Polity/USG, COCA, Hotline, SAB, SCOOP & Friends Reunions 2008 & 2009

Stony Brook University (SBU)
Polity/USG, COCA, Hotline, SAB, SCOOP & Friends Reunions

- Friends so far include Fallfest, FSA, I-Con/SFF, Specula, some faculty and staff -
- SCOOP includes SCOOP AV, Baby Joey's, By the SCOOP, Debs Coop, Hard Rock Cafe, Harkness East,
Harpo's Ice Cream Parlor, Health Shop, Hero Inn, International Cafe, Rainy Night House, SCOOP Records -

2008 - NEW PLANS
We weren't the only group complaining that no reunions were being allowed on
Saturday night of Wolfstock Weekend and instead Advancement was trying to force
everyone to go to some little 2 hour dinner for $35 on Friday night and have to get a hotel
room if they wanted to stay for the main events on Saturday. Sounds like a turf war between
Advancement and Athletics. So while it is too late for a big Polity/USG 50th Anniversary Reunion,
or for a big Statesman 50th Anniversary Reunion, and the 1980's SAB/EOB Reunion has gone off-
campus, at least the Alumni Association got the University Cafe open until 11 pm! Maybe that's
because even if Advancement would not let Alumni Association staff help with Saturday
reunions, the Alumni Association President just happens to be going to the Black and
Latino Alumni Reunion on Saturday night in the University Cafe! We figure if we
complain enough, next year Advancement might finally get it right, or better
yet the University will get rid of the fool making these decisions. Now if
there was just some way to get them to tell ALL alumni what
individual reunions are trying to happen rather than simply
a few alumni telling each other and using Facebook...
but hey... that would make sense!

Polity / USG 50th Anniversary Reunion

Saturday - 10/18/08 - Dinner - 6 to 8PM
Jasmine, Wang Center, SBU

Saturday - 10/18/08 - Afterparty - 8 to 11PM
University Cafe, Student Union, SBU

Saturday - 10/18/08 - After afterparty - 9PM - 4 AM
Join the '80's SAB/EOB Reunion at Port Jazz in Port Jeff

Plus Special Events the whole Wolfstock Weekend! See schedule below.

Please join Polity Presidents and Masters of the Ceremonies

Dave Gamberg, Polity President '83-84
Currently Superintendent of Southold School District
and
Richard Zuckerman, Esq., Polity President '80-81

See who else is coming down below!

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING!
Forward this url to any alumni you know and convince at least 1 person to come besides yourself!

THE 2^nd MOST IMPORTANT THING!
Check out names of alumni we know, help us find contact info for those we don't have,
and send us any more names you remember, with or without contact information.
http://www.aasquared.org/SBUAlumni/PolityReunion08/contacts.html

sbupolityusgalumni@gmail.com
FACEBOOK GROUP EVENT: SBU Polity Reunion 2008

It's also Statesman's 50th Anniversary and the Alumni Association would not help them with a Saturday reunion so they cancelled theirs
completely, though now the Alumni Association is claiming they are having one on Friday - but the original organizers aren't even
planning on going because they don't live nearby. We asked them to join us and we would make it a Polity / Statesman
Reunion since in the old days, Polity funded Statesman completely, but there is not a big chance of it happening
because they are really angry at Admin for messing everything up. http://www.statespeople.com

SAB / EOB from the 1980's was also trying to have a reunion on Saturday night but not getting any help and finally arranged
something off-campus in Port Jeff. Unfortunately it was originally going to be $75 a head (kids free) so we opted to pull
something together on our own. Now theirs is down to $20 from 6 - 9 and free except for drinks from 9pm - 4am.

2009
Polity/USG, COCA/I-Con, Hotline, SAB, SCOOP & Friends Reunion
Saturday & Sunday - Date TBD
If you can only make one reunion, plan for 2009 as it will be major.
See tentative plans below and send us your input.

2008 Polity/USG 50th Anniversary Reunion
NOT FREE EVENTS	2008	FREE OR CHEAP EVENTS
FRI, 10/17/08, 7 - 9 PM Alumni Association's REUNIONS DINNER Dinner & Live Music, Wang Center / $35pp https://www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/STO/ onlinegiving/showGivingForm.jsp?form_id=1607	2008
	2008	SAT, 10/18/08, 9:30 - 11:45 AM Alumni Association's Free CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST with talks by faculty, Wang Center https://www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/STO/ onlinegiving/showGivingForm.jsp?form_id=1607
SAT, 10/18/08, 12 - 2:30 PM Alumni Association's Wolfstock Tent, Athletic Field ALL YOU CAN EAT FAMOUS DAVE's BBQ $25 pp / $35 at door includes ticket to Homecoming game Beer Garden $5. but for 21+ and no families https://www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/STO /onlinegiving/showGivingForm.jsp?form_id=1607	2008
	2008	CHOICE #1 SAT, 10/18/08, 3 - 6 PM HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME SBU Seawolves vs Charleston Southern GA Reserved Section of Stadium for Alumni GA $8 / Chairback $12 (free with BBQ ticket) http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase
	2008	CHOICE #2 SAT, 10/18/08, 3 - 6 PM POLITY/USG & FRIENDS 50th ANNIVERSARY NIFF'S REUNION Quiet Talk Time for the Not Into Football Folks & Planning Meeting for 2009 Reunion Old Fireside Lounge / New University Commons Student Union Cost: whatever you eat or drink from deli
SAT, 10/18/08, 6 - 9 PM SAB & EOB & FRIENDS REUNION Port Jazz, Port Jefferson $20 appetizers / Beatles band / Cash Bar Register at Facebook group: Stonybrook reunions After 9 PM no admission fee, cash bar til 4 AM http://www.facebook.com or go to bottom of this page for listing	2008	SAT, 10/18/08, 6 - 8PM POLITY/USG & FRIENDS REUNION PART 1 Jasmine, Wang Center: Pan-Asian Restaurant serving egg rolls to full dinners Chinese, Indian, Japanese grill & sushi, Thai Beer & Wine Cost: whatever you eat or drink sbupolityusgalumni@gmail.com or Facebook
	2008	SAT, 10/18/08, 8 - 11PM POLITY/USG & FRIENDS REUNION PART 2 University Cafe, Student Union Cash Bar, 21+ only Cost: whatever you eat (munchies) or drink
	2008	SAT, 10/18/08, 9 PM - 4 AM POLITY/USG & FRIENDS REUNION PART 3 For those who want to make it a really late night, we'll join the SAB / EOB reunion at Port Jazz in Port Jeff. Cash bar. No admission fee. Cost: whatever you drink
	2008	SUN, 10/19/08, 10AM BILL CAMARDA CALLED PRESIDENT KENNY TO COMPLAIN & THE 5K RUN FOR CHILDREN HAS BEEN REINSTATED! HOTLINE RULES AGAIN! Join him and register here http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/secct/conference.nsf/child
SUN, 10/19/08, 2PM MARSHALL CRENSHAW, University Cafe $25 pp / $30 at door http://www.universitycafe.org/specialevents.php	2008

Join the Google Group
We promise no more than one notice a week about upcoming Polity et al Reunions.
Unfortunately we cannot publicly show who is in the group because that also reveals email addresses. http://groups.google.com/group/sbupolityusgalumni?lnk=srg

Join the Facebook Group
www.facebook.com SBU Alumni: Polity/USG, COCA, Hotline, SAB, SCOOP & Friends
You must become a Facebook member to join the group
and sign up for the event:

SEE WHO IS COMING!

Alumni below invite you to join them at the 2nd Polity/USG 2008 reunion
or to the planning meeting for the 2nd Polity/USG, COCA, Hotline, SAB, SCOOP & Friends 2009 Reunion
List put online 08/08/08 / Last Updated 10/12/08

Attending Friday dinner, 10/17/08

JoAnne Young (but as part of the Asian/American Clubs Reunion)

Attending some or all Saturday events, 10/18/08

Polity / USG

Belina Anderson, Bill Fox, Dave Gamberg and Maryellen Sullivan Gamberg, Mike Kornfeld, Lew Levy, Leonard Mell, Joel Peshkoff (with two sons 8 & 10), Howard Roitman, Jay Schoenfeld, Jackie Lachow Zuckerman, Richard Zuckerman

COCA

Mike Dauenheimer

Hotline

Bill Camarda

SAB

Mike Fitzpatrick

SCOOP

Lorrie Krebs, Jed Schneider, Ellen Winters, JoAnne Young

Statesman

Dave Razler

We all welcome anyone with any relationship to Polity/USG or any of the above subsets. FSA student Board members were appointed by Polity. Faculty advisors and staff. Anyone who would like to add a new subset, just let us know. Who is 'us'? YOU and anyone who wants to get involved!

2009 Polity/USG, COCA, Hotline, SAB, SCOOP and Friends Alumni Reunion
The 2009 Reunion is still in the planning stages. Below are some of the options. If you have any preferences, let us know at sbupolityusgalumni@gmail.com
EVENT DECISIONS OPEN FOR DEBATE	2009	EVENT DECISIONS OPEN FOR DEBATE
One day or a weekend of events	2009	During Wolfstock, or a day/weekend of our own, or a weekend during summer and stay in dorms
Kids can come but no activities planned for them, or a family weekend with some family events included; counselors at night	2009	Coordinate with Statesman, SB Press, I-Con reunions or will that mean forcing too many either/or decisions as to which events to attend
Sample 2009 weekend ideas can be seen at http://www.aasquared.org/SBUAlumni/PolityReunion09

You can also join SBU Alumni Connections. It's free.
It allows you to search and contact SBU alumni you have lost track of.
Note 1: It also gives Advancement your info to hit you up for a donation and although we do think you should give -
the reason the Alumni Association (SBAA) is now almost completely controlled by Advancement is because alumni did not
give to SBAA - at least give intelligently. If you SPECIFICALLY say you want your donation to ONLY GO TO the SBAA or
somewhere else specific (not a lot to choose from but there is some) - they MUST earmark your donation for that.
Note 2: But if Alumni Connections still does not contain your Primary and Secondary Interest Groups (i.e. the things
you were involved in and would come back to a reunion for), complain first and tell them you refuse to join until it does.
http://www.alumniconnections.com/olc/membersonly/STO/cpages/homepage/homepage.jsp

Here's how to remember the things you forgot - or wish you could forget!
Blackworld, Specula, Statesman, SB Press and most of the campus media are now online!
Check out old copies for photos, articles, and events from days gone by.
http://dspace.sunyconnect.suny.edu/handle/1951/25236

http://www.statespeople.com/reunion_2008_tubes.html

Statesman Alums:

There's going to be a Statesman reunion this fall - during October’s Homecoming Weekend - but its not the big 50th anniversary event Ned Steele, David Joachim & I had hoped for, and tried to plan for.

The University, which was being very cooperative in early spring, offering us space and funds, sent out a "Save the Date" email in late May, but we have no idea as to how many people it went out to, or to whom. (For instance, I didn't get one - how's that possible?).

The University did develop last year, at our suggestion and with our prodding, a list of some 900 people who worked on Statesman the past 50 years, but refused to share it with us (citing privacy rules), and then failed to use the list to mail any announcement of reunion plans.

Part of the problem is that the person we'd been dealing with at the U. left, and the person who took her place seems to be little informed about our efforts. For instance, we had specifically asked for a Statesman Reunion Dinner (buffet style) at the Stony Brook Union for Saturday night, the 18th. We've now been told we're included in a general "Reunion Reception" Friday night at the Wang Center, along with other "classes, clubs, dorms, regions and sports." How many people who don't live locally will be able to make it to that?

So Homecoming Weekend, October 17-18, 2008, there very well may be something billed as a Statesman reunion, but at this late date, don't expect much attendance.

Bill Stoller: billstoller@gmail.com

SAB / EOB REUNION

October 18th, 2008

At Port Jazz in Pt Jefferson

(college being uncooperative...so no on-campus reunions that day, not even a simple tent with kegs & BBQ) :(

Where: Port Jazz
201 Main St.
Port Jefferson , NY 11777
When: 6-9pm (then open to public)

Cost: $20pp
(cash bar, appetizers, Beatles cover band starts at 8pm, no charge to stay when club opens to the public)

be nice to get formal confirmations & payments by 10/10:

HBS Productions, Inc.
202 Main Street, #309
Pt. Jefferson, NY 11777

(Make checks payable to HBS)