Bay Area--A Nation of Sheep
contact email: Frank Marquardt at tralition@mindspring.com
attendance:
attendee year range:
recurring: no
org. time needed:
registration fee: no
Description: tour of a lamb ranch
Bay Area--Bookstore night
contact email: reed@troubador.org
attendance: 12
attendee year range: ?
recurring: no
org. time needed: little
registration fee: no
Description: "No-mike" Gathering at alumni-owned bookstore
Bay Area--Burrito and Beer
contact email: Frank Marquardt at tralition@mindspring.com
attendance:
attendee year range:
recurring: no
org. time needed:
registration fee: no
Description:
Bay Area--Chocolate Tour
contact email: various
attendance: 25+
attendee year range: ?
recurring: yes
org. time needed: 1-hour
registration fee: yes
Description: Tour of the chocolate factory
Bay Area--Happy hour
contact email: mollywatson@earthlink.net
attendance:
attendee year range:
recurring:
org. time needed:
registration fee:
Description:
Bay Area--Hike
contact email: reed@troubador.org
attendance: 3
attendee year range: 1996
recurring: no
org. time needed: 0 hours
registration fee: no
Description: hike
Bay Area--Hot Springs Trip
contact email: reed@troubador.org
attendance: 8
attendee year range: 1970-1998
recurring: no
org. time needed: 4 hours
registration fee: yes
Description: Weekend at the Spa
Bay Area--Picnic
contact email: reed@troubador.org
attendance: 50-60
attendee year range: 1940-now
recurring: yes
org. time needed: 3-4 hours
registration fee: no
Description: potluck
Bay Area--Radical Reeding Group
contact email: Frank Marquardt, tralition@mindspring.com
attendance: 4
attendee year range:
recurring: yes
org. time needed:
registration fee: no
Description: Reading group with radical tastes
Bay Area--Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
contact email: reed@troubador.org
attendance: 16
attendee year range:
recurring: no
org. time needed: 1 hour
registration fee: no
Description: Toured the Egyptian Museum
Bay Area--SF Dance Festival
contact email: reed@troubador.org
attendance: 4
attendee year range: 1960 - 2000
recurring: no
org. time needed: 1 hour
registration fee: no
Description: Ethnic Dance showcase
Bay Area--Troy
contact email: reed@troubador.org
attendance: 10
attendee year range: 1982-2001
recurring: no
org. time needed: 1 hour
registration fee: no
Description: Saw the movie "Troy"
Bay Area--Utne picnic
contact email: Utne BB
attendance: 12
attendee year range:
recurring: no
org. time needed: 2-hours
registration fee: no
Description: Beach picnic organized via the Utne bulletin Board.
Bay Area--Wine Tasting at the Crows
contact email: Carolyn Crow, cekcrow@attbi.com
attendance: 10
attendee year range: ?
recurring: no
org. time needed: ?
registration fee: no
Description: Wine tasting
Boston--Architecture Tour
contact email: stripeyg@yahoo.com
attendance: 15-20
attendee year range: 1970-2000
recurring: No
org. time needed: 2 hours
registration fee: No
Description: Unexpectedly large turnout
Boston--Baseball Game
contact email: stripeyg@yahoo.com
attendance: 15-20
attendee year range: 1960-2000
recurring: Yes
org. time needed: 2-4 hours
registration fee: 20
Description: Attendees paid ticket price
Boston--Basketball Game
contact email: stripeyg@yahoo.com
attendance: 15-20
attendee year range: 1970-200
recurring: Semi
org. time needed: 2-4 hours
registration fee: 15
Description: Attendees paid ticket price
Boston--Chinese New Year's Banquet
contact email: stripeyg@yahoo.com
attendance: 10
attendee year range: 1980-2000
recurring: No
org. time needed: 1 hour
registration fee: No
Description: Attendees paid bill
Boston--Dim Sum
contact email: stripeyg@yahoo.com
attendance: 3
attendee year range: 1996
recurring: no
org. time needed: 1-2 hours
registration fee: 10
Description: Weather emergency, rescheduled
Boston--Dunkin' Donuts Invasion
contact email: evelyons@yahoo.com
attendance: 3-6
attendee year range: 1996-2004
recurring: Yes
org. time needed: 1 hour
registration fee: No
Description: Casual, small. Inconsistent attendance.
Boston--Reed on the Road
contact email: stripeyg@yahoo.com
attendance: 20-25
attendee year range: 1974-2004
recurring: Yes
org. time needed: 2-4 hours
registration fee: No
Description: Donation Reimbursements for food
Boston--Ski Trips
contact email: kathy.reeves@unh.edu
attendance: 3-7
attendee year range: 1980-2003
recurring: Yes
org. time needed: All weekend
registration fee: No
Description: Attendees paid fees
Boston--Summer Barbecue
contact email: stripeyg@yahoo.com
attendance: 12-15
attendee year range: 1970-2004
recurring: Yes
org. time needed: 2-4 hours
registration fee: No
Description: Potluck
Boston--Tour of Fenway Park
contact email: alanpark10@hotmail.com
attendance: 5
attendee year range: 1996-2000
recurring: No
org. time needed: 1 hour
registration fee: 10
Description: Good event, Disappointing attendance
Boston--Winter Potluck
contact email: stripeyg@yahoo.com
attendance: 20-25
attendee year range: 1980-2003
recurring: Yes
org. time needed: 1 hour
registration fee: No
Description: Every year event until recently
Chicago--2nd Annual Oktoberfest
contact email: jberghol@depaul.edu
attendance: ~16
attendee year range: ~1970-2000
recurring: yes
org. time needed: 1-2 hours
registration fee: no
Description: family-friendly dinner
Chicago--3rd Annual Chinese New Year Celebration
contact email:
attendance: 40
attendee year range: ~1960-2004
recurring: yes
org. time needed: 1-2 hours
registration fee: no
Description: family-friendly dinner
Chicago--3rd Annual Oktoberfest
contact email: jberghol@depaul.edu
attendance: 8
attendee year range:
recurring: yes
org. time needed: 1-2 hours + alumni office
registration fee: no
Description: family-friendly dinner
Chicago--Indian Independence Dinner
contact email: alisonbirkmeyer@yahoo.com
attendance: 19
attendee year range: 1973-1999
recurring: no
org. time needed: 1-2 hours
registration fee: no
Description: family-friendly dinner
Chicago--Reed on the Road
contact email: alumni@reed.edu
attendance: 20
attendee year range: ~1960-2004
recurring: yes
org. time needed: 1-2 hours
registration fee: suggested $10
Description: academic talk/discussion
Chicago--Reed on the Road
contact email: alumni@reed.edu
attendance: ~20
attendee year range: ~1960-2004
recurring: yes
org. time needed: 1-2 hours + alumni office
registration fee:
Description: meet with Colin Diver, college president
New York--Annual Holiday Party
contact email: laurenasher@hotmail.com
attendance: 15
attendee year range:
recurring:
org. time needed:
registration fee:
Description: holiday party with white elephant/grab bag gift swap. Huge space rented, but kind of a flop because so few people, cost $600 plus booze
New York--Book Reading
contact email: laurenasher@hotmail.com
attendance: 12
attendee year range:
recurring:
org. time needed:
registration fee: free
Description: reading by a Reed Author
New York--Career Mixer
contact email: laurenasher@hotmail.com
attendance: 50-70
attendee year range:
recurring: yes
org. time needed:
registration fee: free
Description: facilitate networking, very fun, Reed paid for drinks, venue free
New York--Cloisters and Picnic
contact email: laurenasher@hotmail.com
attendance: 30
attendee year range:
recurring:
org. time needed:
registration fee: 10
Description:
New York--Farm Team Baseball
contact email: laurenasher@hotmail.com
attendance: 25
attendee year range:
recurring: yes
org. time needed:
registration fee: 10
Description: rainy baseball game
New York--Farm Team Baseball
contact email: laurenasher@hotmail.com
attendance: 12
attendee year range:
recurring: yes
org. time needed:
registration fee: 10
Description: baseball game
New York--Hike and Potluck
contact email: laurenasher@hotmail.com
attendance: 30
attendee year range:
recurring: yes
org. time needed:
registration fee: gas sharing
Description: upstate hike, some stayed the night
New York--Leaf Hike
contact email: laurenasher@hotmail.com
attendance: 10
attendee year range:
recurring: yes
org. time needed:
registration fee: 40
Description: fall hike, might have gotten better attendance later in the fall
New York--Museum trip
contact email: laurenasher@hotmail.com
attendance:
attendee year range:
recurring: twice
org. time needed:
registration fee: varied
Description: On the 2nd visit everyone paid $30 or so to some treasure hunting company. few people went. a bit of a flop.
New York--Private Tour
contact email: laurenasher@hotmail.com
attendance: 35
attendee year range:
recurring:
org. time needed:
registration fee: 15
Description: tour of radio city
New York--Private Tour
contact email: laurenasher@hotmail.com
attendance: 20
attendee year range:
recurring:
org. time needed:
registration fee: 10
Description:
New York--Wine Tasting
contact email: laurenasher@hotmail.com
attendance: 40
attendee year range:
recurring: no
org. time needed:
registration fee: 40
Description: huge success, raging fun, $200 over budget
Portland--Beach trip
contact email: westwind@reed.edu
attendance: 65
attendee year range: 1960 - 2000
recurring: annual
org. time needed: months
registration fee: 115
Description: camp on the oregon coast for 3 days. Food cooked by volunteers
Portland--Book group
contact email: alumni@reed.edu
attendance: 8
attendee year range: older
recurring: yes
org. time needed:
registration fee: no
Description: discuss books, meets on campus. Mostly retired group, but some newcomers each time.
Portland--Distillery tour
contact email: pdx-steering@lists.reed.edu
attendance: 20
attendee year range:
recurring: yes
org. time needed: an hour
registration fee: no (change in future)
Description: tour by Reed alum of his distillery. It's always been very popular but we had problems this past time of people not showing up. So in the future we'll be charging some small fee to see if that gets people to actually come.
Portland--Garden tour
contact email: pdx-steering@lists.reed.edu
attendance: 15
attendee year range:
recurring: 2
org. time needed: an hour
registration fee: no
Description: tour by Prof. Charles Wu, repeated because of demand.
Portland--Literary Arts Lecture
contact email: pdx-steering@lists.reed.edu
attendance: 20
attendee year range: 1960 - 2000
recurring: 4
org. time needed: a few hours
registration fee: no
Description: PAL gave us free tickets, talk with prof Pete Rock afterwards at a bar
Portland--Summer BBQ
contact email: esteban@zapata.org
attendance: 60
attendee year range: 1950-2004
recurring: no
org. time needed: 1-2 hours
registration fee: no
Description: family potluck
Rainier--Alumni Open Garden Day
contact email: Karie Friedman <friedman@phys.washington.edu>
attendance: ~20 in 04 ~30 in 02
attendee year range: 46 - 91
recurring: no
org. time needed: A few hours over a few months
registration fee: no
Description: 4-6 reedies open their gardens to fellow Alumni for a weekend morning or afternoon
Rainier--Brewpub
contact email: eas@geekfun.com, mcgill@halcyon.com
attendance: 4-12, usually ~6
attendee year range: 68-93
recurring: monthly
org. time needed:
registration fee: no (but individual pays cost of beer/food)
Description: Regular meetings of area alumni over beer and food (originally at brewpubs, now at any pub with decent beer and food). Attendance can vary widely and is generally unpredictable, though late summer gatherings are often underattended.
Rainier--Career Event
contact email: Peter Mason <peterma5@comcast.net>
attendance: ? (seemed well attended)
attendee year range:
recurring: no
org. time needed:
registration fee: no
Description: Panel discussion with Don Asher (writer on career issues) and a group of local alumni from various career tracks about finding a job and building a career.
Rainier--Picnic
contact email: eas@geekfun.com
attendance: 20-30
attendee year range: 50-'03
recurring: y
org. time needed: 2-3 hours
registration fee: no
Description: Chapter annual meeting and summer picnic. Steering committee reserves picnic shelter, brings drinks, utensils and BBQ supplies. Alumni bring selves, main dish for selves and sides to share.
Rainier--Politics and the Media
contact email: Nic Warmenhoven nic@oz.net
attendance: 30
attendee year range:
recurring: no
org. time needed:
registration fee: no
Description: Panel discussion with local pollster, political operative/consultant and reporter/commentator (all Reedie's I think) about the dynamics of the relationship between politics, the media and the people.
Rainier--Reeding Group
contact email: Peter Greenfield petergreenfield@msn.com
attendance: 4-8?
attendee year range:
recurring: monthly
org. time needed:
registration fee: no
Description: Group drafts a reading list a few months in advance, the meets in the evenings once a month to discuss each book.
Rainier--The Initiative Process
contact email: Nic Warmenhoven nic@oz.net
attendance: 20
attendee year range:
recurring: no
org. time needed:
registration fee: no
Description: Panel discussion with local politicians and activists with a high school US Government teacher as moderator (mix of alumni and others) about the initiative process in Washington state and its impact on state and local politics.
Southern California--Annual picnic
contact email: BobPatHadley@aol.com
attendance: 23
attendee year range: 1953-2008
recurring: yes
org. time needed: 1/2 hour
registration fee: no
Description: own meal & potluck, $20 parking fee