Celebrating 160+ Years

From the President – John Noble 62-64

It is a great privilege to be President of the Conway Club and I look forward to serving out my term with high spirits although regrettably I must end my period of office early (at the end of 2024) for personal reasons. This is an unexpected and very recent decision which came too late to be included in the AGM Agenda. I am very pleased to announce the AGM unanimously elected Vice President Paul Heaver (66-71) to become our 23rd President in January 2025. David Fawcitt (67-69) was elected to replace him as a Vice President.

I am hugely assisted as President by the Hon Sec Steve Barnet (65-68) and Treasurer Rob Tubb (67-70). OCs will be pleased to learn that the Committee remains very active, with the able help in arranging social functions and the Dinner from Mim Smith (Honorary Member).

The youngest OCs are now in their late 60s, so we must turn our thought to the Club’s long-term future. In response to discussions at the 2023 AGM a working party was formed to examine our options and its recommendations are in the ‘Club Closure Passage Plan’ which was fully endorsed by the full Committee. It can be downloaded using the link below. The plan was summarised on pages 16 and 17 of the July 2024 The Cadet which also sought your views on its recommendations. 16% of members responded and their responses were discussed by and ratified at the 2024 AGM. A full report will be in the next The Cadet including details of our next steps and how you can get involved.

Stop Press: The 2025 AGM weekend will be in Bedford, not Reading as mentioned at the last AGM. The Reading hotel insisted on unacceptable financial terms so we decided to go elsewhere. Full details of the new venue will be in the next The Cadet.