The primary responsibility of the food catering committee is to work with caterers, venues, hotels and family members to develop a suitable menu (Within the budgetary guidelines) for any event that involves food. Additional responsibilities include site search, negotiate pricing and enlisting volunteers for additional help. Whether you like it or not, many people will Read more …
What To Discuss During Your First Family Reunion Planning Committee Meeting
Before you have your first meeting with your reunion planning committee, make sure you have enough people coming to spread the responsibilities. Also, you should have already created and emailed a family reunion meeting agenda so everyone knows what will be discussed. Schedule the meeting in an informal location such as a restaurant so everyone Read more …
Set Up A Timeline For Each Family Reunion Committee
Having assigned one person to lead each committee, you will want to give them some direction on what needs to happen next. Each committee will have different responsibilities, tasks and the number of volunteers needed. In order to determine the steps for each committee, a timeline needs to be developed. Get a Timeline Together Each Read more …
What To Discuss During Your Second Family Reunion Planning Committee Meeting
This article is part two of our article on what to discuss during your first few family reunion planning meetings. Here is a link to part 1. During the first family reunion planning meeting, each committee was assigned a team leader and was given some direction on what their responsibilities were. They were required to Read more …
What Are The Steps Involved In Creating A Budget For A Family Reunion
This article is part of our series of articles on family reunion budgets. In an ideal world, everyone would be able to afford a lavish family reunion vacation every year. That not being the case, a successful family reunion hinges on proper budgeting and financial planning. Take the steps below to create and organize a Read more …
Managing the Details At The Family Reunion
Plan to arrive a day or two ahead of the actual family reunion so you can get everything situated. Encourage other members of the family reunion planning committee to arrive at least a day ahead to go over final details and make any last-minute changes. Some of the details that you will have to follow Read more …
Sample Agenda For Family Reunion
Creating and sending out a family reunion agenda is of tremendous value to your attendees as they can clearly see the plans laid out. Make sure to create one at least a month before the actual event so you can accommodate any last minute changes into your plans. Here is a free sample download that Read more …
Do You Need A Family Reunion Theme?
Having a unique theme at your next family reunion is a great way to get people interested in attending. Done properly, a family reunion theme will attract many more family members due to related activities, events, and location. A different theme at every family reunion also keeps things interesting for folks who may get bored with doing Read more …
Unique Family Reunion Themes
Examples of family reunion themes are plentiful on the internet. All you have to do is do google it and you will have plenty of choices to select from. Below, we have listed a few that are unique to us since we have actually planned and executed them on our own. In planning our family Read more …
How To Collect Registration Fees Online For A Family Reunion?
Are you tired of calling your family members to collect registration fees for an upcoming family reunion? Here are some online solutions to ease your pain. It used to be that if you were having a reunion, you would have to call each family individually to collect registration fees. For the most part, you heard Read more …