Minutes of the meeting of Med Batch 1960 50^th Anniversary Reunion

Held on 14^th jan 2010. At the residence of Dr M.P.Wedisinghe Kandy

Present Dr Sarath Kapuwatte Chair

Dr R.L.Jayakuru

Dr K.E.J.de Silva

Dr M.P.Wedisinghe

Dr Piyaseeli Wedisinghe

Minutes of the previous meeting was read and adopted.

The Booking in procedure at the Hotel has been further simplified , the name , no of rooms and the dates of stay to be sent to M/S indu Chandrawansa at e mail address. htlres@keells.com

Dr Kapuwatte requested a list local batch mates participating in the event to be prepared and forwarded to Dr KEJ de Silva. Dr M.P.Wedisinghe to attend to this.

Those participating from Jaffna will be prepared by Dr Sivarajah.

Those participating from Kandy and Colombo are already available.

Regarding sponsors, Dr Jayakuru has contacted about 10 Drug firms . Some have promised to contribute. Exact amount is not known.

Regarding the Souvenir ,Dr Buddadasa who attended the meeting in Colombo last time has promised to find sponsors for advertisements. Dr Veerasingam will attend to the printing of the Souvenir .

Regarding a Banner , Dr jayalath to attend. Words in the banner would be Medical Batch 1960 5oth Anniversary Reunion.

All agreed to have a Directory of the Batchmates giving their present position , and email addresses.

Telepix Kandy was chosen as the official Photographer. The cost of the photographs to be borne individually.

Regarding Music etc , it was decided to get services of a DJ as against having a Band as it was cheaper. Dr Durumila to make inquiries.

Some problems were encountered in finding time for both a Concert and a Paduru Party. This needs sorting out.

Reminder for bookings - July 2010 - get together in Dambulla of 1960 Batch Medical Entrants

2. The costs for attendance are as follows:-

Single rooms Rs.10,500/- per day

Double rooms Rs.12,000/- per day

Triple rooms Rs.15,000/- per day

A two day booking will cover Friday 2^nd July 2010, Lunch to 4^th July 2010 Sunday Breakfast.

Additional Rs2000/- each for the Gala Dinner on Saturday 3^rd July 2010.

3. There is no advance payment for bookings now

Please give your full name, the type of rooms required and the number of days one or two to the following by email and get confirmation

htlres@keells.com

Ms.Indu. Chandrawansa is dealing with the bookings.

Please keep in mind the heavy bookings in the tourist hotels in Sri Lanka.

You cannot get last minute bookings.

4. There is a special option for anyone resident in Sri Lanka from the 1960 entrants batch, to attend the sessions from outside. The hotel costs for meals for those resident in SLwould be:-

Breakfast – Rs.1400/-

Lunch - Rs.1400/-

Dinner – Rs.2800/-

5. Anyone interested in a trip to Trincomalee and night stay there, after the get-together at Dambulla, should contact us at

1960batch@gmail .com

Have a nice day.

Reminder on bookings for the July 2010 get-together.

2. The costs for attendance are as follows:-

Single rooms Rs.10,500/- per day

Double rooms Rs.12,000/- per day

Triple rooms Rs.15,000/- per day

A two day booking will cover Friday 2^nd July 2010, Lunch to 4^th July 2010 Sunday Breakfast.

Additional Rs2000/- each for the Gala Dinner on Saturday 3^rd July 2010.

3. There is no advance payment for bookings now

Please give your full name, the type of rooms required and the number of days one or two to the following by email and get confirmation

htlres@keells.com

Ms.Indu. Chandrawansa is dealing with the bookings.

Please keep in mind the heavy bookings in the tourist hotels in Sri Lanka.

You cannot get last minute bookings.

4. There is a special option for anyone resident in Sri Lanka from the 1960 entrants batch, to attend the sessions from outside. The hotel costs for meals for those resident in SLwould be:-

Breakfast – Rs.1400/-

Lunch - Rs.1400/-

Dinner – Rs.2800/-

5. Anyone interested in a trip to Trincomalee and night stay there, after the get-together at Dambulla, should contact us at

1960batch@gmail .com

Have a nice day.

Karals and the Dr.B.S.Perera oration 0n 23/1/2010

A group of Karal's batch-mates after the oration.

Obituary

Death of Dr.K.D. Wimalaratne, MRCP,

Physician,

Kurunegala,

Sri Lanka.

21/1/2010.

Information given by Dr.Kapuwaththe.

Death of Dr.Nesraja of the Dept of Physiology of our days.

From: selvaratnam@mail.com
Subject: Obituary
To:
Date: Saturday, 16 January, 2010, 18:41

Sorry to learn that Dr Neasarjah husband of Subitha (nee Devasagayam ) of Araly passed away yesterday.

Email from Ranee

Dear Palitha,

how wonderful to hear from you and your wife. I was in Australia for 3 weeks in Dec. and met some the girls in Melbourne, had lunch with Travis and Hiranthi. Also met Buddy Reid, and Christie Gunaratnam. In Sydney I met Thilak Weerasinghe and his family, and Imelda too. If all is well with me, I hope to attend our gathering in Habarana in July.

Thanks so much for keeping in touch. I must say I have not kept in touch with anyone - busy with work and coping with cancers ( twice ), except now, when I must see friends from med school, while I can.

Wish you and you family the very best for 2010.

Ranee