona, Dency L. Nelson

Dinner called to order at 5:00 PM.

Meeting called to order at 6:40 PM.

The minutes from the previous meeting 1/23/00 were approved.

Finance Report:
Treasurer Jennifer Brow reports that we have $4396.00 in our account and we
are expecting a $500 refund from Sea of Cortez plane ticket deposit.

Activities Report
Fantasia Event: January
Fran hasn't organized this event yet and no one else was interested in
doing this event, so we decided to not do it.

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

27 people have signed up for this event so far (out of a total of 32 spots).

The cost is: $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.
We still don't have a vintner yet or a location. (We haven't heard back from
Jeremy Strick at MOCA.)

Ken said that he would try again to contact MOCA about holding our event
there.

If MOCA is unavailable, we may have it at Bruno's or Buona Vita Ristorante.

We still need help with this event.

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.)

Trip Report: Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve

Ken Feingold, our TripMaster, says it is time to start signing up for this
trip. A note about this event will go out with the winetasting invitation.

If you are interested, contact Ken Feingold at kaf@fandslaw.com.

Write your checks for $75 to UCSC Alumni Association - LA Chapter and
mail it to:

Ken Feingold
Feingold & Spiegel
11340 W. Olympic Blvd., Ste. 175
Los Angeles, CA 90064-1662

The fee for the trip will pay for 3 meals on Saturday and brunch (or breakfast
and lunch) on Sunday, plus about a $50 donation to the Reserve.

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)

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?
Michele and Claude said they would look into it. We need a date.

Karamazov 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.

April Potluck:
We were thinking about April 22nd, but a bunch of us at the meeting will be
out of town.

We are moving the Potluck to another month. (June?)

We also need a place to hold this potluck. (Claude's house?)

Solvang Trip:
Roberta suggested a trip to Solvang for April 28th. For $40, we can go
by bus to Solvang. She will send Fran the details.

[Fran's Note: Actually March 18th]

Rennaisance Faire:
Michele says, "Let's go to the Renaissance Faire."

Michele and Fran will look into the dates for this. (It will be in
Spring.)

Website:
The new UCSC Alumni - LA Chapter website is at:

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

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 the Alumni server. She can email Rob Barandas at the UCSC Alumni
office to make small changes to the Alumni server pages. Our pages are now
on the Computer Science and Engineering Alumni web site.

The links are now in place from the UCSC Alumni Association's web pages.

UCSC Alumni Association's new website:

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

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 Mar 18th or 26th at Claude's house.
(It depends on Claude's schedule.) The Meeting Announcement will have the
actual time and date.

Meeting adjourned at 7:00 PM.

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