COFOC 2005 REUNION
ATTENTION ALL COFOC MEMBERS!
10th February 2005
Message from Keith Done and Ian Raymond:
Bill has put in a lot of effort, time and no little expense in getting COFOC up and running and has shouldered much of the work in arranging our past events. He has been instrumental in initiating a reunion to mark the year in which we officially become senior citizens and we took the view that he deserved a little help organising the event. We have therefore volunteered our services to look after the admin. and with this in mind we would like to get your views on the following:-
1) It is proposed that the reunion should be an all day event starting with a welcoming glass of wine/coffee mid morning followed by a sit down lunch and afternoon tea prior to departure. The venue would have a bar so that those who wished to stay on to enjoy the evening could do so. 2) The venue would be within striking distance of Gravesend and would offer comfortable and pleasant surroundings with a good standard of catering. 3) Ideally the reunion would take place in the summer months on a Saturday or Sunday but booking a suitable venue at this stage in the year may prove difficult. 4) In order to fix prices it may be necessary to have a pre-arranged menu with perhaps two or three options for each course. 5) Anyone wishing to visit the School, either for nostalgic reasons or to thank them for their generous donation to John Ramsey’s Sri Lankan tsunami relief work, would have the opportunity to do so either on the Friday or the Monday and we would gladly provide contact details to help with organising such a visit.
It would be helpful if you could email or telephone Ian with your comments on these proposals before February 21st (including those of you who have already expressed an interest) stating specifically whether or not you wish to attend, if the proposed format is acceptable, any dates between June 1 and September 30 that you cannot make and how many there will be in your party. Any information on dietary needs would be useful as would be suggestions for a suitable venue.
TranslationsIMR@aol.com
6th April 2005
Roger Smith has done a remarkable job in rehashing the COFOC website, having volunteered to take over the webmaster’s role from Arley.
The new domain is at www.cofoc.org.uk so please visit and see the new look. Logging on to the old address will also transfer you to the new one automatically.
In congratulating Roger, we should also thank Arley for the work he did in setting up the original in 2002, and for maintaining it since.
Roger will be adding the more recent newsletters and John Ramsey’s Sri Lankan report shortly.
I hope that Ian and Keith will soon be able to give us a date and place for the pensioners’ reunion – the last I heard was that September was looking likely. Thanks to them for taking on the task.
Best regards to all
Bill