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Dear Members and Friends,

Just to remind you that the 30th Annual General Meeting of the Greek-Irish Society will be held at the Athens Centre (48, Archimidous Street, Mets, Athens 11636) tomorrow (Saturday), May 19 at 7.30pm.

After going through the business of reviewing the past year's events, distributing surplus funds to charity and electing a new committee, members will be able to relax in the peaceful setting of the Athens Centre and enjoy some snacks and drinks.

On behalf of the outgoing committee, I'm looking forward to seeing you there,
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This is a Google Earth file, which when opened, will pinpoint the location of the Diomidis Botanical Gardens in Haidari, where we ave organised a tour for Sunday, April 22. If you don't have Google Earth, you can download it for free at http://earth.google.com (requires broadband).
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Dear Friends,

It's that time of year again! We get all dressed up...and have somewhere great to go! Our annual St. Andrew's ball is on the 18th of November in 3 weeks time. For those of you who have been before, you know it's not to be missed. For anyone who loves Scotland and all things Scottish, the night of the ball is the next best thing to going to Scotland itself. Without setting foot out of Athens, you will be in good Scottish company, eat great Scottish food, enjoy bagpipes and a traditional Scottish band and witness cheerful Scottish dancing by not only Scots but nationalities from all over the world. Don't worry if you haven't a clue how to do Scottish dancing, half of the fun is when a kilted man appears out of nowhere and pulls you off in the right direction!

The price of the ticket has remained the same. For 75 euros you get a 4 course meal with seconds for anyone who can manage it and unlimited wine, spirits, beer and soft drinks. Coffee, tea, chocolates and Scottish shortbread follow. Most important is the satisfaction of helping to raise valuable funds for children's charities. We have a fabulous time on the night but our ball is also our way of helping those who are less fortunate than ourselves. Kivotos youth centre alone has received 23,000 euros from our society in the last 4 years.

I have attached a flyer of our event. Please feel free to circulate it.
I look forward to seeing you all soon!

Sarah Gilhespie
Secretary
The St. Andrew's Society of Athens
Some news just in that will surely be of interest:
Aer Lingus has announced today that it will be opening a Dublin-Athens route in 2007.
The route will be direct and three times a week (Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday). These flights will start from 5th June. Tickets go on sale on www.aerlingus.com from Thursday 2 November.
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Concern Greek Irish Society Members

"Following the death on Tuesday of former Taoiseach Mr Charles J. Haughey, a book of condolence has been opened at the Embassy. It will be available to sign from 10.00 until 13.00 on Thursday 15 and Friday 16 June."
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The Annual General Meeting of the Greek-Irish Society will be held at the Athens Centre (48, Archimidous Street, Mets, Athens 11636 - http://www.athenscentre.gr) on Saturday, May 27, at 7:30pm.

Agenda
  1. President's report
  2. Treasurer's report
  3. Distribution of financial surplus to charities (The names of nominated charities/causes are listed below.)
  4. Election of Executive Committee
    • President
    • Vice-President
    • Secretary
    • Membership Secretary
    • Treasurer
    • Committee member
    • Committee member
    • Committee member
  5. AOB
Please note that only fully paid-up members of the Greek-Irish Society may vote or stand for election at the AGM.

List of charities nominated for Greek-Irish Society support:

Name of charity -- Proposer(s)
  • Action Aid -- Noel Fahey
  • Irish Benevolent Fund c/o the Irish Embassy -- Harry Courouklis
  • Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens -- Kathleen O'Donnell-Kassimatis/Norah Ryan
  • Kifissia Catholic Church -- Katherine Panayiotou
  • Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders -- Orlaith Kamenos
  • Smile of the Child
  • Make a Wish Foundation Greece -- Sandra Mattheou
  • Voula Catholic Church -- Nellie Lykos
The Ergastiri Annual Fair will take place in Platia Kotzia (near Omonia and Athens Town Hall) on Saturday, 27th May, from 10am until about 6pm. The Embassy participates with an Irish stall at which we sell Irish products and produce. We will serve lovely, cold Murphy's Red with brown bread (handmade by society members) and smoked salmon and, if we are lucky, some of David Steele's lovely sausage rolls!

The Ergastiri is a society of parents, guardians and friends of people with mental disabilities. It provides work and accommodation for these people and their annual fair is an important source of funding. It is a very big fair and is very well organised and supported with music and dance as well as international stalls.

What I am looking for from the members of the GIS is anything that I could sell on the stall, such as books or preferably things Irish, to add to what we already have. You can give me a call at the Embassy (210 7232771 from 9am to 4pm) if you think you have anything that we could sell and do come along to join the fun!!
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Wednesday's lecture at the IIHSA (Dr. Maria Mili: "Greek Votive Offerings - Problems and Approaches") had to be postponed for urgent and unforeseeable reasons.

Instead of Wednesday, the 26th of April, it is now rescheduled for Tuesday, the 2nd of May, as always at 8pm at the IIHSA.
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