On behalf of
your Committee, it gives me great pleasure to invite you
to our traditional summer meeting with our partners.
This year we have planned a trip to Oscarsborg, outside
Drøbak where we will have a guided tour and eat shrimps
and drink white wine.
Transport
will be arranged leaving from Hotel Opera outside the
central station in Oslo at 18:00hrs and the bus will
return there at 23:00hrs. For those of you who
would like to take your own cars, the boat will leave
Drøbak for Oscarsborg at 19:00hrs.
The
price/head will be NOK 400 which will include transport
by bus and boat, and shrimps and white wine. Please
note that we require at least 24 members/guests .
As many
of you will know, David Wylie was not eligible for
re-election at the recent AM and David Williamson has
taken his place as Chairman of the House Committee. All
future reservations should be made directly to David W
on his mobile 995 95092 or to his email address at
house@cally.org by
Monday 4th June 2007 at the very latest.
ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING OF THE CALEDONIAN SOCIETY
On behalf of your
Committee, it gives me great pleasure to invite you to our AGM,
details of which are as follows:
Proposed
Chairman: Hon.President, Norman Henderson
Time/date: 18:30 hrs, Thursday 26h
April 2007
Venue: Oslo Militære Samfund
Proposed agenda:
Agenda item
Notes
1.
Opening of
meeting, acceptance of proposed agenda
To include
acceptance of proposed Chairman
2.
Election of
two members as signatories of minutes
3.
Hon.
Secretary’s Annual Report
Enclosed
with this circular
4.
2006
Financial statements
Enclosed
with this circular
5.
Hon.
Membership Secretary’s Annual Report
Enclosed
with this circular
6.
Election of
members to the Committee
Posts for
election at this AGM:
Hon
Vice-President
Chairman of
the House Committee
Hon
Secretary
See enclosed
note from the election sub-committee
7.
Appointment
of Hon. Auditor
8.
Election of
Election Subcommittee
Two
members. See attached report
9.
Any other
business
No items
have been raised for discussion by the members
Once again the AGM
is upon us, and to encourage your attendance and your active
participation, we are offering TWO FREE DRAMS. We plan
to sit down to dinner at 19:00 hrs and you will be able to enjoy
our usual offer of good food, wine and coffee at our subsidised
price of NOK 400 per head. As is usual, there will be no guest
speaker and when the tables have been cleared, we shall remain
seated and move on to the main business of the evening.
MARCH
MEETING, THURSDAY 29TH MARCH 2007
OSLO
MILITÆRE SAMFUND, 7pm.
After the success of
our February meeting at the OMS (see however Norman’s Message
below), we have chosen to return there for our March meeting. We
are fortunate in being able to invite you to listen to Einar
Lunde, who will give a presentation entitled:
THE MIRACLE IN SOUTH
AFRICA – FROM OPPRESSION, VIOLENCE AND TERROR TO PEACE AND
RECONCILIATION
As many of you know,
Einar is one of NRK’s anchor men in the newsroom. He has also
worked as a foreign correspondent with a base in Nairobi in
Kenya during the 1970’s and 80’s. Einar was the Norwegian
journalist who spent most time in South Africa during the
apartheid regime, despite being a persona non grata and
being on the government’s hit list.
Einar Lunde has
written two books on his experiences behind a TV camera in South
Africa, and the Society’s members and guests will have an unique
opportunity to obtain copies of these with a personal message
from the author. A good book to read during the Easter
holidays?
FEBRUARY MEETING, THURSDAY 22nd
FEBRUARY 2007 Oslo Militær
Samfund
Selskapslokaler, Myntgt 3, 0151 Oslo, 7PM
"The Campaign against the Dounreay
nuclear reactor - a unuque experience between Norway and
Scotland - between ordinary citizens and political
leaders"
Mr Odd Einar Dørum has a long
political history having first been a Member of
Parliament for Sør-Trondelag in the period from 1977 -
1981. He has held various positions in Government
including the position as the Minister for Transport and
Communication, and as Minister for Justice, in two
periods from 1999.
Although we have chosen to move
premises from this meeting, we are unfortunately unable
to avoid having to increase our prices somewhat. Dinner
will therefore cost NOK 400 for members and NOK 450 for
guests. Included in this price are two subsidised drinks
as we are unable to maintain our own bar. Each member
and guest will be entitled to purchase two drinks at the
low price of NOK 50 each. If you wish you purchase
additional drinks these will be at OMS' standard prices
Please make your reservations with
David Wylie at
house@cally.org by MONDAY 19th FEBRUARY 2007.
A note for your
diaries - Burns Supper 2008
SATURDAY 26 JANUARY
Sorry about the slow updates this quarter -
blame too much work, global warming, the abolition of the Scots
regiments, it is all to blame! Here is a video to compensate!
BURNS NIGHT -
OSLO MILITÆRE SAMFUNDS SELSKAPSLOKALER
SATURDAY 27TH
JANUARY 2007
On behalf
of your Committee, it gives me great pleasure to invite you and
your guests to our 2007 Burns Night.
Date:
Saturday 27th January 2007
Location:Oslo Militær
Samfund
Selskapslokaler, Myntgt 3, 0151 Oslo
Time: 17:30 hrs for 18:00
hrs (note the earlier start time than
usual)
Dress: Highland, Uniform
or Black Tie (smoking)
More details soon, members
should be receiving an email about now.
Please make your
reservations to David Wylie at
house@cally.org, by FRIDAY 19th
January 2006 AT THE LATEST.
Burns and his "beasties"
December - Christmas Meeting, Thursday 14th
December
Sjømannsforening, 7PM
Hugo Broen once again entertained us with
his bi-annual sojourn into wine recommendations for the
Christmas Season - He has allowed us to use his
recommendations here.
November Meeting Thursday 30 November 2006 SJOMANNSFORENING, 7PM
- and
what is more appropriate to celebrate St Andrews Day than a
Whisky Tasting! Chris Maile once again tickled our taste
buds with a selection of 5 whiskies under the heading of
Choice Whiskies
from the Oslo Whisky Festival
so
for those of you who were unable to attend the festival,
here is your chance to taste some of the whiskies that were
on display. The meeting will be held at our usual location
at Sjømannsforeningen, starting at 7pm.
OCTOBER MEETING, THURSDAY
26th OCTOBER 2006
SJOMANNSFORENING, 7PM
After a very successful 60th
Anniversary Ball, it is time to revert to our more "normal"
meetings, the first of which will be held at our usual meeting
place at Sjomannsforening. We are fortunate in being able to
inform you that our member Terje Hansen will give a presentation
on:
Golf In Scotland
a topic which I am sure will be of great
interest to many members and guests. With the golf season
nearing an end in the Oslo district, perhaps the idea of a trip
to Scotland could appeal.
As usual, dinner will cost NOK 300 for
members and NOK 350 for guests. Please Make your reservations
with.David Wylie at
house@cally.org 0r by calling him on 99791049, by Monday 23rd
October at the latest.
The Cally's 60th anniversary is reported in
the Friends of Scotland
magazine!
A glimpse of our history - the film shown at
the ball
60th
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
On behalf of the
Committee it gives me great pleasure to invite you and your
partner to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the
Caledonian Society of Norway. The celebrations will be held at
the Hotel Continental on Saturday 9th September 2006,
starting at 7 pm. We have chosen the Hotel Continental as this
was the first meeting place of the founders of the Society, way
back in 1946.
The Committee has worked
hard to make this a memorable evening to celebrate the long
history of the Society and its ties between Scotland and Norway
and we have invited a number of distinguished guests to join us.
The cost per person is
Kr 750 which will include a three course dinner and wine with
your meal.
The
dress code is Black tie (smoking), Highland Dress or Bunad.
Please make your
reservations with myself (in writing only please) to
secretary@cally.org,
no later than FRIDAY 18 AUGUST. As the numbers are limited I
would suggest that you book early. The Committee will also
welcome any additional guests you may wish to invite to join us
in our celebrations.
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