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Class reunion 50 years 1960 to 2010 Hyde Park high school Demetri & Mary Lou Qually Demetri at work After Matric I studied B Sc at Wits, after 6 months switched to Accountancy (CTA) for 4 years, grew frustrated and joined Burroughs (computer company) as a salesman. In 1971, I was recruited by a colleague who went on his own and spent a year selling motivational courses. This ultimately didn’t succeed and I rejoined the computer industry in sales, systems analysis and programming. This spread across Central Data Systems, Tecnetics and back to Burroughs, which became Unisys. In 1988, I was asked to open Unisys’s Financial Division in Cape Town, where we bought our current house in Marina da Gama. In 1991 I started my own business, with Mary Lou’s assistance. A well known Cape Town landmark inspired its name, Elephant’s Eye Video Productions, which Mary Lou continues to run, producing corporate and personal occasion videos, as well as converting VHS tapes to DVD and making copies. I became active in politics in 1974, which led amongst other things to becoming chair of the Southern Transvaal region of the PFP. With the advent of democracy, I stood for the PFP in 1994 elections. Although 7th on the DP (grew out of the PFP) list for the Western Cape Legislature, it was not good enough to get elected. In 1996 I was elected as a councillor in South Peninsula Municipality. This was a part time position, but included my serving as deputy chair of both the Economic portfolio and Exco committees. The Unicity of Cape Town came into being in December 2000. I was elected as the ward councillor for greater Muizenberg (the party had now become the DA after the merger of the DP and NNP), and served as a portfolio committee chair, and South Peninsula subcouncil chair. Both positions were lost when floor crossing gave control to ANC. I was re-elected as ward councillor in 2006, when the DA regained control in coalition with six other parties! Helen Zille was elected Mayor on my birthday by 106-104 votes – one of my best presents ever. I became, and remain, the South Peninsula subcouncil chair, which is a full time position. On the party political side, I am national chair of ADAC (Association of Democratic Alliance Councillors) and serve on the Federal Executive of the DA. How time passes - Mary Lou and I have been married for 43 eventful years and are still friends and lovers. She was pregnant with our “laat lammetjie” when we celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Hyde Park class of 1960. Tamsyn is now at UCT majoring in Psychology and Film & Media. Our two sons both lived for some time in the UK. Byron is a world renown Industrial designer (best known for the wind up radio) and Gareth is a computer animator with eTV, the independent free to air TV station in SA. Gareth married his high school sweetheart, Rhonda. We’re delighted that the whole family is back in Cape Town, plus our two granddaughters, Abigail and Grace. Gareth, Rhonda, Abigail & Grace Byron & Tamsyn Although there are major problems, Cape Town is a lovely city in which to live. It is an honour to be able to play a role in its development. The Marina is a special environment. In addition, the Stormers had a very good Super 14 Rugby season! 38
Cliff Sossen Class reunion 50 years 1960 to 2010 Hyde Park high school Hi Guys, Just a short resume about my family and my life, some pictures attached. I am a proud father of three children all of whom are married with two children, and that makes me and my wife Evelyn grandparents of six kids, four boys and two girls. We are very fortunate in that we all living in Sydney Australia, and that happened by default rather than my good planning. We have two homes, one in Cape Town, Bantry Bay, and the other in Sydney, Rose Bay, and have been living in Sydney for the past seven years. I do most of my consulting in South Africa and Australia, and commute between the two countries. I spend approximately 7 weeks in Australia and three weeks in South Africa. I was a senior executive of Woolworths South Africa and worked for them for 40 years. I had a fantastic time with the company and was very involved in setting the foods strategy, and am very proud that the foods division is now the major contribution to Woolworth’s turnover. I also headed up the store operations division for some time and was actively involved in redesigning the Woolies stores. I took early retirement and started my own company called Plus One Solutions. The concept of selling one extra item to every customer was introduced by me to Woolies and that included introducing the “snake” tilling at the foods pay point. This concept has been adapted by many other companies and I am now in the process of introducing it to other retailers that I am presently consulting to. I have focused on the pharmaceutical industry and do talks about layout and display as well as merchandisingconcepts. I have listed below some of the concepts that I do with my company. Plus one offers the following to:- Independent Retailers Wholesalers Suppliers Chain Stores Do you want to reach a new level of relationship with your customer base? How can you increase sales and make better use of your floor space? PLUS ONE is a concept in Australia and South Africa, developed by Cliff Sossen. Cliff has a lifetime of international experience in retailing. He now offers you the opportunity to learn his techniques and tips to improve your retailing impact through· Training sessions for stores and management on effective ways to merchandise and increase sales through the front shop · In-field face to face work with the stores and management to demonstrate in-store changes that will increase the sales. Retailing is much more than a good product range; it’s about professionalism, service, layout and look. PLUS ONE adds value and delivers results by – Re-igniting the passion for shopkeeping Aligning all stakeholders to work for common goal of increased sales Providing you with the know how to “sell one extra item to every customer”. PLUS ONE is the catalyst for you to implement the principles and practices of successful merchandising. The whole family Evelyn & Cliff PLUS ONE is a series of 4 training modules that show your staff and sales reps how easy it is to – focus on your customer lay out your store for improved visibility and customer flow Increase sales Identify merchant “heroes” Create a retail environment of competition, fun & excitement. Delivering results by adding value to your business & your customer 39
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