What a bumper turnout at the half yearly today?!, I’m told there were over 30 so standing room only!!The meeting was made special by the attendance of one of our oldest members Cyril Bourne from Thames Valley who is 93 and has almost 60 years service in the IPA! It wasn’t possible to greet everyone as individuals (names will be in the minutes) as Colin Hutt very effectively managed the ‘mute’ facility on Zoom which is needed for such a large get-together!.
On behalf of the Regional Chairman Colin Gameson, Treasurer Mike Vince, Vice Chairman Harvey Whittam and myself we would like to thank all of the attendees but in particular our ever helpful and supportive NEC representative VP Sean Hannigan. The business of the day was conducted in a professional way and the Chairman closed the meeting by reminding us of our founder Arthur Troop and what his simple message of ‘Service through Friendship’ has achieved worldwide over the past 70 years.
Yours in Friendship
Una Blundell
7 Region, Regional Secretary