Meeting of the Kandy organizers of the Batch reunion held in July 2010
Dear All
Kapu , Jayalath and us ( the Wedis) met at Jayalath’s residence on the 14th of October . The main purpose of the meeting was to discuss the course of action to be taken with the left over money from the batch reunion.
The following is a summary of the discussion that took place.
Kapu read out a few cards of appreciation sent by batch mates and thanked all the organizers and Participants, without whom the occasion would not have been a success .He also thanked us for the secretarial work done getting through loads of paper work.
In this regard a special thanks goes to
Philip for setting up the blog, being the chief communicator which he performs so efficiently even now. He was behind the organization of the event of “remembering our departed batch mates” as well as coordinating many other activities.
This he did despite having to manage his wife’s illness that came on just before the Reunion, thankfully her recovery was uneventful.
Nalini for organizing a very fruitful clinical sessions, and being the chief organizer for the Alumni Scholarship programme for medical students ,coordinating and organizing the donations of money books, and equipment much needed by the various departments of the Colombo Medical faculty. Well done Nala!!
The presence of most of the faculty teachers at the handing over ceremony spoke volumes as to how much the donation was appreciated.
We thank all those who silently contributed both in kind and money for the welfare of the institution that nurtured all of us in this noble profession. We all can be truly proud of you all & hope we can continue to help in the future
Durmila for keeping in touch with JKH and getting hotel accommodation for a relative low rate, facilitating transport through Walkers tour buses, In addition to hosting all the Colombo meetings.
Gerry for organizing the concert, much looked forward to by all and keeping us all in fits of laughter and making the clinical sessions all the more hilarious.
Lucien Heather & Travis for their parts in the concert, Anula, Palitha, and Pearl for their interesting papers at the clinical sessions.
Ranjan for printing of the Souvenirs and organizing the transport to and fro from Colombo
Nana for organizing the participation of batch mates from UK and the “ mostly U.K” donation which included a few from U.S.A for scholarships to medical students. Also for that interesting paper which was an eye opener to all. His penchant for constructive criticism is appreciated.
Buddy Reid for organizing the “Australian 11” donation to the medical faculty and for the display of his musical talents at various events
Nihal Gunaratne who made the network connections to the computers at the faculty
Tissa Kappagoda for editing and printing the book on Anecdotes ,presenting an interesting paper at the clinical sessions and advising us on many matters
Jayalath stated that a sum of rs 70,450.27 is now in our Bank account.
Expenditure was high because the rates for printing souvenirs, group photographs, and the band was almost double this time.
More than 90%of the money collected at registration was spent on the photographs.
Devi Jesudason who donated a sum of rs 20000/= requested that the money be used for one of two purposes.
1. to be used if there was a shortfall
2. to be given for the medical students scholarship fund of the faculty.
A big thank you and a salute to all those who raised funds for the event
Rohantha for raising a major part of funding
Nihal Tenabadu, for raising a substantial amount of funds.
Buddhadasa for raising funds from ads for the souvenir and more
Jayalath raising funds with souvenir advertisement, also for doing a very professional job as the Treasurer and hosting the meeting of 14th
We decided to donate a sum of rs 60,000/= of the money remaining to the medical students scholarship fund . The balance of money will remain in the account . We however feel that retaining the account is a good idea as it gives an opportunity for us to contribute towards the Alumni scholarship fund.
Finally the last but not the least a big thank you and salutations to Kapu , our President who is greatly gifted in organizing and getting things done( he is not exactly a slave driver !!! you know ).Besides both of you hosted the meetings and we enjoyed the informal chats . wishing you and Kanthi who has given us her unstinted support ,Good health, happiness and lots of laughter .Ayu-bo wewa
The organizing committee takes this opportunity to thank all other batch mates who have helped us in numerous ways and apologizes for any oversight in omitting their names.
We thank and salute all our participants once again
Let us keep in touch via email , even snail mail, meet as often as we can, even though it may be small groups, relax, enjoy and laugh . After all laughter is the best medicine.
Cheers
Organizing Committee
