believe that no more than 68% will attend the event. So let’s estimate that I have accessto 10,000 people which means 6,800 people would find this event interesting. Of thatnumber 4,600 would likely decide to attend the event which means we may attract asmany as 6,118 people if we include a spouse and some family members for 33% of theattendees. The event will last for 6 hours and there will never be a moment in time whenall 6,118 people are present.There is another way to view who will be attending this event. In 2000 we had very fewattendees who graduated in the 1990’s – only a handful to be exact. The actual peak year for attendees was the Class of 1975 who happened to be celebrating their 25
th
anniversaryevent. We had people attend from the very first graduating class trailing off at about1986. I think we will attract the same demographic, however fewer people from the1950’s & 60’s will be able to attend, so an educated guess is that we will attract the years between 1968 and 1999. The Class of 1985 will be celebrating its 25
th
anniversary andthey have been working with me to coordinate their event with the Multi-Year Reunion.Their class size is not nearly as large as the Class of 1975 but they do tend to be moreconnected to social media which means a greater percentage of their class will attendtheir own reunion as well as the Multi-Year Reunion if we do coordinate our dates.I know that this is anecdotal information, at best, but I submit it because I have managedvarious events, and also have a background in statistical analysis. It is important for us tohave a clear concept of the audience we might attract for such an event. The goodnessabout holding this event is that the people making a decision to attend this event do so because they wish to reconnect with people from their childhood. This event will permitthose people to do just that – reconnect.Finally, it is important to note that it is unlikely that all the people will ever be onsite atone time. People will begin to show up for the event at around noon may stay for acouple of hours and then leave. As people leave others will come. I cannot estimate anabsolute number of people who will be onsite at any given time but I imagine the peak attendance will come between 3:00 and 4:00pm when we plan to have our entertainmentand “give aways.”
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ECURITY
Security was not an issue at the last event and I do not expect it to be this time despite the possibility of a larger crowd. We will deploy hall monitors as we did last time and restrictthe hallways which can be accessed within the school itself. We can also hire additionalsecurity to move throughout the crowd, but since there will be no alcohol or smoking, Ido not believe that we will require much security at all. We must remember that we aredealing with people who are coming to an event out of a sense of community and a desireto see people they used to know when they went to Wantagh High School, Junior HighSchool or any of the primary schools in Wantagh.
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