I have a situation I’d really like to hear your suggtions on.
I’ve been working on my 30 year high school reunion since Feb. The most popular girl in school (we’ll call her mp) was involved in planning the 10 and 20 year reunions (we didn’t have a 25).
I’m registered with the school as official chair, but the bee-atch is trying to take over. Her ex-boyfriend has posted to the high school messageboard that she’s going to be working on a reunion.
She’s not part of our committee. I have a very good committee working hard with me and don’t want to let them down. I would hate to see the school divided by her planning and holding her own non-sanctioned reunion. I can’t believe the immature games still go on so many years later but I guess they do. :rolleyes: :dubious:
How would you approach the bitch-slapdown that’s to come?
Contact her directly and tell her straight-up (and ever-so-nicely) that you have been working on the reunion for months. If she would like to help and be on the planning committee, you would be more than happy to have her help. Tell her you have already lined up everything, invested however much money in deposits, etc. You may even want to have other members of the committee contact her too.
After you approach her nicely, and if she continues to be an immature ass, then you should take it public…tell everyone what she is doing. She should be ashamed and embarassed.
When is the reunion taking place? Have invitations already been mailed out? Have reservations already been made?
It will in in October, 2005. I have posted the information in several places on the net as well as sent out letters and emails in my quest looking for classmates. I’ve been in touch with about 200 classmates… A little more then 400 left to find. I’ve made sure they all know who is involved in the planning.
There is a member of our committee I think would be really good contacting her. I’ve emailed her asking if she will, and offered to pay for the phone call.
I’m not excited about including MP in the planning. The last reunion sucked. Only 110 people attended because she upstaged the committee. She made arrangements at a very expensive place…shelled out her own money booking it and then told the committee that was where the reunion would be and they deferred to her. But I’m afraid that if I don’t include her the class will find themselves choosing between two reunions.
90% of the people I’ve spoken with have been concerned about the cost of the thing and we are working very hard to find a place that will be nice but not cost prohibitive. We have just about pinned down a place but haven’t shelled out any bucks on it yet.
Kathy