Notice Board updated
19 Feb 2010
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Announcement
We are planning a session at GO APE
forest adventure in the
Below are some bullet points about the
day but please let me know if you are interested ASAP and by 05/03/2010
if at all possible.
Paul Williams
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January 2010 Budding Authors Please Take Note !!! Unfortunately, there appeared to be a desperate shortage of authors left amongst you because I was getting very little to publish. I intend changing the format of the website a little as I don’t think the old format of a thrice yearly paper newsletter is viable. What I intend is to introduce a simple article page where each article will be published in order of their being received. There they will be based on a calendar year and then stored in a separate archive. So please, put pen to paper; your president, Gary Parsons, has promised an article and I will write one describing the comparisons between life here in Cyprus to that in the Wyre Forest. Following my plea by email there have also been promises of a lot more so I must literally have woken a sleeping giant (Japanese ambassador to USA, December 1941) You just write the article, put it on an email and I will do the rest. My email address is :- I will keep my fingers crossed and look forward to hearing from you Barrie Davies |
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At the society AGM in November Dr Paul Williams firstly gave thanks to Dr Udeshi. On the social scene it has been a quieter year this year. A Burns Night in January was very successful with 54 people attending. Unfortunately the planned cricket match never quite happened, however 72 members attended the medical society dinner with an excellent jazz band. Dr Gary Parsons has already some plans for the coming year, including a trip to Carmen opera in March at The Hippodrome, a forest activity with walking and Go Ape, hopefully a talk by the local forest ranger and of course once again, the medical society dinner. There followed a long discussion about how to increase membership attendance at events and it was proposed and agreed that word of mouth was a good start. There were discussions whether a google group might be an idea and further mail shots of member, but it was agreed that the active members should try and encourage other members to attend some functions. Review of Elective Bursary Three years ago a bursary of £1,000 was agreed to be given to medical students with a connection to Kidderminster towards the cost of their elective. It was discussed whether this was to be continued and it was agreed at this time that as finances were still good, we would continue to offer an elective bursary of up to £1,000 divided by the number of suitable applicants to a maximum of 5. If more than 5 apply within one year then the bursary will be awarded on merit. We will ask in return for a short report for the website. The following were Elected as New and Honorary members New members – Dr Jane Stockley, Mr Sam Agwu, Dr Roy Williams, Dr Carla Loverac, Dr Kashaf Khan, Dr Mary Zeitnune, Dr Manta Patak, Dr John Hughes, Mr Laski Kumar, Mr Stephen Spencer, Dr Andy Baxter, Dr Asham Lakri, Dr Helen Rutledge, Dr Tim Graham. Honorary members – Mr Philip Armitstead, Dr Richard Horton, Dr David Malcomson, Dr Elizabeth Malcomson, Dr Frank Morgan, Dr John Reddie. Dr John Murray reported that he is formulating some archives of the medical society and there was some talk about the format of this to tie it in with some local and world history. It was agreed this was an amazing achievement and would indeed require a lot of work. Dr Murray has some recommendations for some archivists to help him and it was agreed that this would be very necessary. Discussion then issued about recognising retirement and indeed new members, and there was a debate about this. It was agreed that the best approach would be to acknowledge new members and retiring members at the annual dinner every year. Dr Sally Rumley agreed to rewrite the introduction and honorary member letters to encourage people to attend the annual dinner. |
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Your President
Dr Gary Parsons
has secured
tickets to see a production
of Bizet’s Carmen by WNO at the
Birmingham Hippodrome on 20/03/10.
CALLING NEW MEMBERS – PLEASE CONSIDER COMING ALONG WITH YOUR SPOUSE / PARTNER – IT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET SOCIALLY WITH COLLEAGUES.
We have secured tickets to see a production of Bizet’s Carmen by WNO at the Birmingham Hippodrome on 20/03/10. Tickets will be priced at £46- £ 36 depending on the number we manage to sell. Hopefully the price will be £36 which is a very good price and represents a great saving. At this stage please let me know if you have a firm commitment to come and I will reserve seats for you on a first come first served basis. You will not need to pay until later at which point I can advise you of the exact price. Please respond early as I expect we may sell out quickly.
Please reply early to paul.williams6@nhs.net Friday 7th January - Just 2 Tickets left
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THE WEBSITE Please make notes in your diaries, on your internet Explorer favourites and bookmarks, on the notice board in your staff room and anywhere else that you are likely to see it. The Medical Society now has its own dedicated website where your avid attention and input is required. We will continue to remind you of new editions as they appear but it is hoped that the website will become an interactive up-to-the-minute entity of benefit to all members. Make a point of visiting the website regularly or you may miss out on news and announcements
the website can be accessed
at:
Retirements Will be acknowledged in future as part of the Annual Dinner PLEASE let SALLY RUMLEY know if you are planning retirement |
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