NOVEMBER LUNCH

The November lunch was attended by 37 members and by one guest. The Speaker was our esteemed Secretary, John Christal, whose talk was entitled “Spirit of Adventure”. That was the name of the ship on which John and Margaret set sail a few years ago and it soon became apparent to them that one needed a spirit of adventure in order to survive that cruise where just about everything that could go wrong, did. The mishaps are too numerous to cover in this Newsletter but included being caught in a cyclone for three days, a sea food Buffet consisting of only crab, and the ship breaking down which led to the curtailment of the vacation and a departure from Madagascar in an ancient Dakota with luggage stored down the aisles. The talk was supported by a slide show and a geography lesson about Madagascar, which is the 4th largest island in the world, is a biodiversity hotspot, and has a population of 22 million; 90% of which live on less than $2 per day.

NOVEMBER 2016 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND 2017 ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

The matters referred to in the Agenda, mailed to each member together with our November Newsletter, were all passed unanimously. Therefore, ?16 (no increase) is now due and payable by each member wishing to renew their membership for a further year, our Constitution provides that Annual Subscriptions are determined at each AGM and are payable at that meeting.
 
CHRISTMAS LUNCH

OUR NEXT LUNCH will be on Wednesday 14th December 2016 at Ramsey Golf Club 12.30pm for a 1pm start. This is an occasion when we invite our partners to join us for lunch

2017 MEMBERS’ YEAR BOOK

The Club Co-ordinator will soon be preparing the 2017 Members Year Book for publication. If you require any amendments to be made to your entry in the Year Book (eg. Home address, phone number, e-mail address, spelling etc.) please advise Bernard Pile, by December 7th.