Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Listed below are the most frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the Reunion. If you want more information, or have additional questions, please contact one of the reunion committee members as listed on the "Contact Information" page of this web site.

How is the Ticket Price Set? The ticket price has four components: The first factor is the cost of the facility (in this case, Simon's Restaurant near Ports O' Call) where we will hold the reunion. The simple fact is that the nicer places (and those large enough for our class) are more expensive. The second factor is the meal we plan to serve. Although we have NOT chosen the most expensive meal available for a banquet, in addition to the cost of the meal there is a 19% gratuity. Sales Tax (in 2007, the rate is 8.25% in Los Angeles County) is applied to both the cost of the meal, and to the gratuity. The reunion committee usually chooses to serve a buffet or family-style dinner, which is slightly more expensive, to accommodate the many tastes and preferences of our class members. The third factor of the ticket price goes to cover other direct expenses of the reunion, including decorations, music, disposable cameras at the tables and photo developing costs, and photo name badges. The final component is the administrative costs of the reunion: Printing and mailing costs for Invitation Flyers; costs of locating "lost" class members, domain name registration and maintenace for this web site; costs of publicity releases sent to select local and regional newspapers and cable television stations in order to obtain free advertising about the reunion and other expenses anticipated by the reunion committee. For the first time, we offered the option to purchase reunion tickets via credit card transaction "on-line" through 'Active Network'.  For those who chose to register and pay for reunion tickets in this manner a processing charge of $6.33 was added to the ticket price shown on Active Network's secure website.

ORGANIZING A REUNION Every five years when our class holds a reunion, it is planned and executed by volunteer reunion committee members - we have never used a paid reunion planning service such as Great Reunions. We sincerely believe that we have a better turn out and touch more class members directly than any third-party can...and we have more of a "vested interest" in the outcome than a professional reunion planner. Consequently, hundreds of volunteer hours are donated by reunion committee members, as well as by many interested fellow class members, so that we do not have to charge for: Research, visits to potential venues and meetings with catering/banquet managers, photographers and entertainers; design of Invitation Packets, and the time to print, assemble and mail them; posting and updating information about our reunion on various reunion-oriented web sites (such as ClassMates.com); creating and maintaining an e-mail address directory for class members and sending e-mail announcements, reminders, and Ticket Confirmation letters; developing and maintaining the Access database containing mailing and contact information for class members; the cost of telephone calls; research to locate "Lost" class members; creating, correlating, maintaining and verifying information posted on the "Lost" and "In Memory Of" lists of class members; maintaining this web site; processing of ticket payments via personal check, cash or money order; the labor of decorating and setting up for the reunion at the venue, and a myriad of other details.

WHAT IS THE COST OF A TICKET? "Regular" tickets are available at $82 per person when ordered via U.S.P.S. by sending a check or money order, made payable to "Class of 1972 Reunion" to the address shown below: Class of 1972 Reunion 3439 Gurnard Ave San Pedro, CA 90732 If tickets remain available after the deadline of August 1, 2007, a "Late" ticket price may be established.  You can order a 'Regular' ticket via mail, or on-line beginning April 1, 2007. "Late" tickets will ONLY be available by mail, and only after you contact one of the reunion committee members shown on the '35-Year Reunion' webpage...the on-line ordering option closed on August 1, 2007 to allow Active Network enough time to forward monies to the class...after all, we must pay the restaurant for all meals before the event! No matter when you order your tickets, if you do so via USPS, please also print and complete a "Reunion Registration Form" available on the 'Thirty-Five Year Reunion' webpage on this website and send it with your payment.  No tickets will be mailed!

"Pre-sale" tickets provide 'seed money' for the early expenses of planning the Reunion. Before we advertised or announced this reunion, the reunion committee completed research to determine a place, date, and time for the event. In order to hold our specific date, Simon's required a signed contract and a cash deposit of $1,500. Once the place, date and time were established and a menu was selected, we determined the ticket price and an Invitation Flyer announcing the reunion plans to all class members for whom we have mailing addresses. This too requires funds...for printing of the flyers, return address labels, and stamps. And then there are the deposits for the photographer and the band. And since we decided to make a digitized CD version of our 1972 Yearbook available, that too required an upfront cash outlay for production.  We will recover the costs of the digitized CD version of our senior Yearbook when sales are completed on the twnety (20) copies that was a minimum order required by the vendor. Our 30 Year Reunion showed a profit of approximately $1,500 after all its' expenses were paid, and this money was utilized to pay for some of the start up costs of the Thirty-FiveYear Reunion but it is not enough to cover all of the "initial" expenses. Reunion committee members dug into their own pockets to provide the additional start up money necessary to pay deposits and other administrative costs. In order to quickly reimburse those who advanced monies to the Reunion, we sell "Pre-Sale" tickets early in the reunion planning process. Thereafter, we sell full-priced or "Regular" tickets at $82 per person. So if you purchased a "Pre-sale" ticket, you assisted with the payment of the initial expenses incurred by the Reunion, and we thank you! If you purchase a "Regular" ticket you are paying full-price, and we thank you too!

May I Purchase a Ticket Now? Absolutely! The earlier you purchase your ticket(s), the easier it is for us to process your payment and send you a Ticket Confirmation letter, if you provide an e-mail address when you send your check to us.

May I Pay by Credit Card? Not any longer. Beginning on April 1, 2007 and through August 1, 2007 at midnight, a link was available on the 'Thirty-Five Year Reunion' webpage at this website that allowed you to register and pay on-line using a credit card. The ticket price shown on the linked webpage show the cost of the ticket at $82 per person, plus a surcharge of $6.33 per ticket ordered for the payment processing using a major credit card. Only those who choose to pay via credit card on-line pay this surcharge!  The option ended on August 1 so that we could receive and process all the orders (and receive the monies from Active Network) before our deadline to pay Simon's.

Where Do I Send My Payment for a Ticket? Please send your check or money order, made payable to "Class of 1972", to: Class of 1972 Reunion, c/o Paula Falsetta, 3439 Gurnard Avenue, San Pedro, CA 90732.

What's Included in the Ticket Price? A photo/name badge for class members, appetizers, no-host bar service, a wonderful buffet dinner, non-alcoholic beverage, and a dessert bar.  Also included are professional photography (proofs will be available on the internet to those who have photos taken with an option to purchase packages), and dancing. Your only out-of-pocket expense during the evening are beverages you choose to purchase at the no-host (cash) bar, any hotel accomodations you may choose, and the purchase of a digitized CD version of our 1972 SPHS "Black and Gold" Yearbook if you so choose.

Will Tickets be Mailed to Me? No. Your canceled check or duplicate money order (copy) is your receipt. You will receive a Ticket Confirmation letter by e-mail if you provide an e-mail contact address on the Registration form. If you chose to register and pay on-line through our arrangement with Active Network, you received an e-mail confirmation from them once your transaction is processed and complete. There will be a Registration Table at the Reunion where you will check-in and pick up Photo Name Badges, and where you'll have an opportunity to purchase our 1972 Yearbook on CD.

What is the Deadline for Ticket Purchase? The final deadline for ticket purchases was August 1, 2007! On-line registration and ticket sales ended at 11:59 pm (PDT) on August 1, 2007 to allow Active Network to process the payments and remit a check to the Class Reunion Committee. If "Late" Tickets are available, the deadline for purchase will be August 20, 2007, and they will ONLY be available by mailing a check to the Reunion Committee. See the webpage called '35-Year Reunion' for details about ordering tickets after August 1, 2007.

What About Hotel Accomodations? The reunion committee has not arranged for a block of rooms for classmates. The closest hotel to the venue is the Best Western Sunrise Hotel on Harbor Blvd. (for reservations please call 800-356-9609). The other two hotels within very close proximity are the Los Angeles Harbor Crowne Plaza on 6th & Palos Verdes streets (for reservations please call 1-888-303-1753), and The Doubletree San Pedro in the Marina [formerly the Port of LA/San Pedro Hilton] - (for reservations, please call 310- 909-7550), which was the location of our last reunion.