St. Joseph’s Ex-student Reunion

Circular Memo

Date: 2nd June 2005
Venue: Amy’s Snack Food
Subject: St. Joseph’s Ex-student Reunion

An informal meeting held at the Amy’s Snack Food at Point Cruz during lunch to discuss what strategies to develop for the reunion of St. Joseph’s Tenaru ex-student towards the end of the year. The first meeting held this afternoon was to brainstorm how that could be developed, who should be involved, when will we start, where will we get funds and etc..

The following is the extract of this first informal meeting.


1. The idea of reunion has been planned for previous years however no progress has been made. This has been a result of who should organise the reunion whilst no strategies has been developed. The idea has again emerged during contacts between individuals from time to time. From the contacts, Joseph Foukona suggested an interim committee to be established once contacts have been made with individuals in Honiara and USP Centre in Fiji and Vanuatu.

2. James Solomon Akwai arrived in Honiara recently contacted few that he has access during the first few days of his arrival. He quickly organised an informal meeting held this afternoon to further discuss what has been circulated among few individuals for a concrete progress. The meeting held with four people who appreciated the idea of reunion thus called whoever has seen during the meeting. While James will be in Honiara until July, he will assist with establishment of this interim committee to work towards this reunion. The interim committee did not undermine the formal ex-students committee rather to strengthen the existing network that is inactive at the moment.

3. Since the ex-student association was inactive (to our knowledge) at the moment, we tried as much as possible to reach whoever we knew and access to contact him or her workplace to arrange appropriate timing for a meeting. The aim of the proposed meeting was to organise a reunion of ex-students towards the end of the year when (especially students studying overseas) everybody look forward to the holiday seasons.

4. Contacts between individuals previously suggested a sizeable reunion that targets students’ ex-students from 1992 – 1995 students at St. Joseph. During the meeting, the focus is to involve as many students as possible to strengthen the current association before tying to the formal association in the future.

5. As one of our school/classmate will be ordained during the Christmas holiday season, we suggested the reunion have been scheduled sometimes before he could go home to be ordained to become a priest. He is Mr. Alban Raukeniana.

6. A meeting has been scheduled for Thursday 9th June at Town Ground to establish the working committee to work towards the event. While others will not be available during working hours, it is proposed to be held during lunch hour. As soon as the interim committee taken up the responsibility to organise whatever activities to raise funds towards this reunion, we encouraged individuals to bring their friends to assist with our fundraising events.

N.B.

We appreciate your contribution towards this informal reunion, as it will further strengthen our network into the future. We have been isolated in our working environment for so long without knowing who is where and what.

Welcome your bright ideas;

• How can we start
• Who can fund our activities
• What is the target amount
• Where or who will keep the money
• Etc


Come prepared so we may progress with discussion, as the hour for lunch is very slim. If you have queries that need clarification from time to time, please do not hesitate to forward your query to the following;

John Edward – ANZ Bank
Jerome Rivoquani – Telekom
Rex Tara – Oxfam Australia
James Solo Akwai – USP, Honiara Centre

Thank you for your time

Rex Tara