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Title:	A Gifted Odyssey to the Greek Isles	*Scheduled*
Organizer(s):	Pat Webb & Anne Webb Krapf
Location:	40th klm Athens-Sounion, 190 10
	Athens, Attica GREECE
Start -- End:	Feb 13, 2009 -- Mar 13, 2009
Places To Stay:	Grand Resort Lagonissi in Athens
Description:	Pat Webb and his lovely "daughter" Anne Webb Krapf have generously offered to fly all GPGC Alumni Association members to Greece for a month-long, all-expenses-paid reunion vacation at this fabulous resort in Athens, Greece: Grand Resort Lagonissi Pat and Anne have also agreed to show us around the mystical Greek islands of Mykonos, Delos, Lesbos, Rhodes, and Santorini by personally chartering the world famous yacht: Alysia Thanks Pat and Anne ! ! !

Title:	NYC Alumni Chapter -- Semi-Annual Meeting	*Semi-Annually*
Organizer(s):	Angel French Carey
Location:	234 West 44th St.
	New York, NY
Start -- End:	Dec 01, 2008 -- Dec 01, 2028
Places To Stay:	Sardi's Restaurant
Description:	As head of the NYC Chapter of the GPGC Alumni Association, Angel will be providing dinner for folks at the world reknown Sardi's Restaurant in Manhattan. Perhaps not surprisingly, Dan recommends the steak tartar with fresh cream sauce....

Title:	Endurance Contest -- Mountains, Swamps, & Oceans	*Tentative*
Organizer(s):	David Duhon, Bryn Watkins Smith, Craig Powell, Will Bates, Zart Dombourian-Eby, et al.
Location:	Maine to North Carolina
	East Coast, United States
Start -- End:	Sep 01, 2008 -- Feb 01, 2009
Places To Stay:	Various broken-down RVs and trailers along the way
Description:	This promises be a fun-filled and exciting event -- as dozens of us gifties compete in a grueling endurance contest to hike the entire Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia. Barefoot.... We will then slog through the vast unchartered 100,000 acres of oozing mud and snake-infested bogs that make up the The Great Dismal Swamp in North Carolina. Blindfolded.... From there, it's just a simple 200 nautical mile swim across the rugged seas of the Atlantic down to our final destination at the furthest tip of the Outer Banks In mid-winter... Ken Burns and PBS have agreed to film this entire five month marathon -- and all proceeds from this event will go to the GPGC Alumni Association's website development fund.

Title:	Giftie Happy Hour / AA Meeting in Austin	*Weekly*
Organizer(s):	Liz Reeder, David Shugart, Ferris Duhon, et al.
Location:	6550 Comanche Trail
	Austin, TX USA
Start -- End:	Aug 01, 2008 -- Aug 01, 2028
Places To Stay:	Lots of gifties in Austin (with lots of floor space...)
Description:	This is a weekly Happy Hour and Alcoholics Anonymous meeting held every Friday evening from 5pm - ??? to watch the incredible sunsets at one of Austin's finest drinking establishments: The Oasis Liz has kindly agreed to pick up the bar tab....

Title:	GPGC 50th Anniversary Reunion	*Completed*
Organizer(s):	Zart Dombourian-Eby, Mary Ellen Roy, Kim Powell, Maggie Brooke, Vickie Venissat, et al.
Location:	McNeese Campus & L'Auberge Hotel
	Lake Charles, LA USA
Start -- End:	Jul 24, 2008 -- Jul 27, 2008
Places To Stay:	L'Auberge Hotel & Casino
Description:	A reunion celebrating 50 years of the Program, Dr. Middleton, the Staff, and the entire GPGC Alumni Association.