The October Club
The Nation’s Premiere Organization of Scholars and Philanthropists made up entirely of Framingham State College Graduates. Established in 1994 The October Club has been dedicated, both locally and in the world community, to furthering the greater good of mankind and the pursuit of advanced mediocrity. Formed in 1994 on the premise that as time goes by it would be hard to keep up the ties that bound the group through college and the immediate post graduation years the concept of The October Club was born. Once each year the surviving members of the club are to reserve the first full weekend in October for a group trip. So it has been since the first October Weekend in 1995.
President Scoffield is still excited far beyond what his controlled reaction was when he found out he was the upcoming president for October Club Weekend 2012. Privately he told close aides that this was truly an honor and he could hardly wait to start planning next year’s adventure. After spending Columbus Day weekend close to Sugarloaf, USA he could barely contain himself when accepting the duty. What will next year hold? Only the incoming President and Mark Baer will know.
club meetings
The October Club meets once a year in the firt full weekend of October. The club has met every year since 1995. Below is look back of the the club meetings.
1995 - Hyanniss, MA - "A weeknd of squalor"
The first meeting of the October Club weekend was held in October of 2005. With only five attendees it was a meager beginning to what would become some of the longest uneventful weekends the membership ever had. The first year was held in lovely Hyannis, MA located in a run down two bedroom ranch as far from the beach as possible. The weekend also saw the first of many defections from the club as new member Doug Alexander lasted exactly twelve hours before disappearing into October Club History and completely forgotten three months later. Many of the original members have no recollection of what he looked like often comparing him to an undersized lawn gnome or gremlin. In college he was often confused with furniture when recalling his contribution to what would later become the October Club.