Annual General Meeting: Wednesday 17 June

Notice is hereby given that the Sixteenth Annual General Meeting of the Society will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, 17th June 2009 at the Embassy of the Republic of Yemen, 57 Cromwell Road, London SW7 2ED 

AGENDA 

1. Approval of the Minutes of the Fifteenth Annual General Meeting held on Thursday, 19th June 2008. The Minutes will be available at the Meeting. 

2. Matters Arising 

3. Chairman’s Report 

4. Presentation & Approval of Accounts for 2008 - Mr John Mason 

5. Executive Committee (as listed on the inside front cover of the Journal)

The present members are all willing to continue to serve on the Committee and in accordance with Clause 6 (b) of the Constitution offer themselves for re-election. 

Any other nominations to fill vacancies on the Executive Committee will be put forward at the meeting. 

Members wishing to put forward a candidate for election should submit the nomination in writing, signed by the nominee, the proposer and seconder to the Hon. Secretary at least a week before the date of the AGM. 

6. Any Other Business 

At the kind invitation of His Excellency, Mohamed Taha Mustafa, the formalities will be followed by a reception at Baden-Powell House (opposite the Embassy), where His Excellency will also bid farewell to Mr Khaled Hussein Alyemany, Deputy Head of Mission and Mr Rafat Hassan Abdullah, Counsellor, who will be leaving London at the end of June on completion of their term of office at the Yemeni Embassy in London. 

Hon. Secretary, 2 Lisgar Terrace, London W14 8SJ Tel: 020 7603 8895 

Members wishing to attend the AGM are kindly requested to inform 
the Hon. Secretary at the above address by telephone or preferably e-mail: 
1.rebeccajohnson@gmail.com 

Essay Competition

A reminder that entries for this year’s competition must be submitted to the Hon. Secretary by post or email to 1.rebeccajohnson (at)  gmail.com by 30th September. 

Captain Roy Facey

Captain Roy Facey was planning to be in London on 2nd April but unfortunately had to postpone. As soon as the Middle East Association has a firm date for his 2009 update on Aden Port, members will be alerted. 

Legion Travel Direct

The appointed travel agent of the Royal British Legion is planning an escorted tour this October, subject to FCO travel advice, to Aden which will be a pilgrimage for those wishing to visit Ma’lla and Silent Valley cemeteries with an opportunity for sightseeing in the local area. A full itinerary will be available nearer the time, meanwhile for further details please contact Sue Kadamany at Legion Travel Direct - Tel: 01789 263263 or 
email: suek@completeworld.com

Members’ contact details

We occasionally need to make last minute changes to the programme and make every effort to keep members up to date. Where members have provided an email address, this is a simple procedure; for members without email, the Hon. Secretary will advise as many as possible – and practical – via telephone. Members are reminded that the Society website www.al-bab.com/bys contains the latest programme and other useful information. 

In Memoriam

We are sad to record the deaths of the following members of the Society:

Colonel David Smiley LVO, OBE, MC (d. 8 January 2009); Mr Geoffrey Clayton, Fellow of the Institute of Bankers (d. 2 March 2009).

Obituaries will appear in the next issue of the Journal.

Book Offer

Members wishing to purchase photojournalist Tim Smith’s latest book Coal, Frankincense & Myrrh at a special discounted price. Tim’s work was exhibited earlier this year in Sheffield and Liverpool. Further details and an order form are here.

Painting by Abdulla al-Amin 

A reminder that the original painting (Oil on Canvas) which is reproduced inside the cover of The Enchanted Lake is still for sale. Interested parties should contact Pat Aithie on 02920 236879 or by e-mail at ffotograff@easynet.co.uk. The price of the painting is £550 of which Abdulla wishes to donate £50 to the Society.