105th Entry Association
At our first ever reunion, in September 2003, those who attended agreed to form an Entry Association. It was agreed by all that Ian Sloss, as our Senior Ranking member, be asked to be our President. After a few e-mails back and forth to contact Ian, he has agreed to take on this presidency. John Moody was asked to be the Treasurer and has agreed to take on this burden, which includes trying to get money from all the members. Bill Morrison was asked to continue with the web duties (to which I agreed) and Erik Farr-Voller has agreed to be our Publicity Person.
Part of what we discussed was to do with the funding of our association, and it was generally agreed to levy a monthly sum of 2.50 Pounds per person. John Moddy has opened a bank account for this purpose and will be distributing direct debit mandates to those who wish to pay by this method. The money raised will help to support future reunions, and in principle raise the required sum to pay for a stained glass window for St. Georges church at RAF Halton. For those who are unaware of this, since apprentice training ceased at RAF Halton, entries have contributed to the church by designing, building and installing stained glass panels in the main window wall of the church. Photos of the current window wall can be seen in the gallery under the "Reunion" group. The cost of such a panel is in the region of 800 - 1000 Pounds, which sounds a lot, but split it between all the members it isn't such a heavy donation (is it? !!!!!!!!)
As soon as I have more details from John - I will publish them here, as well as the necessary forms, and I'll inform you all by e-mail at the same time.