As of this afternoons mail I have received $975.00 for the marker fund. The marker must be ordered by March 3, 2003 for the company to have it ready for delivery in time for the reunion. I am very grateful to those of you have manage to send your donation. When I place the order I have to write a check for half of the cost or $809.03. We will also have the cost of the emblem if we can get it approved, which will be an additional $110 (more or less). Before I write a check for $809.03, we need to be sure we are going to be able to make raise the rest of the money. I'm sure we'll have people at the reunion whose only contact with us has been the mailing sent out a few months ago. I think it is realistic to want 75% of the total cost before the marker is ordered. This would be about $1300 or $350 more than we currently have. I'd like to hear the opinions of other members of the list. As you know we had had the Quality Inn-Haywood in Greenville, SC set aside a minimum of 15 rooms for the reunion. As a part of the arrangement we have their meeting room for three days. This gives us a place to meet at night and during the day in case of bad weather. The rate for the rooms is $59 per room. Any of us could gets rooms for less than this, but we would not have the meeting room. I don't remember the date they said we needed to have the 15 rooms reserved by, but it was either April 1 or May 1. Regardless, if you want one of these rooms you need to get your reservation made. The reunion is on a holiday weekend. The rooms are set aside for May 23, 24, and 25. Be sure to tell them you are part of the Barrett reunion. I talk to the hotel today and there have been five rooms reserved so far. Thanks to all for your support. Jim Barrett Bedford, TX [email protected] Barrett Surname DNA Project http://www.flash.net/~parino/barrett-family-dna-project.htm Barrett Family Reunion - Greenville, SC http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barrettbranches/reunion2003.html