Programme for the batch get-together in 2010

A meeting of the Colombo branch of the organizing committee for the 2010 batch get-together, was held on 2/10/2009 at the house of Durumila.

The following were present;-

1. Dr.Sarath Kapuwaththe.

2. Dr.Durumila Kumara.

3. Dr.Ranjini Thearapperuma.

4. Dr.Ranjan Fernando.

5. Dr.C.S.Nannayakkara.

6. Dr.Philip G Veerasingam.

The following decisions were arrived at:-

1. A correction of the dates for the reunion was made for 2^nd and 3^rd July (Friday and Saturday) 2010.

Those who have already made a booking at Keels, would have their dates already readjusted by Durumila.

2. The costing for the get-together was as follows:-

Beds	Cost for full board per day	Cost for half board per
Single	Rs.10,500/=	Rs. 9,500/=
Double	Rs. 12,500/=	Rs.11,000/=
Triple	Rs. 15,000/=	Rs. 14,500/=

Gala dinner on Saturday 3^rd July will cost an additional Rs. 2500/= each.

Extra lunch will cost Rs. 1400/= each.

3. Bookings:-

A non-refundable deposit of Rs.5000/= should be paid in advance per person, to confirm a booking. This booking should be done by 30/11/2009.

Please contact your area coordinator to pay your advance for the bookings.

Dr.CSNannayakkara(csn48@aol.com) for UK

Dr.Buddy Reid (buddygreid@hotmail.com) for Australia

Dr.Tissa Kappagoda (ctkappagoda@hotmail.com) & Dr.H. Piyasena

(hipiyasena@bellsouth.net) for USA.

Please note that even now there is a high occupancy rate of hotels (84%) in Colombo. This is bound to increase by the 2^nd and 3^rd July 2010.

4. The programme:-

2^nd July 2010 (Friday)

10am – Registration

1pm - Lunch

2-7pm - Sight seeing – Dambulla, Minneriya, Ritigala, .....

7pm - Remembering those batch mates who have passed away.

Concert

Dinner & 'Bajow' (‘Paduru party).

3^rd July 2010 (Saturday)

7.30 – Breakfast

8.30am to 10am – Group photo

11am to 1pm – Clinical sessions.

2pm to 7pm - Sight seeing.

8pm – Gala dinner

Sing song.

4^th July 2010 (Sunday)

7.30 Breakfast.

11 am - Vacate hotel.

5. Articles for the souvenir – Please send in your contributions to the editor Dr.Tissa Kappagoda before 31^st March 2010.

6. A list of our batch-mates resident in Sri Lanka to be compiled.

7. Update

8. The list of emails of batch-mates. Please send us the email addresses of any of our batch mates that you have so that we could bring our records upto date.

9. A trip to Trincomalee could be done from Dambulla after the get together, by arrangement with Keels, on an individual basis. This could be done after the get together is over on the 4^th July 2010.