Joe Friday Night

One of the traditions we have been holding is to have a “Joe Friday” Indian Guide Alumni night. It’s where the current council and chiefs invite past winners of the Joe Friday award and meet up at Legends for a reunion. We share past and current stores, learn from each other and of course just have a good time.

It is a great experience to hear stores of the tribe from the recent history as well as events from as far back as the 1970s.

This year we had 10 nation chiefs, and a good mix of alumni.

Take a look at the slide show. I also took a few pics from the “Longhouse” meeting earlier that night. We hold the longhouse once a month at the Green YMCA.

One thing of note. At the longhouse the big topic we talking about if it was the pro/cons of holding the father/son banquet at Y-Noah vs Guys party center where we have held it the past few years (FYI - did you know that Rocky owner of Guy's was in the nation and part of the Cherokee during the late 1990s - early 2000's?)

We estimate that saved $1000-$1400 by holding the event at Y-Noah, but there were others pros/cons to Y-Noah vs. Guys.
NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS and we need somesome feedback from the nation at large. PLEASE VOTE on your feelings with the poll on this blog. Voting is anonymous but please only vote one time (it’s an honor system on voting). The results will be used to help council when they are planning next years event, so your feedback will be heard.

Here is some pics for you to enjoy. Double click them to open a new window.

Also in a few days I am going to draft a post on the reverse raffle so newbies know what it is about. Does anybody have any pics they can share with me for that post? Actualy if anybody ever has pics they want to share then upload them to me via "PICASA". http://picasa.google.com/ It's free, download the software (it has great simple edit tools for redeye and lighting) upload your pics to your album, make sure the album is set to public viewing and then just send me an email with the link. You will need a google gmail account - but that's also free. I will then add your pics into this blog posting.