{"id":5683,"date":"2015-01-28T14:51:46","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T14:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alps.asmlt.com\/?page_id=5683"},"modified":"2015-01-29T07:17:08","modified_gmt":"2015-01-29T07:17:08","slug":"november-2004","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alpsmalta.com\/?page_id=5683","title":{"rendered":"NOVEMBER 2004"},"content":{"rendered":"

CULTURAL VISIT TO \u201cLA CITTA\u2019 VITTORIOSA\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The cultural visit to Vittoriosa on 30th October attracted
\n quite a good turn-out. It started at the recently-restored
\n Couvre Porte with a brief history of Birgu and its people
\n by historian Lino Bugeja. The group then proceeded to the
\n Inquisitor\u2019s Palace, where they were given a guided
\n tour that included the current exhibition on \u201cThe Art
\n of Pain\u201d. Next on the agenda was a very interesting
\n visit to St Lawrence Parish Church and Museum and the 16th-century
\n Auberge d\u2019Angleterre, currently being used as Vittoriosa\u2019s
\n Public Library. <\/p>\n

Lunch was at Il-Forn, in a real old bakery that itself dates
\n back to at least the 16th century. Following an all-Maltese
\n start of bigilla<\/em>, olives, bread and galletti<\/em>
\n there was a buffet of three pasta varieties. Before or while
\n eating, the scores of participants could admire the colourful
\n gallery of modern art which the proprietors have decked the
\n place out with.<\/p>\n

A.L.P.S. TO HAVE OWN HOME<\/strong><\/p>\n

Almost 11 years to the day since its formative General Meeting,
\n the Association of Lyceum Past Students is finally to have
\n a place it can call home, headquarters or any other word that
\n delivers the same message. The place is situated in St Joseph
\n Street, corner with Our Lady of Sorrows Street, Piet\u00e0,
\n just in front of Piet\u00e0 Hotspurs Football Club.<\/p>\n

It used to be the legal office of ALPS founder and now Deputy
\n President Dr Guido Saliba, who has offered it to the Association
\n at a modest rent. Interestingly enough, the suggestion originated
\n from his wife Mrs Irene Saliba! What was that saying about
\n there being a woman behind a good man, or suchlike? Of course
\n the Council of Administration did not lose any time pondering
\n over the offer, but gladly accepted it on the spot and passed
\n a vote of thanks to Dr and Mrs Saliba.<\/p>\n

Quite by coincidence, just days before the offer Secretary-General
\n Alex Borg suggested it was high time for ALPS to have its
\n own dedicated e-mail address. Immediately on request e.Business
\n Systems Ltd put info@alpsmalta.com on line in conjunction
\n with the ALPS website. <\/p>\n

Two more milestones reached during our tenth anniversary
\n year \u2026<\/p>\n

REQUIEM MASS<\/strong><\/p>\n

The annual Requiem Mass for the repose of the souls of deceased
\n ALPS members, Lyceum teachers, non-member past students and
\n former members of the community of Pwales will be held on
\n 20th November 2004<\/strong> \u2013 a Saturday. Needless
\n to add, this year\u2019s Mass will be said at the St Anne
\n Chapel, which has now been fully restored.<\/p>\n

Since it will be wintertime hours, the Mass will start at
\n 4.30 p.m.<\/p>\n

A FORETASTE OF CHRISTMAS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maybe it\u2019s not quite right to be writing about celebrating
\n Christmas just after mentioning November and our dear departed.
\n But time does fly and we do need to help our members plan
\n their Christmas activities.<\/p>\n

In order not to have too much of the same (good) thing in
\n a few short days, the Council of Administration has decided
\n to hold its annual Christmas Dinner activity on 11th
\n December<\/strong> \u2013 again, a Saturday \u2013 so as
\n not to clash with other Yuletide events (and if they do clash,
\n of course we would like ours to prevail). The venue will be
\n the Radisson SAS Bay Point Resort, but the choice of restaurant
\n will depend on bookings.<\/p>\n

More details will be made available shortly.<\/p>\n

TIME FOR ANOTHER CHANGE<\/strong><\/p>\n

It has been said, repeatedly and in more ways than one, that
\n the process of change denotes an active and dynamic organisation:
\n two adjectives that certainly hold true for our Association.<\/p>\n

With stocks of ALPS letterheads now running low, the Council
\n of Administration feels it is time to redesign the letterhead
\n for official correspondence (not the masthead of ALPS
\n News<\/em>). There have already been a number of valid suggestions
\n from Council members, but at the last meeting it was decided
\n to use this newsletter to ask any ALPS members for their own
\n ideas. <\/p>\n

Members who have kept past correspondence on file, such as
\n the invitation for the Anniversary Concert of Compositions
\n by Charles Camilleri, know what our letterheads look like.
\n Any member who thinks he could help but does not have a copy
\n of the current letterhead is welcome to contact Secretary-General
\n Alex Borg (see masthead for details), who will be only too
\n happy to fax it over for visual reference.<\/p>\n

MEMBERSHIP DUES<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is all too well known that the statutory date for the
\n ALPS AGM is any day in the last week of January, and the AGM
\n can be attended only by current members. Unfortunately we
\n always get a number of laggards who find it hard to make some
\n time to open their chequebook and send a leaf out of it (with
\n all the details, of course!) to Treasurer Joe Mallia at \u201cDaffodil
\n Court\u201d, A\/3 St George\u2019s Street, St Venera HMR
\n 18. Their eleventh-hour (and eleventh-month!) efforts will
\n be highly appreciated.<\/p>\n

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