Commodore email messages to members
2024 December: Commodore's Email
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bweigel2@gmail.com Administrator Posts: 20
4 days ago
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I write to send Season’s Greetings to one and all with a wish that, no matter how you celebrate the closing days of our 70th Anniversary year, you do so in good health, in happiness and in good company.
I hope that everyone has managed to get together with other OCC members at some stage during this special year whether in an anchorage far from home, at an impromptu gathering or at an organised event.
It is with great pleasure that I can announce that the first Annual Edition of our OCC Journal is about to be sent out by the printers, although depending on where you are in the world, it may be some time before you receive your copy.
We congratulate and thank Anne Hammick for the countless hours spent bringing together this special 2024 edition of Flying Fish.
I do hope you find the time to enjoy the whole of this edition, which is unlikely to be consumed in one sitting. Whether you read your copy at the chart table or your coffee table, or even via the website, it is yours to dip into and to savour over time.
I must also announce that Anne Hammick will be standing down from the 1st of January 2025 after 35 years as Editor of Flying Fish and the Board will be finding a suitable way in which to both commemorate her achievements and thank her for such loyal service.
Anne will not be standing down from all her roles within OCC, the Board have asked her to continue as the OCC Archivist, and we will therefore still benefit from her vast knowledge of the history of our Club. In addition, Anne has been asked to write the last 10 years’ history of the OCC, following on from The First 50 Years written by Tony Vasey and the ten years’ round up to 60 years of the OCC written by Bill McLaren.
Emily Winter will be adding our Flying Fish journal to her current responsibilities of compiling the e-bulletin and the Newsletter, becoming the OCC Publications Editor. To ensure that Emily has the time and support she requires in this expanding role our Club Secretary Rachelle Turk has worked with Emily to reassign certain tasks and in January we will be advertising for an additional OCC Support Administrator.
I would like to thank all our volunteers around the world who willingly assist our members, arrange events and report on the diverse activities of our membership. I would like to express my appreciation and admiration of all those on the Board and General Committee who take on responsibilities for the management of the Club, together with our secretariat of Rachelle Turk and Emily Winter, who work tirelessly in the background. Without this team we could not provide the services, print and digital publications, website, App and social media presence that our members enjoy.
Very best wishes for this festive season,
Fiona Jones
Commodore - Ocean Cruising Club
+44 (0) 7796 678 120
www.oceancruisingclub.org
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