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FROM THE PRESIDENT
And you thought that having a broken right arm would prevent me from writing this month’s President’s Letter – Ha, Dream on! As I said at the April General Meeting, I consider myself very lucky not to have broken BOTH arms, like Toula and Gerhild who struggled on regardless and, amazingly, didn’t let it get them down – that’s WIC ladies for you! Poor old George Papandreou has also broken his arm and been told to rest for 4 weeks – I do sympathise with him, but he’s only Leader of the Opposition and NOT President of WIC, so he can afford to rest for 4 weeks! And, of course, he’s a man! Enough of that. This month’s profile is our Treasurer, Dora who’s been a member since the very beginning in 1976 – what she doesn’t know about WIC doesn’t need to be known. She’s been a member of the Choraleers since its founding and this is her second term as Treasurer – Erika (as member of the nominating committee) casually asked her if she liked numbers, an affirmative answer was enough for Erika (always be very careful how you answer Erika, you never know what devious plot she has in mind!) and before she knew it she was counting Euros and doing Balance Sheets. In her spare time – what spare time? Do you remember her CV? A page and a half of the most erudite accomplishments in archaeology, the history of Greek Civilization, Heritage Managements, Cultural Policy, Urban Regeneration, publications in scientific journals, in both Greek and English, Prehistoric Thebes, Early Helladic Architecture, etc., etc., actually we could solve all our ‘programme’ problems just by having Dora speak to us each month for the next five years! So far, sadly, I have been unable to persuade her (maybe I should get Erika on the case!) Apart from all that, Dora has ‘an eagle eye’ for mistakes and proof reads the Newsletter prior to printing, when Jeaneth and I couldn’t spot a mistake if it jumped off the page and bit us – not so our Dora – nothing gets past her! Most of all, she has an amazing sense of humour and is quite likely to dissolve into fits of giggles and that alone makes her a wonderful Board Member. I shall be thinking of you all this Easter and wishing you lots of lovely things during this happy springtime season and as we glide into summer, I wish you good holidays doing whatever gives you pleasure, hours on the beach, hours with summer reading, discovering new places, easy visitors and a return to WIC in September full of energy and enthusiasm for our autumn programme (please note we’re starting early on September 17th with a trip to Angola, courtesy of our lovely member Maria Isabel – no packing necessary!) See you at the various events (of which there are many – we will be ready for a rest this summer!) and at our two General Meetings. Bridget Past
and Present WIC Presidents 2008. Left to right: UPCOMING CALENDAR GENERAL MEETINGS DATE Please mark your Calendars June
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Dear
Ladies,