Summer Times, November 2004 - Old Scarborians

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6Found continues to keep a close eye onthe purse strings and has again organisedtwo excellent golf days and a dinner;Colin Hurd has taken a grasp of themembership and continues to reportnew members each time we meet. Ithank you both. The creation of thewebsite by David Fowler and the expansionof it and professional input byBill Potts was a major event in the OldScarborians’ history and has developedout of all recognition. Again I thank Billfor his continuing input.In David’s case I can only refer you toyet another outstanding issue of SummerTimes. The time and effort that heputs into producing two issues a yearcan never be overstated. I am sure hewill not mind me adding that thismagazines appearance on time showshow dedicated he is as he has done it inspite of a very serious illness. In timeDavid would like to hand on the job ofeditor and if there is any member outthere who would be interested in workingwith him over the next year or twoand then taking over please contacthim. He will be very pleased to hearfrom you so a smooth hand over cantake place. Yet again David my heartfelt thanks for all you have done.As you may be aware Peter Robson ourSecretary is standing down this yearafter five revolutionary years. When hetook over the job the Association was avery different creature. The dramaticincrease in membership, the organisationwithin the dinners, the joint eventswith the Girls’ schools all came fromhim and as an Association we owe himan enormous debt. Peter will be extremelydifficult to replace and any interestedmember should contact him assoon as possible. I am confident thatPeter will still be heavily involved withthe Old Scarborians and will as alwaysbe willing to offer help and advice. PeterI offer you my sincere thanks and onbehave of the Old Scarborians I thankyou for five years hard labour.The next event on our calendar is thejoint dinner with the Girls High School.I bought a ticket for the event but I havebeen told that, as I cut short a familyholiday to play in the golf tournament, Icould not cancel the family holiday inCrete! I hope it is another pleasurableevening. I will raise a glass to you insome Cretian bar.Please continue to support the Old Scarboriansby attending the AGM, playingin the golf tournaments or turning upon Boxing Day at the Rugby Club. Mostimportantly please continue to supportthe dinners and lunches and bring asmany Old Scarborians as you can withyou.My final thanks go to all those memberswho have responded so generously tothe appeal for funds. The next few issuesof Summer Times seem secure.Thank you.Mick Bowman (1954-61)PresidentSECRETARIALFirstly, I would like to thank all of youwho responded to the financial appealwhich was launched in the last issue ofSummer Times. In his report ChrisFound provides the detail of thisresponse but overall it represents a
7heartening show of supportfor the Association.Separately, I contactedseveral of you concerningthe Graham SchoolAppeal. For this, I chosethose of you who had ascientific qualification.The good news is that the GrahamSchool’s proposal to become a ScienceSpecialist has been accepted and OSAmembers pledged £2000 towards the£50000 that the School had to raise tosupport its proposal. The OSA has nothad a charitable role traditionally butthis was a generous response.Colin Hurd, the Membership Secretarywill report the actual numbers but Ihave the impression that recruitment ofnew numbers is going slowly. As usualyou will find a recruitment form withthis issue. Please send it to an Old Scarborianwith whom you have kept intouch but who you know is not a memberof the Association.During the past six months, I have beeninformed of the passing of the following:Bob Watson (1956‐73); Bob elegantlyproposed the toast to the OSA atthe Centenary Dinner in Jan 2002,Robert Glenton, Joseph Donald Baker,Bill Chambers (1955‐61) and DerekWhittaker.This will be my last report to you asSecretary. As I told you in the last issueit is my intention to retire at the AGMin November. In that report also I commentedthat the OSA needed a newsecretary with energy and ideas todrive it forward over the coming decade.I took over from Frank Bamforthwho with Geoff Nalton had kept theAssociation going for many years.Frank and Geoff were at the School inthe thirties. I arrived there in 1945 and Ibelieve it is now the turn of the 50’sgeneration to step up and take the lead.I look forward to remaining a memberof the Association for many years tocome and participating in the eventswhich it organizes. I also look forwardto enjoying the friendship and fellowshipof all its members.Peter Robson (1945-53)SecretaryTREASURIALThe financial appeallaunched with theSpring 2004 edition of“Summer Times” hasbeen very successfuland £3,115.50 hasbeen donated by 144members which gives an average donationof £21.64 (considerably less if youdivide the amount raised by the numberof our total membership). We havenot yet reached the stage of refusingdonations and therefore it is not too latefor anybody who has not yet done so toblow the dust off their cheque book.The highest donation was £250 and wehad 3 gifts of £100, one of $250 and 12of £50. I regret that I have not had timeto write to every donor personally butanybody requesting a receipt has beensent one.At present we have £5,753 in the bank,mainly in a deposit account and thus
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