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Standing Committees and other Reports Journal of proceedings Annex D 1 International Gatherings 2005-2008 (A. C. McPhie) 2 International Gatherings 2007 2009 (I. M. McFie) 3 Memorials and Special Projects 4 Nomenclature 5 Genealogy 6 DNA 7 Web Master 8 Various Committee Reports from Parliament --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Gathering Committee Report 2005-8 The 15 th International Gathering of Clan Macfie was held in Inverness, Scotland and on Colonsay from the 6 th to the 14 th September 2006. Inverness activities included sittings of the 9 th Parliament of the Clan Macfie Societies and was centred on the Thistle Hotel there. Attendance figures were. Australia 12 Canada 12 France 2 England 1 Holland 2 Ireland 1 New Zealand 4 Scotland 14 Sweden 2 USA 20 Clan Gathering Coordinators, Iain and Fiona McFie Scotland, arranged an interesting programme of visits and ceilidhs to compliment the business sessions of Clan Parliament. Members of Scotland’s Clan Macfie Society , the host Clan Society for the Gathering provided great support behind the scenes arrangements throuout the Gathering to ensure everything ran smoothly. Special guest at the Clan Dinner on Friday evening were Iain Gunn, Ceann Cath of Clan Gunn and his wife, Bunty. Some 35 members made the visit to Colonsay and Oronsay after the Inverness programme was completed – except that bad weather and unfavourable tides prevented us visiting Oronsay this time. A report on the 2005 Gathering and Parliament was ciculated to the Clan Societies later in the year. At Inverness members of the Thorburn –Macfie Family Society of Sweden and the Macduffee Clan Society of America both expressed a willingness to hold the midterm Gathering in 2007. In due course the bid from Sweden was approved for the 16 th International Gathering of Clan Macfie to be held in conjunction with the Thorburn-Macfie Triennial General meeting in Uddevalla , Sweden from the 5 th to the 8 th of July. Christer and Marianne Hemberg were the coordinators for the Clan Gathering and arranged an interesting Programme of visits to historical Macfie sites plus a number of other activities. Rain failed to dampen the enthusiasm of the 150 or so who attended one or more functions and included overseas visitors from Holland, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and the United States of America. Regrettably I was not able to attend this Clan Gathering in my capacity of Clan Commander and Iain McFie Esq. Clan Commissioner in Scotland deputised for me. It was also decided at Inverness that the venue and programme for the 2009 Gathering and Parliament in Scotland was to be decided by the Clan Commander, Clan Gathering Coordinators and President of the Clan Macfie Society in Scotland. The 17 th International Gathering of Clan Macfie and 10 th Parliament of Clan Macfie Societies was duly scheduled for Nethy Bridge in Scotland and on Colonsay from the 2 nd to the 9 th of September 2009. Following the appointment of Iain McFie as Clan Commander I tendered my resignation aas Chairman of this Committee. I look back on a number of most enjoyable International Gatherings of Clan Macfie during my time in office and am confident future Gatherings will equally 36
enjoyable. My sincere thanks go to Iain and Fiona for their many years of dedication as Coordinators for the Clan Gatherings and Parliaments in Scotland. Without their attention to detail arrangements there would undoubtedly have been something less than those experienced. A.C. (Sandy) McPhie Committee Chairman 2005 - 2008 International Gathering Committee Report 2007-9 The Previous Commander in his report mentioned the visit to Sweden made by a group of about 16 from New Zealand, The Netherlands America and the UK. It was a most interesting visit enjoyed by everyone, which brought all of us closer. We shared with them the culture of the Ceilidh and they quickly picked up the spirit and shared with us a number of Swedish folk songs. It made for a happy evening. With everything being equal. It is my intention to return to Sweden next year to attend their next family gathering. The Homecoming Gathering in Edinburgh must be mentioned. Some of us had our doubts as to how successful it would be and I am pleased to say our doubts were soon dispelled, that is as far as the layout of the Games field was concerned. The weather fortunately was sunny for most of the time. We had a large number of visitors to the tent, some very distinguished, Clunie, Chief of Clan McPherson, Elizabeth Roads, the Lyon Clerk, Iain Gunn, Commander of Clan Gunn and others. It is likely that in 2014, the 700 th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn this exercise will be repeated. It is customary to ask all the Societies if they wish to convene a mini Gathering midway between Clan Gatherings. I have written to all the Society Presidents asking if they wish to put forward a proposal to be the host society. I am sure we will hear from some of the Societies. In 2012 the McDuffee Clan Society Inc. will be celebrating their Fiftieth Anniversary. That sounds like a good excuse to hold a party. Iain M McFie. Committee Chairman 2008-2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CLAN MACFIE NOMENCLATURE COMMITTEE I must start my report by apologising to our Ceann Cath, Iain Macfie for the late tendering of this report. This was due to my procrastination in the writing of it. Why ? you may ask. Well what have I to report ?. The committee has shown very little activity since the last Parliament in Inverness in 2005. There have been very few approaches or enquiries of the committee and little work done by it. Again, why you may ask ?. I attribute the lack of approaches to and enquiries of the committee to the Internet. With such excellent Internet sites as the official Clan Macfie web site, run by the Clan and rich in Clan material, providing the facts that people require. Noting that this site now contains the monumental work by Earle Douglas MacPhee, our first Ceann Cath or Clan Commander, THE MYTHOLOGY, 37
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