AGM 2017 The finances are now on an even


keel, the website has been very successful, the reintroduction of Committee roles such as Reunion Secretary has, in general, worked. Whereas it was not possible to convert SOSA into a registered charity we do now have Sibford Old Scholars Charity (SOSC) to fulfil that role. We have digitised the SOSA archives and made these available online. We continue to struggle in changing the perception of SOSA but maybe subsequent younger Presidents will be able to achieve that.


It has been a privilege to have been your President and I wish all the very best to my successor – Harriet Langridge. Harriet has been an excellent Vice President and has taken much upon herself especially as she has also been Reunion Secretary. Thank you Harriet.


As General Secretary for the last


three years things have, as ever, been challenging. With regards to the Committee both Nikki Knott and Cindy Poulton have resigned during the last year. We welcomed Navid Sadrzadeh for the first time and he


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has already made his presence felt. The rest of the Committee has given invaluable support and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all on the Committee for their commitment to SOSA and the principles of Truth, Honour, Freedom and Courtesy. In particular, we should take this opportunity to thank Richard Hughes for serving as one of SOSA’s School Committee Representatives for 12 years. With regards to The Rocket, Ali


Bromhall has once again produced an excellent publication and we should thank her accordingly. With regards to membership we


have 1,285 members of whom we have 363 email addresses. For a variety of reasons SOSC has not achieved its fund raising goals. However, we continue to support current pupils who are in need of financial assistance. I am delighted to say that SOSA has purchased the clock we spoke of at last year’s AGM and we have donated it to the school. We should thank Peter Robinson who went to great lengths to find and acquire an appropriate clock. The clock is a memorial to Mike


Finch who, as we all know, was the person who kept SOSA together for so many years. I hope that you will take the time to view the clock which is in the Visitors’ Room and take a quiet moment to reflect on the passing of Mike.


5. Treasurer’s Report: Presented by Ashley Shirlin At last year’s AGM we elected Cindy Poulton as Treasurer but for a variety of reasons she decided to stand down a few weeks ago. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Cindy for maintaining SOSA’s records during her time as Treasurer. As last year, when Mark Bennett


resigned the day before the SOSA AGM, it therefore falls to me to present the 2016/17 Accounts. The Association’s Gross Income


over Expenditure was £2,249 which is an increase over the previous year’s surplus of £1,530. The balance of the Current Account was £10,338 and the balance of the Deposit account was £5,494. Although we agreed at last year’s


AGM that we would transfer £1,500 from Current to Deposit


Toby and Jill Spence are pictured with Old Scholars and members of the SOSA committee. 18 / The Sibford Rocket


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