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A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL: PETER KYLE During my first few months in post, I have taken the opportunity to visit a number of branches. In the months ahead, I intend to visit many more, as I want to understand the members’ perspective from your own locations as well as having a centralised view from Dartmouth House. The recent Branches Conference, held in Cheltenham, provided an excellent opportunity to meet members and to hear your views whilst, on a broader canvas, the extended family of the ESU met in Philadelphia in October for the International Council. One thing is crystal clear from my discussions thus far, but of course you already know this, which is that you, the members, care passionately about this organisation and want to see it flourish. You want to see more energy devoted to pursuing our charitable objectives and that is fortunate, because that is exactly want I want too and is precisely what we were set up to do under our Royal Charter. The Royal Charter has been put on the website so that you may refer to it and I shall very much appreciate your opinion of the programmes we currently offer and what we might do to improve them. The World Members’ Conference, to be held in Istanbul next September, will provide another opportunity for us to come together to celebrate our common endeavours and achievements and to challenge our own thinking about future projects and programmes. My colleagues at Dartmouth House have been working hard to eradicate difficulties experienced earlier in the year with the Members’ database and the collection of subscriptions and I am now assured that these problems have been rectified. However, do let me know if you continue to experience difficulties and I shall do all that I can to address problems on a case by case basis. As you are aware, the level of subscription has not been changed over the last ten years and, through a process of consultation, this is something we shall be addressing soon, but we also realise that we must control central costs so that we can live within our means. None of us want to see repeated the scale of deficit incurred last financial year and therefore we are taking measures to ensure that our staffing levels and other fixed costs are affordable. One very welcome item of expenditure has been on the Long Drawing Room at Dartmouth House, which has now been repainted, the floors stripped and sealed, the curtains cleaned and re-hung and the chandeliers sparkling. It really does look splendid and provides a sharp reminder of how much work there is to do on other parts of the house to bring them up to a similar standard! It hardly seems possible that the time of year is already upon us when we at Dartmouth House are getting ready to erect and decorate the Christmas tree and preparing for the annual carol concert. If the months ahead are anywhere near as stimulating, invigorating and as challenging as my first six months in the role of Director-General, I know that I am going to thoroughly enjoy my time with the ESU and working alongside you. Peter Kyle DIALOGUE 6
FEATURES – Inside A selection of events and articles that deserve special attention for their significance to the ESU from the last three months. Awards Day at Buckingham Palace_08 Secondary School Exchange Update and Thanksgiving Dinner_11 Debating the Evidence Research Project_12
Page 1 and 2: A quarterly publication from The En
Page 3 and 4: CREDITS Managing Editors Annette Fi
Page 5: At HRH Prince Philip’s final even
Page 9 and 10: 1. 1. Özge Karaoglu Ergen, winner
Page 11 and 12: SSE UPDATE AND THANKSGIVING DINNER
Page 13 and 14: PROGRAMMES - Inside We bring you ne
Page 15 and 16: DISCOVER YOUR VOICE The first ‘Di
Page 17 and 18: DEBATE ACADEMY The ESU’s 11th ann
Page 19 and 20: SCHOOLS MACE AND PUBLIC SPEAKING CO
Page 21 and 22: TEA ON THE TERRACE Lord Hunt with g
Page 23 and 24: LAUNCH OF ESU ICELAND AND AN ICELAN
Page 25 and 26: DIPLOMAT RECEPTION The ESU enjoys a
Page 27 and 28: ESUJ Tournament The next morning sa
Page 29 and 30: ALUMNI - Inside A selection of pers
Page 31 and 32: IPSC 30th ANNIVERSARY DINNER The En
Page 33 and 34: LINDEMANN REUNION In October, we st
Page 35 and 36: IF IT WASN’T FOR THE ESU . . . !
Page 37 and 38: ‘I would not have rubbed shoulder
Page 39 and 40: ‘I would never have graduated fro
Page 41 and 42: ‘I wouldn’t have met Barack Oba
Page 43 and 44: BRANCHES - Inside The UK branches o
Page 45 and 46: BRANCHES Colchester and Northeast E
Page 47 and 48: The children rose to the challenge
Page 49 and 50: NORTH WEST REGION Liverpool and Mer
Page 51 and 52: West Sussex In June, a dozen member
Page 53 and 54: he covered both history and culture
Page 55 and 56: REGIONAL DIARY EAST REGION MIDLANDS
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January - May 2012 JANUARY Welcome
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FEBRUARY MARCH Wednesday 22 Februar
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MAY Saturday 12 May Public Speaking
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ANNUAL FUNDRAISING APPEAL - PUBLIC
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