The 2022 IOBA Newsletter has now been made available for all HERE.

Due to printing and postage costs, the 2022 Newsletter will be printed as small numbers only.

Members who would like a hard copy of the newsletter, are to be purchased, rather than sent out to all members. If you wish for a hard copy please contact Owen Sutton 91/94 (IOBA Newsletter Editor). email@owensutton.com

Please find below the LINK in PDF

IOBA 2022 Newsletter please click on this LINK to download to your;

Smart Phone/PC/Laptop : https://www.ts-indefatigable-oba.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2022_IOBA_Newsletter_Final.pdf

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On May 25^th at the Merchant Navy Memorial – Liverpool you and members of the IOBA are invited to gather at approx 09:15 along with Veterans and Dignitary’s who will be holding a service for the 40^th Commemoration of the Falklands War and in particular the sinking of the Atlantic Conveyor. 

Organiser’s are hoping to have a back drop of an ACL vessel, and then following on from the service at the MN Memorial over to St Nicholas Church for a 11:00 (10:30) Service.

Falklands War 40^th Anniversary remembering those Indefatigable boys who bravely gave their lives ;

John David Stroud. Hood 1977-78  Sadly lost his life onboard HMS Glamorgan June 1982 Falkland Islands, the ship was hit by an Argentinean Exocet missile.

Robert Griffin. Rodney 1974-76  Marine R.D. Griffin: Robert sadly lost his life during the closing days of the Falklands War in 1982 (age 22).

Foxtrot 4 – The Forgotten Falklands Wreck

For full delails, please click on the link below

Falklands 40 Commemoration Service – Liverpool – 25th May 2022

Written on behalf of the current IOBA Committee, by the General Secretary.

IOBA Committee Elections 2022 – Update

The online IOBA Committee elections for (1) Chairman (2) General Secretary (3) Treasurer & Membership Secretary (4) Newsletter Editor (5) Social Secretary (6) Vice Chairman, closed on 03 Apr 22. 

Firstly, I would like to thank those who put their names forward for the roles and secondly, I can announce that we have received a single nomination for all the roles advertised this year which means there is no requirement to move to a formal membership voting process.  The roles and nominations are:

• Chairman (2022-2025) – Andrew Butler 77-78
• Vice Chairman (2022-2024) – Ian Parr 74-75
• General Secretary (2022-2024) – George Brown 91-94
• Treasurer & Membership Secretary (2022-2025) – John Aspinall 59-60
• Newsletter Editor (2022-2025) – Owen Sutton 90-94
• Social Secretary (2022-2024) – Richard Lawson 85-88

The new election process was established to be more inclusive and allow all paid up full and associate members to put their names forward for committee roles and have a vote.  Although the process worked it is recognised that certain changes will need to be baked into the process to ensure that we reach as many members of the IOBA. 

The Committee has therefore decided that this year to be fair and equitable to members the following course of action will take place:

• Those Full and Associate Members attending the AGM on 11 Jun 22 can put themselves forward for one or more of the advertised roles.
• If a role has 2 or more nominations each nomination will be required to provide a short brief (pre prepared or in person) on why they wish to undertake the role.
• Full and Associate members will then vote on who they wish to undertake the role.
• If the current nomination is unchallenged then the nomination will be ratified.
• Roles are in post from immediate effect after the process.

Lastly and to inform the review I would welcome and appreciate your feedback (positive/negative) on the Election Process implemented this year. You can do this by either sending me an email at indeconsultancy@gmail.com , raising formally at the IOBA AGM or catching me in the margins at this years reunion.

Thanks

Richard Lawson – Hood 152 (85-88)

Indefatigable Old Boys Association (IOBA)

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