FYI, Please read the officital notice below from the Tournament regarding the Viewer's Choice Award.  Thanks!

Submitted by Marla A. Franco
Senior Coordinator
Office of Student Life & Rose Float
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Take part in Tournament of Roses history by placing your vote for the 2010 Viewers’ Choice Award! The Tournament of Roses and KTLA have partnered to bring the award back for a second time and we need your votes. The Viewers’ Choice Award is very important to us because it is determined, not by official judges but by those who our floats are designed to entertain – YOU!

Visit http://www.tournamentofroses.com/roseparade/viewers-choice-award.asp from 10:00 a.m. (PST) to 5:00 p.m. (PST) on January 1 to find photos of the beautiful floats, watch videos of the Parade and select your choice for the winning float. We encourage you to share the link with your friends and family to help us in our efforts to become this year’s recipient. To find out who received the prestigious award, tune in to KTLA’s 6:00 p.m. newscast on January 2.

Thanks for your support. Enjoy the Parade! We are unit # XX so be sure to look for us and cast your vote!

Please come out to help at the merchandise booth and volunteer sign-in tent.

Public hours are Dec 28th-29th, 9am -5pm; December 30th, 8am-6pm; and December 31st, 8am-1pm.

Submitted for Kurt Krueger

Hi everyone, Most of you know me, I'm Steve Kin. Many of the older rosefloaters called me Skin. Deco week is rapidly approaching, and it will start to really get busy in and around the tent area faster than you can say " Christmas is over". Tim Okuma and Myself are hosting the Hospitality Tent, where everyone checks in before working on the float.

We are starting to get sign-ups underway and are looking for Alumni and friends to come by and offer to help for as many hours as possible. The tent opens up for business on the 26th at 8 AM till 10 PM each day through the 31st. We like to have 2 to 3 people available at all times to help process paperwork and to escort folks into the tent area. Lunches and dinners are offered to all who stick around and help. If you have never helped work the tent, it is the next best thing to actually getting dirty pushing petals.

It is a great job for us Alumni willing to give back and stay active with Rose Float. For me it has been a 37 year experience, and I have loved every minute of it. Working around all that energy and youth, helps keep you young. I hope some of you will contact me directly and say you want to help out. With so many Alumni out there you would think we would be over run with help, but it has never happened. So few have done so much with so little. That's the old Rose Float motto and it still applies today.

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Submitted by Steve Kin


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I have just been informed that dinner at BC has been moved to Monday, 12/28 at 7 pm.  The original tentative date was Sunday, 12/27.

Please join us for a Rose Float Alumni tradition of having dinner with old friends and viewing the float.  Attended by people from both campuses, we've been meeting there for at least 10 years now.  Before that, we were meeting at Ernie's.  Look for us in the enclosed room adjacent to the patio out back or just ask the staff.




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The CPRF Alumni and Friends Dinner will be held at the Acapulco Restaurant, Diamond Bar Blvd. (just below Temple), Diamond Bar at 6:30pm. Acapulco generously makes a donation to the students on every dollar that we spend that evening. We will have a reserved area so we hope you can make it. Just ask for the Cal Poly Rose Float Alumni when you arrive. (Dinner is on your own)

If you can't make dinner but would like to come for the Champagne Toast and celebration, please join us at 8:15pm at the Lab.

Although RSVPs are not necessary, it would help to know if you are planning to attend to be sure we reserve the correct amount of space. Please send a note with how many will attend Acapulco to my email below. Looking forward to seeing you!

Submitted for Michele Gendreau

Due to the rainy weather conditions, Rose Float Appreciation Day has been cancelled. Volunteers are still welcomed to come down, but there will be no formal program.

Please join us next Sunday, December 20 at 8:30 p.m. for our annual christening of the float prior to moving out to Pasadena. Thank you!

By now you should have received the latest issue of the Pink Line.

After 10+ years, I figured it was time for me to step down and Jeremiah Petsas, a recent grad and now a White Suiter, has decided to take on the responsibility of putting together the newsletter. The toughest part of the job is scrambling for content so please contact Jeremiah if you have anything you'd like to share.

As for the website, much to the dismay of my wife, I can't quite let go so I still plan to be involved online. I have replaced the original calendar with an embedded Google Calendar that will show not only our Alumni Chapter calendar but also the students' calendars. Any changes will automatically appear which should make it easier for everyone to keep track of what everyone else is doing. Finally Matthew Yeseta, another recent grad, has also volunteered to help with keeping this website up to date.

claude

The next board meeting is Sep 26, 10 am at Cal Poly.

Submitted by claude

The March 2009 issue of the Pinkline is now available in the downloads section of the website. You will have to be a registered member to download the PDF file. Hard copies were mailed Monday morning.



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The next Alumni Board meeting is planned for Saturday, April 4th, probably at Acapulco with the alumni/student mixer following at the bowling alley next door. Exact times are still in flux so check back later.

Also, the next issue of the Pinkline will be going out real soon now.