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The The magazine of the JGohn Carpenter Club (Old Citizens’ azAssociation)ettAutumn 2008 No 294e Club Dinner in the Lords February 2009 Advance Notice: page 7 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Your Committee brings important resolutions to the AGM Pages 4-6 Offi cers of The John Carpenter Club School Dates Editorial Contents President BAH Todd, MA (61/68-68) Term begins: Tues 2 September Secretary MAB Israel, FCA (65/73-73) is issue goes to press with Treasurer RJC Jones, BSc, FCA (54/62-62) Half-Term: Mon 20 - Fri 24 October Club News 4 Term ends: Fri 12 December some very serious homework for Subscriptions Treasurer R Lehmann, BA (78/82-82) you between the covers. For the AGM Agenda & Resolutions 4-5 Entertainments Chairman CR Southgate, DipArch (56/65-65) Term begins: Tues 6 January Committee has not just been Message from the President 6 Editor of the Gazette BA Millo, MA (53/61-61) Half-Term: u 12 - Fri 13 February talking – it has been working Membership Secretary C Trigger, FInstTT (45/51-02) Term ends: Tues 24 March The Annual Club Dinner 7 hard on putting together a Almoner DL Morganstein (83/91-91) Term begins: Tues 21 April workable plan for our future, and General Announcements 8 Auditor AR Mitchell, BA, ACA (67/73-73) Half-Term: Mon 25 - Fri 29 May is now ready to bring the plan Immediate Past President JBW McDonnell, QC, BA, LLM (51/58-58) Term ends: Fri 3 July before the members at the AGM. The 1917 Society’s 90th Dinner 9 You are strongly urged to read Committee Data Protection the Resolutions and Notes on pages 4 and 5, and to put them Miscellaneous News 10 KFC Baker S Mirjafari e John Carpenter Club is exempt from COPY FOR THE GAZETTE into context in the light of the General News 10-11 (53/61-61) (91/99-99) the provisions of the Data Protection President’s message on page 6. PS Dylewski BRA Waters Act to the extent that its members do Copy may be sent by mail not object to their personal data (name, e General Committee seeks (90/95-95) (57/63-63) to the Editor at the School’s address, profession, qualifi cations, your approval for its past work Obituaries 15 TC Levene PL Wickham address, or electronically to and your support for its future (83/91-91) (57/66-66) subscription records, etc.) being held on the Club’s computer database. [email protected] intentions, and we hope that David Morris 15 I Livne AR Willis (02/04-04) (61/68-68) e data is stored as a Register of Old Deadlines for copy are: there will be a good number of John Davidson 16-17 Citizens, solely for the private use of you present and voting at the Club members may be co-opted to the members. Any member who does so Spring issue 20 December meeting on 26 November. Summer issue 20 April Committee from time to time, either to object should notify the Honorary To lighten this diffi cult prep fi ll vacancies or for specifi c responsibilities. Secretary of the Club in writing. Autumn issue 20 August Sport 18 you will fi nd entertainment 3 elsewhere in the issue. e Golf 18 BOOK THESE DATES School and the old boys are well Fives 19 Useful Addresses ! represented in the dramatic arts: Financial Sector Reunion Cricket 20-23 The City of London School perhaps a case of not minding 1917 Society Wednesday 12 November Queen Victoria Street Hon. Sec.: Martin Israel the width but feeling the quality! Sports AGM & Contacts 23 London EC4V 3AL. (for address, see General Secretary) OC Lawyerss’ Dinner Some very good photographs of 020 7489 0291 Tuesday 18 November the City have been provided by www.clsb.org.uk John Carpenter Lodge an old boy, enabling members Hon. Sec.: RWR Whiteland, AGM & Club Supper General Secretary who now live far away to see 47 Homemead Road, Bickley, Bromley, Wednesday 26 November Martin Israel, some of the changes that have Kent BR2 8AX. 020 8467 3387. Horwath Clark Whitehill LLP, (see panels on page 9) occurred over the years. And Features St Bride’s House, John Carpenter Chapter there is an entertaining refl ection 10 Salisbury Square, Travels of an Old Citizen Hon. Sec.: David Lines, on Physical Education. London EC4Y 8EH. In retirement, Philip Woodcock has 113 Whyteleafe Road, And if you’re eligible for one 12 [email protected] been travelling and revisiting old Caterham, Surrey CR3 5EJ. Cover photograph of those dinners, then send the 1987 Group haunts in the City THE Hon. Membership Secretary 01883 346118. application before it’s too late. The view pro tem: Brian Millo, Contact: Daniel Pepper, Now, back to that prep! GAZETTE 5 Fifth Avenue, 3 Grosvenor Gardens, Woodford Green, downriver showing Westminster Havant, Hants PO9 2PL. Essex IG8 0BE. 020 8505 1241 Bridge and the City beyond is one of 023 9248 4850 the many high quality photographs [email protected] OC Prayer Fellowship supplied by Philip Woodcock Contact: John Martin, 1 de Bohun Court, (see also pages 12-13) Contributions to the Gazette Saffron Walden, Essex CB10 2BA. To play, or not to play? c/o City of London School (address above) 01799 501117 Future photographs The ‘avoider’ and the enthusiasts: or [email protected] 14 AUTUMN [email protected] Members are encouraged to send both types give accounts of them- JCC website via School website orPhilip Camp, 229 College Road, photographs, which the Editor will print selves at school 50 years ago www.clsb.org.uk Norwich, Norfolk NR2 3JD. if space permits. ey may be sent as 2008 (under development, but look for 01603 452920 ‘chemical’ prints or as uncropped, high ‘Associations’ and follow the link) [email protected] resolution digital images. Designed and set by Brian Millo (53-61) using InDesign® on an iMac®. Printed by Warwick Printing Ltd, Leamington Spa. Annual General Meeting ... & The Way Forward Wednesday 26 November 2008 Your Opinion Counts RULE 12 12. (A) As from the 7th November 1980: is is your best opportunity to put your views to the Committee At the 2008 Annual General Meeting members (a) The life subscription for Ordinary will be invited to endorse the Committee’s recent Members (except for Life Members and to meet Committee members informally at supper afterwards activities in its attempt to re-invigorate the Club, enrolled before the 7th November by their acceptance of the article by the President 1980) shall be replaced by a Period Subscription of 15 years. Such (which can be found overleaf). e Committee Notice of AGM Club Supper subscription shall be fi xed and intends that there shall be fullest possible discussion renewable at the amount from time Members are encouraged to attend the Club Supper of the issues at the meeting. e Annual General Meeting of the Club will be held to time determined by the General in the Asquith Room at the School on Wednesday which will take its usual form of a buff et following Committee and, if not renewed, 26th November 20082008 atat 6:15pm,6:15pm, pprecededreceded byby teatea the AGM, thus giving members freedom to move All members are asked to read carefully the the member shall be liable for the ordinary Annual Subscription for from 5:15pm. about and meet other people. e standard price this President’s article (p.6) which gives the background the time being. year will be £32 (with concessions). Please see the to the Resolutions that will be put before the Agenda (b) The Annual Subscription for each notice on page 8 and the application form included Meeting, and they are encouraged to attend the 1. Apologies for absence. of the fi rst fi ve years after leaving 2. Minutes of last meeting (28 November 2007). with this issue. General Meeting in person if they possibly can. School shall be for members Martin Israel 3. Correspondence. elected after 7th November 1980 Honorary Secretary 4. Finance: To receive the Club Accounts for the year who are not elected pursuant to ended 30 April 2008. Rule 12B below, one half of the 5. To receive the Report of the General Committee Annual General Meeting 2008 Annual General Meeting 2008 Ordinary Subscription for the time for the year 2007/2008. A copy of the Accounts being. (see Notes on facing page) Notes to Resolutions and of the Report may be inspected at the (c) Members who have been in Reception desk at the School in the week before continuous membership of the the meeting. Copies will also be sent to any RESOLUTION-1 NOTE TO RESOLUTION-1 Club for forty-fi ve years shall not be 5 member before the meeting upon application to That the meeting approves the strategy set out (not forming part of the Resolution) liable for any further subscriptions. the Treasurer and Secretary respectively. in the Article by the President which appears on In putting forward this Resolution, the (d) Any member who was a life 6. To elect the President for the year 2008/2009. page 6 of this issue of the Old Citizens Gazette General Committee is seeking the comfort member of the JCC on the 31st Nomination: BAH Todd (CLS 1961-68) (No.294, Autumn 2008) entitled “The Future that its strategy is widely approved by the Club August 1946, shall rank as a Life Proposed by BW Landers of the John Carpenter Club” and ratifi es the Seconded by MAB Israel Membership as a whole.