THE ENGLISH SCHOOL
OLD BOYS AND GIRLS ASSOCIATION

P.O.Box 25345
1308 Nicosia,
CYPRUS

 CIRCULAR 3,  2006

13 September, 2006

Dear Member,

During the last few months there has been a lot of activity at the clubhouse. Repairs to the outside front covered area have been completed and a big screen television has been installed for outdoor use in the summer and indoor use in the winter. Members were able to watch the world cup and the tennis whilst enjoying the good food provided by our caterers.

Annual General Meeting:

You are hereby invited to attend the ESOBGA Annual General Meeting on Friday 27 October 2006 at 7 pm at the Clubhouse, 4 Steliou Mavrommati str.,Ayii Omoloyitae.

AGENDA

1. Report by the Chairman of ESOBGA's activities for the period from the last AGM to date.
2. Approval of Minutes of ESOBGA Annual General Meeting held on 23 November 2005.
3. Presentation of audited accounts for the year ended 31 December 2005
4. Appointment of Auditors
5. Any other business
6. Election of new committee

Show your support to the Association by joining the ESOBGA Committee. Interested parties wishing to join the Committee should be nominated be an ESOBGA member and express their interest in joining in writing. The nomination form should reach any committee member by Monday 21 November 2005.

Extraordinary General Meeting:

Friday 27^th October 2006 after the AGM.

AGENDA

1. Approval of the revised Memorandum of Association

A social gathering will follow the meeting for those attending.

Please note that both the meetings will be held abiding to the existing constitution requiring a quorum for the meetings to proceed. Your attendance is essential therefore make every effort to attend. If you are not able to attend please send your proxy to any of the committee members.

Amendments to the Association's Constitution

Our Constitution was drafted in 1979. Inescapably the changing requirements (whether these were social, legal, language etc) caused the need for it to be updated to reflect today's circumstances. In particular, the document has extensive outdated provisions and is written in archaic Greek. In order to address this issue, as well as the problem relating to the formation of a quorum at meetings, (which became a source of concern for a number of our members and raised at subsequent AGMs), a subcommittee was formed and with the active help of experts undertook the arduous task of revising our constitution.

The revised constitution has as such been modernized in terms of the language, elimination of arcane and not particularly useful provisions, and overall simplified to reflect perceived current needs.

The Committee will submit the amended constitution at the Extraordinary General Meeting and as such would like to bring to the attention of the members of the Association what it considers the major changes:

1. Failure to form a quorum at Annual General Meetings.

In the existing constitution, a quorum is formed at Annual General Meetings if more than twenty members are present. In case a quorum was not formed, the meeting was adjourned and a new meeting was called a week from the meeting. In the revised constitution this provision is amended so that a quorum is formed within thirty minutes of the calling of the Annual General Meeting with those present.

2. Failure to form a quorum at Extraordinary Meetings.

In the existing constitution failure to form a quorum at Extraordinary Meetings meant that the Meeting was dissolved, not postponed. In the amended constitution Annual General Meeting rules apply.

3. Expulsion of members.

The amended constitution includes a new clause, which provides for the expulsion of members of the Association. There is no such provision in the existing constitution.

4. Use of assets in case the Association is dissolved.

The revised constitution provides for the Association assets to pass on, in case of dissolution, to the English School. The existing constitution made more extensive provisions in this respect

A copy of the existing constitution was sent to you last year. Should you wish to have a copy of the existing and / or the revised constitution please contact the Secretary of the Association Ms Anita Ormiston at 99347702 or at the Clubhouse. The two documents are drafted in Greek due to the relevant legal requirements for submission to the proper authorities. The approved revised constitution will be translated in English.

Important dates for your calendar:

Barbecue: Friday 29 September at 8.30pm at the clubhouse. Book early for this very popular event!! Contact any committee member by Wednesday 27th September.

Dinos loannou Hockey cup: In memory of ESOBGA chairman Dinos loannou Between the league winners and the Cup winners ESOBGA vs Exiles. Date to be announced

Belotte competition: Wednesday 11th October at 8.30pm at the clubhouse

Quiz Night: Wednesday 3rd November at 8.30pm.at the clubhouse Teams of up 4 persons can register by calling the secretary at 99347702 Food will be available prior to the quiz

Founder's Day: Saturday 11th November at 2pm at the English School grounds
Traditional games-Hockey,basketball. Volleyball, football and tennis between ESOBGA and the ES students.
For participation contact any committee member.
Do come and support both the school and ESOBGA.

Salakian Hockey trophy: First round- Saturday 2nd December at 2.30pm

Christmas Dinner: Date to be announced.

Clubhouse

The clubhouse is now open every Monday, Wednesday and Friday and is available to members for private functions. For clubhouse availability you may contact Chris at 99439368 or Nitsa at 99408474.

Mini reunion of 1973 leavers:

On Monday 17th July a mini reunion of the 1973 leavers was held at the clubhouse with Dimis Michaelides entertaining his old classmates with his guitar and magic tricks.Special guests were Thanasis Athanasiou- back from the UK and living in Nicosia,Christoforos Nicolaou(in Spain) and Andros Stephanou(m Denmark). Needless to say a good time was had by all.

Mini reunion of 1977 leavers:

Held on Friday 25th August at the clubhouse. It proved to be a special enjoyable evening for thirty 1977 classmates with the attendance of their Turkish Cypriot classmates.

ESOBGA sports teams:

The ESOBGA football, basketball and hockey teams continue to participate in league matches and a group of members meet regularly on Wednesdays at 6pm in the indoor sports centre at the school for volleyball. Contact any committee member foe more information to join the teams.

We would like to congratulate the ESOBGA Hockey team for representing Cyprus, as the 2005 Club Champions of Cyprus, in the EuroHockey Club Champions Challenge U (men) at Elliniko, Athens from 2-5 June 2006.

Well done!!

Subscriptions:
Please complete the attached form and post it to:

ESOBGA
P.O. Box 25345
1308 Nicosia
Cyprus

Centenary Album:
Copies are available at CYP25.

The ESOBGA Committee

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