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2015 BRANCH CONVENTION AND AGM – PART 2

Merrilee Berrisford Last month you read Part 1 of Merrilee’s report on the annual gatherings of BotSoc SA held on 16 September at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth. This month we give you Part 2. Then came the branch report-back session. I started by saying that the past year had been the year of the book and bounty. Kogelberg Branch has been on the receiving end of much bounty from power saws to Ethel Dixie flower paintings (see separate article). There were cheers when I said that the Mayor had formally proclaimed…
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by KBergReserve

2015 BRANCH CONVENTION AND AGM

Merrilee Berrisford This year the annual gatherings of BotSoc SA were held on 16 September at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth in a room above the Mandela Café, part of the Student Union. In the courtyard below us the SRC election was happening with lively singing and dancing once voting was over. Present at the Convention were the President, Prof George Bredenkamp, Chairman of Council, Andrew Blackmore, five Council members, Executive Director, Zaitoon Rabaney, Executive Assistant, Catherine Browne, nine branch chairmen and the auditor, Richard Browne. In the morning we listened to…
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