| December 27, 2002
Dear Graduate,
As you are probably aware, the CARIMAC Alumni Association (CAA)
was launched on October 27, 2001 by the CARIMAC Advocates, a group
of graduates who have come together to initiate the Association
among other things. Since that time, some members of that group
had been busy putting plans into place to hold our inaugural general
meeting. We are now happy to announce that that meeting was held
on Saturday, January 18, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. at CARIMAC.
We had hoped to accomplish several things at that
meeting. These included the election of the Executive for 2003,
the ratification of our Constitution as well as discussion on the
kind of role the Association should be playing as far as the Institute
is concerned.
We are also pleased to announce that since the
launching of the Association we have taken on a number of small
projects. These included the establishment of the Patrick Bryan
Trust Fund. This Fund was set up to assist in the education of the
children of Patrick Bryan, a former employee of CARIMAC who was
killed in a motor vehicle accident in March 2002. We have also instituted
an annual CARIMAC Alumni Association Award to the value of J$10,000
for the most outstanding final year CARIMAC student. This year the
award was made to Patrick Prendergast.
We realize that there are many more activities
for an Association like ours to be involved in and that is why we
urge you to make every effort to attend the general meetings so
that you can contribute in a meaningful way to the success of this
Association.
Download the agenda
for the January Annual General Meeting, a proposed Constitution,
a proposed annual calendar of events, membership form, and a list
of benefits.
We kindly ask that you complete the membership
form and return it to CARIMAC as soon as possible with your fees
so that we can begin processing your application. Cheques should
be made payable to CARIMAC Alumni Association.
Please note that once you have joined the CAA,
you will automatically become a member of our parent body, The UWI
Alumni Association (formerly Guild of Graduates). As such, you will
be entitled to all the Association’s Guild Plus and University
benefits and you will be issued a UWI Alumni Association membership
card. You can also join the CAA/UWI Alumni Association by obtaining
the UWI Guild of Graduates Keycard at any branch of the National
Commercial Bank or the UWI Alumni Association Office at 1 Gibraltar
Camp Road, Mona Campus.
We also ask that you spread the word about our
next meeting, as we want maximum attendance. Ask persons you may
know who are graduates of CARIMAC to contact Livingston White, Corinne
Barnes or Gayon Davis at telephone number 977-1397-9 or 927-1481,
email: carimac.alumni@uwimona.edu.jm
or fax 977-1597.
Sincerely,
CARIMAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Livingston White
P.S. It is important that you call us
at CARIMAC to confirm your attendance at the next meeting so that
appropriate accommodations can be arranged.
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