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 President's Report

As most of you would be aware, at our recent Annual General Meeting Trevor stood down as President after three dedicated years in that office.  I, on behalf of all of us, would like to sincerely thank Trevor for all the time, effort and dedication he put into the position.  Not once during Trevor's tenure did we lack a minyan on Saturdays.  We now have a lot more social and other cultural activities due to no small part on Trevor's efforts.  Recently thanks to Trevor's efforts, we have been starting Saturday services a lot closer to 9am.

At the time of writing this report Trevor and Debra, together with Eric and Rochelle, are about to depart on a well-earned break by going on a cruise around New Zealand.  We wish them a safe and happy voyage.  Eric and Rochelle will be celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary whilst on the cruise and we wish them Mazeltov.

Also at the time of writing the time is fast approaching for the wedding of Zalmy Goldstein to Esty Feldman.  On behalf of all our members I would like to wish Zalmy, Esty, our Rabbi and Rebbetzin and all the family a hearty mazeltov and may the union bring much happiness for the future.

At the AGM no one was prepared to stand as President.  It was therefore decided that five former Presidents would take turns in acting in the role for the coming year.  They include Trevor and Eric, Philip Cohen and Dr George Foster as well as myself.  I will be acting in the position until the end of January 2012.  I would also like to thank all the previous Board who were prepared to stay on for this year with the addition of Philip Cohen, Dr George Foster and Cliff Butt.  It will be a productive twelve months.

We have already organised a number of top social functions for the coming twelve months and sometime in the first part of next year there will be a General Meeting to discuss changes to our constitution.  We will also continue to have our Saturday services commence at 9am (with your help) and hopefully we will continue to get minyans.

I look forward to seeing you all in the not too distant future and if you have any concerns or ideas, please don't hesitate to contact me or the Board.

David Samuels

Acting President