Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Luncheon Schedule - Updated



Greetings!

As you might have guessed, we have closed our survey for our twice-annual luncheons.  We appreciate all the input and suggestions relating to where and when to meet, and how often.  The “short answer” to the survey has our next luncheons scheduled for:

Tuesday, April 25, at noon, at the Marion Diner
Tuesday, October 3, at noon, at the Marion Diner

The overwhelming choice was to continue meeting twice per year.  The first luncheon would be the last Tuesday of April, which this year is the 25th.  The second luncheon would be the first Tuesday in October, which this year is the 3rd.  The most popular dining place for our group proved to be the Marion Diner, 1565 Marion-Waldo Rd, Marion, OH 43302.

In general, the feeling was that both weeks we have traditionally met offered too many competing events.  The first week of May featured many MCI activities celebrating Corrections Employees.  This included the Service Awards Banquet among other activities.  The past several years MCI has invited retirees to participate in these events, which at times conflicted with our luncheons.  The luncheon usually held the day after Labor Day posed even more schedule conflicts.  It is a holiday week, during which many were traveling.  It was also the same week as the Popcorn Festival and Hardin County Fair. 

It is hoped this adjustment will permit more retirees to attend, but this isn’t the last time the topic will be raised.  We intend to revisit this after the fall luncheon.  So, if you have thoughts and suggestions, please share them.

BTW – Don’t lose track of the fact that MCI continues to invite us for a free lunch on the first Wednesday of each month.  It is hard to find a better deal.


Charles Daniel, President
John Mathew, Secretary

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