Lunch & AGM at Marriott

This year the AGM / PILC Lunch was hosted by the Marriott Resort and Spa.  We received a warm welcome at the entrance as well known ‘friends’.

Many PILC members showed up this morning, more than one hundred.  Gillian officially opened the Annual General Meeting, commencing her last half-hour as PILC President; all ladies were quiet!

Gillian’s last announcements were made and then she introduced the two new members of this morning, Susan and Rosita.

All leaders of the different committees reported over the last year.  Without any objection, the reports were accepted.  Despite the economical recession, the financial position of the PILC remains strong and performance over the year was only slightly down on last year’s figures.

Last year we welcomed 64 new members of 29 (!) different nationalities.  For the Newsletter we currently have 28 advertisers.  This number of advertisers covers the cost of producing the newsletter on a monthly basis.

The time was then for Gillian to thank everybody for their support, time, donations and efforts during her period as President of the PILC, February 2009 until February 2010.

The microphone was handed over to the election committee.  Angela Poustie thanked the Board and especially Gillian for their great job.  The nominated members for the new board were introduced individually and uniformly accepted!

Four of the ‘old’ board returned in the newly elected board: Connie, Denise, Alvi and Johanna.  Thank you everybody for your unanimity and we wish the new board, especially our new President Anja Schoof, good luck.

After this important part, we were all hungry and enjoyed the nice and tasteful lunch buffet.  Both the buffet meal and the dessert were delicious, as usual at the Marriott, and enjoyed by all.