Easter 2009

Well the Easter 2009 Gathering has been and gone. With usual prompt efficiency, Chas posted an album of over 350 photos online before the Easter team had packed and left school. Check the links page to find the album.

Catherine Bunney

You may be aware of the sad news that Catherine died at 9.00 a.m. on Monday, 19 January 2009 after a long illness.

A funeral service was held at Amersham Crematorium on Tuesday 27th January and was followed by a wake at the Hit or Miss Inn in Penn Street in addition a Memorial Meeting was held at School on Saturday 28th February.

At the funeral one of Cath's brothers asked me to place the following information on the site:

For the last six years of her life, Catherine's care was inextricably linked with
The Transplant Unit at Harefield Hospital, Middlesex.

You can support the life saving transplant work undertaken at Harefield
by making a donation to

The Royal Brompton and Harefield Charitable Fund
Harefield Hospital
Hill End Road
Harefield
Middlesex
UB9 6JH

Please mention Catherine Bunney in any covering letter,
Or simply write her name on the back of a cheque.

Thank you.

Easter Gathering

The Easter Gathering is nearly upon us. If you wish to stay in school or share meals with us please have a look at the booking details on the Easter page. Otherwise please feel free just to drop in!

If you are a member of the Association and did not receive a booking form then it is likely that we do not have your correct address. In which case please get in contact with the membership secretary so we can confirm it!

Old Scholars on the Web

As the 21st century continues the nature of mass communication is rapidly changing. I was fortunate to be at university during the birth of the world wide web. At that time there was a mailing list that people could subscribe to that gave information about the new websites that were being added each day. This was way before the rise of such powerful companies such as Google and at that time paper was the way that information was disseminated in the form of printed reports and directories.

This has now all changed. In this electronic age, many people now turn to computers as their primary source of information. Society is morphing into an always on 24/7 culture and the future holds the promise of mobile data access in which people won't be tied to their desks and increasingly will be able to browse from their mobile phones or other personal devices. The rise of the web is inexorable as evidenced by the explosion of social networking sites such as facebook over the last couple of years.

The Association realised a few years ago about the importance of having a presence on the web and has has this dedicated website for a number of years. Unfortunately like the rest of the running of the Association, the website is maintained by a few volunteers in their rare spare time and so over the years the site has suffered from a degree of stagnancy.

My hope as one of those maintainers is that this website should grow to compliment the AOSA report that is produced every autumn but in order to fulfill that desire the website needs a regular supply of information and photos to display. Personally I'm not looking to produce something to rival the social networking sites as that would require too much time and money rather I think the AOSA website is a resource available for the society to use in order to help disseminate information that members might find of interest or use.

So if you have any information you wish to display on the AOSA website, whether ideas, words, photos or a combination please get in touch.

You can reach me at .

Meeting House Roof Appeal

The school has started an appeal to raise substantial funds to help repair the Meeting House Roof. More details are here.

Missing Members