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£145 raised for Education Trust Fund
Association member Gerald Buck has raised over £145 from the sale of navigational charts - see the separate Artefact Sales Page for details. Well done Gerald!

November Committee Meeting News Headlines
School News
Jim Kerr gave an upbeat St Mary's School report and hopes the first students to travel for further education in Cape Town will depart in January 2013, and the island will be looking for financial support from the Tristan Education Trust Fund.
See Education Trust Fund for details and the latest total.
2013 Book Project
The committee will fund the printing of a book to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the return of the Islanders in 1963 following their exile to the UK after the volcanic eruption - see our separate 50th Anniversary Book Page for details.
2012 Annual Gathering
It was agreed to hold a Tristan Education Trust Fund Charity Auction at the 2012 Annual Gathering featuring only items donated with 100% of bid price going to the Tristan Trust Fund. Robin Taylor will also organise a separate Postal Philatelic Auction - details to be sent with the February 2012 Newsletter. RSPB's Brad Robson will be the speaker at the 2012 event and will be able to provide first hand knowledge of the recent immense conservation work on the Tristan Islands with RSPB and other professionals working alongside the Tristan Conservation Department.
Tickets for the 2012 event at the Southampton Holiday Inn on Saturday 14th April 2012 will be £29 for adults (including two course buffet lunch, refreshments and free parking) and £25 for the Dinner Dance. Children and Islander concession rates will be confirmed on a form sent with the February newsletter and then on the website.
See the 2012 Annual Gathering Page for further details including how to book hotel rooms if you want our special rate (with no deposit and the facility to cancel)
Please note that the Holiday Inn now charges £7 per day for parking - but those booking with us for the day event will have free parking - we are not yet sure how this will work but assume you will receive a token for parking when booking in for our event.
2012 meetings
2012 committee meetings will be held on Saturday 10th March and Saturday 6th October. See the Committee Page for details.

Tristan Association Membership - a good time to join us
Now is a good time to join the Tristan da Cunha Association as we offer a two year membership @ £40 for 2012 and 2013 plus a free copy of the extended August 2011 Newsletter featuring the wreck of MS Oliva and its aftermath.

The Association Order Form provides details.

August 2011 Newsletter published and posted

The 40 page full colour August Newsletter was distributed to members in late July.
Members yet to pay their 2011 subscriptions have been sent a reminder and are asked to send payment due to the Secretary to ensure they get their copy.
See Newsletter Page for details of the August 2011 Newsletter

2012 Annual Gathering

2011 Annual Gathering The 2011 Annual Gathering was held at the Southampton Holiday Inn on Saturday 30th April 2011. See the 2011 Annual Gathering Page for pictures. A report and more pictures will be in the August Tristan da Cunha Newsletter.
ITV News Film commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Volcanic Eruption Attending the Annual Gathering was Richard Jones from ITV Meridian who carried out interviews with Association Chairman Michael Swales, geologist Anna Hicks and our guest speaker Dani Schreier. Richard also interviewed Dennis and Ada Green in their nearby home, aptly named 'Tristan'. His short film (just over 3 minutes) was broadcast on Monday 6th June and can be viewed on the ITV website for a limited time on: http://www.itv.com/meridian-west/most-isolated-island85912/ and is highly recommended. Richard is making this film, and a subsequent programme he hopes to make following a visit to Tristan, available for showing at future Annual Gatherings. Following feedback from Sweden, South Africa, Thailand and Tristan da Cunha we understand the film is only available to UK web users. Your website manager understood the www was universally available, but you live and learn! Apologies that we have no control over the ITV website availability.

ITV's Richard Jones	Michael Swales	Anna Hicks	Dani Schreier
Photos taken at the 2011 Annual Gathering by Association members Ann Ashworth and Mike Faulds for more of their images go to the 2011 Annual Gathering Page
Tristan Association 50th Anniversary Book The Tristan Association has embarked on a project to publish a commemorative book in 2013 to celebrate the return of Islanders to Tristan following the enforced evacuation following the volcanic eruption in 1961. Contributions of images, memories and any press cuttings from the 1961-3 period, (for example from those in England who met and worked with Tristan Islanders) would be most welcome. Please contact Richard Grundy ( who is leading the work) on newseditor@tristandc.com if you would like to help.

February 2011 Newsletter published and posted

The 36 page full colour February Newsletter was distributed to members in late January.
Members yet to pay their 2011 subscriptions have been sent a reminder and are asked to send payment due to the Secretary in good time before the next newsletter is posted in July.
See Newsletter Page for details of the February 2011 Newsletter

February Newsletter not yet arrived?
Newsletters should start to arrive from Thursday 27th January in UK and remainder of EU. Members living abroad may experience some delay, possibly until the second week of February. Please contact the Secretary (secretary@tristandc.com) if your copy fails to arrive. Please keep us up to date with any address changes or add details (eg Postcodes / ZIP codes) where these are presently omitted on our printed labels.

August 2010 Newsletter published and posted
The 36 page full colour August Newsletter was distributed to members in late July.
Extra copies are only available to members so that we can also fulfil orders for new members.

See Newsletter Page for details of the August 2010 Newsletter

2010 Annual Gathering
A most successful Annual Gathering was held over the weekend of 10th April 2010 at the Southampton Holiday Inn.
See our photo feature 2010 Annual Gathering and the August 2010 Tristan da Cunha Newsletter for further details.

Tristan da Cunha Education Trust Fund
The Association has launched an Education Trust Fund with a target of £100,000 to provide funding for educational projects identified by the Island community.
See separate Education Trust Fund page.

500th Anniversary Publication
The 32 page full colour commemorative publication has been printed and is available for purchase.
Association members can order the publication for £5 including post and packing.
Others will pay £6, plus £1 p&p in the UK and £2 overseas. 1000 copies were sent to Tristan da Cunha, for presentation to each island family and for sale to islanders and visitors.
See the Association Shop and Order Form pages to purchase the publication.

As a guide to the publication we reproduce its preface :
All places are unique, but Tristan da Cunha is extraordinary. This publication seeks to chronicle the remarkable history of this place, show images of the community in 2006 and contains a summary of achievements and aspirations from leaders representing Islanders, the British Government and the Tristan Association to commemorate 500 years of human history. In so doing it is hoped to provide an insight into why people decided to live and eventually thrive in a beautiful, yet often hostile environment, further from their neighbors than anywhere else on earth.
The Publication contains 120 images, including three maps and photographs from 40 individuals. These illustrate the islands and show its people and their way of life. Members and others interested in obtaining a copy are urged to move quickly to secure what is sure to be a sought-after memento of Tristan da Cunha.

Island Flag	The full sized island flag presented by Chief Islander Anne Green is now proudly displayed at all Association meetings.
Disaster Fund Total	The Tristan Association has raised a total of £29,694.58 towards repairs following the 2001 Hurricane.
2006 Quincentenary Cruise	For a report see 2006 RMS St Helena Q5 Cruise

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