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Spring Social

The Computing Alumni Group's 1st annual Spring Social will be held at 7:30pm on April 21st at the home of Bobby and Cheryl Krupczak.

A link to the invitation that was emailed out to alumni is [1]

Task List

• CoC website update for alumni, mailing list, and social
• Postal invitations
• Invite faculty: follow up to see if invitation went through
• Rent the slushie machine $125 at A-1 Tent & Party Rentals, 770-458-7740
• One bartender, one server
• Outdoor lighting
• Planters on patio
• glassware count (59), wash
• purchase wine
• purchase beer
• purchase food
• Pine straw
• Food planning
• Drink planning
• RSVP count
• Name tags
• Cut back pampass grass
• New patio rug
• Blow off patio, furniture
• Extra invitations
• Announce social on CoC yahoo group
• Post on alumni.cc.gatech.edu
• Phoneathon
• Move alumni mailing list, announce on mailing list
• CoC Ambassadors -4
• Parking
• Finish insulating wine cellar, paint

Food List

• Sushi $14.39 for 40, and CA rolls $6.79 for 16 (Costco)
• mini quiches - spinache and bacon
• cheese platter - blue cheese, brie, gouda, cubes of cheddar
• vegetable platter ($15) - costco
• nacho chips, salsa, guacamolli (tub from costco/sam's)
• shrimp platter ($14.79 for 2lbs) + cocktail sauce
• humus (regular, red pepper) (Costco) with pita chips
• mini hors'dorvoues (like Christine had) (Sams)
• spanikopita? (costco) - fillo w/ spinache triangles
• fillo cups filled with: (sausage/cheese, chicken salad, ?)
• broichetta - garlic rounds with brochetta, paresan cheese & basil
• chips, peanuts in small dishes scattered around
• two platters of sushi
• dessert table - mini cream puffs (costco), brownie bites (costco), cookies
• chocolate muffins (costco)

Notes

• Bartender, $25/hr ($150 total); server, $20/hr ($125 total)
• We had food left over
• 1 case 420, 1 case of Warsteiner, 1 case of Spaten Oktoberfest, 2 cases of Miller Lite
  • We had two cases of beer left over; folks drank more of the premium beer than the domestic beer
• We went through one barrel of margaritas and 1/2 barrel of daqaris
• Wine: 1.5 cases of Kendall Jacson Chardonnay, 2 cases of McMannis Merlot
  • Had one case of McManis and 0.5 cases of KJ leftover
• Parking was handled by CoC ambassadors
• Alumni Association provides $300 for food (but no alcohol)
• Name tags printed by CoC
• CoC paid postage to mail out postcard invitation to every alumnus
• No one drank the lemonade
• Slushi machine for evening was $135
  • One gallon of each mix was $20/gallon
• We had 79 name tags taken which implies 79 attendees total
  • 22 unclaimed pre-printed name tags of which 4 or 5 where faculty/staff