The Galle Club’s 2nd AGM
View(s):The second consecutive Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Galle Club, a past pupils association from six renowned schools in Galle, took place recently at the Mövenpick Hotel, Colombo.
Representing camaraderie and connectivity between its members, the Galle Club brings together past pupils of St. Aloysius College, Richmond College, Mahinda College, Southlands College, Sanghamitta Balika Vidyalaya and Sacred Heard Convent.
The AGM 2019 commenced with the registration of current and new members, followed by the welcome address by Ms. Nilmini Ferdinando – outgoing Secretary from Sacred Heart Convent – who thanked the distinguished members and guests for sparing their valuable time to grace the occasion, the club said in a media release.
Following the welcome address, Dilith Jayaweera – outgoing President from St. Aloysius College – spoke of the core objective of the club, reviewing the past term and positive outcomes from the events held. He further spoke of the establishment of regional chapters of the club, with the successful inauguration of The Galle Club in Melbourne, Australia.
Following its success during the past term, the 2018 EXCO was unanimously re-appointed to take reign of the board of Office Bearers 2019-2020.
The board comprises President Dilith Jayaweera, an old boy of St. Aloysius College; Nilmini Ferdinando re-appointed as Secretary; and Janakie Wijethilake as Treasurer. Sujeewa Rajapakse of Richmond College, D. N. Thilakumara of Mahinda College, Prof. Janitha Liyanage of Southlands College, Sasima Pinidiya of Sanghamitta Balika Vidyalaya and Hasanka Witharana of Sacred Heart Convent were re-appointed as Vice Presidents.
Other office bearers re-elected at the AGM included Chanura Wijethilake (Secretary elect), Sagara Gunawardena (Treasurer elect), Surani Maharage (Editor) and Venya Ranasinghe (Editor elect).
Re-appointed committee members include Lani Gunaratne (Sacred Heart Convent), D. Padmasiri (Mahinda College), Nilmini Prasantha Abeywickrama De Silva (Southlands College), Dilani Sirimanna (Southlands College), Ananda Samarasinghe (Richmond College), Aruna Siriwardena (Richmond College), Shammi Wijetilleke (Sangamiththa BV), Jagath Pushpakumara (St. Aloysius College) and Tissa Gunawardena (St. Aloysius College). Additionally, the three newly elected committee members are Rosemarie Yatawara (Sacred Heart Convent), Takura Gunasinghe (Mahinda College) and Damayanthi Samarasinghe (Sangamiththa BV).