The PESA Officers are elected by the PESA Members attending the regular business meeting at each Reunion.
The Officers each serve a three year term.
PESA Officer Duties
The officers meet several times prior to each reunion to plan and organize the event. The Association President appoints the committee chairpersons who enlist committee members to serve on their committees and accomplish their particular tasks to put on the reunion. (The Association President may appoint a replacement officer in the case of an officer’s inability to serve or death.) A theme is selected by the officers for each PESA reunion, which gives it a unique focus and flavor.
The Current PESA Officers Elected in 2023:
President: John Swenson, Jr. – 1963
1st VP: Roger Thonton – 1966 – (in charge of printing & working up the program once a theme is decided)
2nd VP: Marchuetta Lundy Matthews – 1979 (In charge of hospitality–continental breakfast & greeters)
Co-Secretary-Treasurers:
- Linda Young McKie – 1974
- Paula Holland Swenson – 1966 (In charge of address collection, mailing notice of reunion, & finances, etc.)
Reporter – Sheryl Wilson Gunstanson – 1974 (in charge of reunion publicity & reporting.)
Reunion Notices:
At the 2018 reunion, in an effort to limit and reduce expenses, the PESA members voted to authorize the Co-Secretaries to only mail notices to those ex-students who had responded to mailings & paid dues for the last two reunions.
Public Notices will continue to be placed in the Clay County Leader & Wichita Falls Times Record News, as well as, on the Petrolia CISD Web site and the PESATX Web site and other social media!
2023 PESA Business Meeting Report
The PESA Members Approved the following items:
A Proposal for a NEW PESA Web site and a three year introductory hosting fee with DreamHost prepared and presented to the officers in February by Wendy Coker and Kenneth Bitz. (This Proposal as presented to the PESA Officers is available in the Files Area of the PESATX FB Group.)
Increasing the PESA Membership Dues to $10 (this increase will take affect when registering for the 2026 Reunion).
The PESA Dues have been $4/member for over 30 years.
2023 Reunion Program
PESA Private Facebook Group
PESA Email notices
Sign up to Receive Email notices from PESA so that you know about PESA Reunions and other Events – http://eepurl.com/hVNtUP
NEXT PESA school wide Reunion – June 10, 2023.
The next Petrolia Ex-Student Association school wide Reunion will be held on June 10, 2023.
Details will be POSTED as available.
Request for photos and stories for the PESA Web site.
Do you have photos or stories that would enrich this site? If so please contact Kenneth Bitz, volunteer site manager. Thanks!
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