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\t\t\t\t<\/a> <\/p>\n

JANUARY-DECEMBER 2005<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
NUMBER OF NEW MEMBERS IN 2005:<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n\n
62<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NUMBER OF NEW LIFE MEMBERS 2005:<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n\n

8
\n <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

NUMBER OF LIFE MEMBERS TO DATE:<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n\n

78
\n <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

NUMBER OF MEMBERS TO DATE:<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n\n
532<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEETINGS HELD
\n IN 2005:<\/strong><\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n\n
9<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NUMBER OF ISSUES OF A.L.P.S. NEWS
\n IN 2005:<\/strong><\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n\n
9<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

I would like to start my Administrative Report for 2005 by
\n showing my great appreciation to all members of the Council
\n and respective commissions for the hard work done during the
\n whole year, which in my opinion was exceptionally successful.
\n This holds true for all commissions – Financial, Social, Cultural,
\n Civic, Communications & Publications, Spiritual and not
\n least the new Membership Commission. Under the leadership
\n of our new President, George Stagno Navarra, each and everyone
\n within the Council put in all his efforts to make each event
\n a historical success for the association. I am sure that the
\n ALPS success story of 2005, no less than those of the preceding
\n years, has made us proud to be one of the leading and most
\n active associations in Malta.<\/p>\n

As has become traditional in recent years, 2005 started off
\n with the Annual General Meeting. The last week of each January
\n has become a fixed date whereon the Council of Administration,
\n collectively and individually, presents the hard work and
\n achievements during the year to the official scrutiny of members
\n attending the AGM. For me personally, this year\u2019s AGM
\n was rather exceptional in that it was the first time since
\n 1994 that I did not have sitting next to me Dr Guido Saliba
\n as Founder and President of ALPS. After having dutifully shown
\n our great appreciation for our dear Guido at his funeral,
\n all Council members agreed to continue on the steps that he
\n had so resolutely initiated and worked hard to attain – in
\n short, all that ALPS stands for. At this AGM the new Council
\n of Administration was elected with George Stagno Navarra declared
\n by acclamation as the new President of ALPS. It was also unanimously
\n agreed to include a Membership Commission to work within the
\n administration of the Association. This turned out to be very
\n useful to encourage more past students to enroll as members.<\/p>\n

The new Council immediately started the ball rolling, and
\n an overseas tour was organised for February 2005: this was
\n a tour to Nice and the French Riviera, including the famous
\n Nice Carnival from 10th to 13th February. A group of 29 members
\n and their spouses spent four wonderful days based in Nice,
\n and will certainly long remember their enjoyment of the itinerary.
\n A big vote of thanks goes to our Deputy President Joe Fenech,
\n who as an experienced tour leader left no stone unturned to
\n make the tour another successful event for ALPS.<\/p>\n

March was highlighted by various events. During this month
\n our Association and the administration of the Lyceum joined
\n forces in the organisation of various activities, including
\n the annual ALPS Foundation Day Concert and the Lyceum Bicycle
\n Marathon. These events also highlighted the 50th anniversary
\n of the opening of the present Lyceum premises in Hamrun.<\/p>\n

A whole fortnight of events was organised with great success.
\n As usual the Foundation Day Concert, held on 5th March, was
\n left in the hand of our able Deputy President Joe Fenech who
\n put up the whole programme. The concert ended with a reception
\n in the foyer. I wish to put on record our thanks to the Choir
\n of the University of the Third Age under the direction of
\n Joe Fenech, who year after year perform at the annual concert,
\n as well as soprano Claire Caruana, mezzosoprano Connie Frances
\n Zerafa and tenor Andrew Sapiano, with Ms Yolanda Micallef
\n on the piano.<\/p>\n

The Lyceum Bicycle Marathon was held on the weekend 11\/13th
\n March, with over Lm8,000 being collected. This was another
\n successful philanthropic activity in which ALPS collaborated
\n to collect money in aid of various organisations for people
\n in need. After an appeal to our members through ALPS News
\n the Association presented the amount of Lm100 towards the
\n fund-raising activity. <\/p>\n

A commemorative plaque to mark the 50th anniversary of the
\n inauguration of the Lyceum in its present location was unveiled.
\n A good number of ALPS members who were among the first students
\n there as far back as 1955 attended an impressive ceremony.<\/p>\n

April was characterised by a socio-cultural activity that
\n attracted over 100 members, spouses and friends included a
\n visit to Fort Mosta, an artifacts exhibition at Ir-Razzett
\n tal-Markiz, a visit to the Nicolo Isouard Band Club and a
\n luncheon at Piazza Caf\u00e9, all in Mosta. I take this
\n opportunity to thank ALPS member Brigadier Claude Gaffiero,
\n who not only sought and received special permission from the
\n Commander of the Armed Forces of Malta for our Association
\n to visit Fort Mosta but also ably conducted the tour of the
\n fort. <\/p>\n

The now-annual spiritual retreat at Manresa House in Gozo
\n was held from 20th to 22nd May. This can be described as a
\n most successful and enjoyable experience. Prof. Stanley Fiorini
\n and Canon Lawrence Sciberras addressed the group of 30 members.
\n A big vote of thanks goes to Fr Paul Zammit, Director of Manresa
\n Retreat House, whose help was essential to the success of
\n the occasion.<\/p>\n

The month of June featured another important milestone in
\n the history of the Association of Lyceum Past Students, because
\n after eleven years of existence ALPS could boast of having
\n its own office. It was officially opened on 16th June by Mrs
\n Irene Saliba, widow of our Founder and first President. I
\n take this opportunity to thank Mrs Saliba and her family for
\n their continued support to the Association, and I wish to
\n mention that it was Mrs Saliba herself who had given the idea
\n to her husband when was still alive to offer his own former
\n legal office at Piet\u00e0 to be used as ALPS headquarters
\n and office. The office was named \u201cDar Guido Saliba\u201d.
\n As our President George Stagno Navarra commented during the
\n official opening, \u201chow proud Dr Saliba would have been
\n to see his wish of a home for ALPS come true!\u201d <\/p>\n

Also in June, the Association and The Friends of the Manoel
\n Theatre joined forces for a fund-raising activity with the
\n noble aim of helping a seven-year-old girl with a rare medical
\n condition who requires a Lm40,000 operation in Canada. In
\n order to contribute towards this worthy cause ALPS and the
\n Friends of the Manoel organised a one-hour concert followed
\n by a sumptuous barbecue at the Coastline Hotel. Thanks goes
\n to everyone who in any way gave a helping hand to the great
\n efforts of the two associations, including a great publicity
\n campaign through the media, which collectively helped to reach
\n the amount of about Lm2,400 towards this worthy cause. Also
\n on the instigation of the joint campaign, Il-Gens Illum opened
\n a fund for readers which in a few weeks contributed an additional
\n sum of Lm250.<\/p>\n

The annual feast of St Anne at the Pwales chapel was held
\n during the first week of July. Now another annual event in
\n the Association\u2019s calendar, this function is becoming
\n more and more popular year after year. This year we saw both
\n the parvis and the area immediately surrounding of the chapel
\n packed with members, friends and local residents of Pwales,
\n all together enjoying the festive atmosphere. This included
\n Hoy Mass, which again was animated by the Choir of the University
\n of the Third Age. After the Holy Mass, which again featured
\n the presentation of a baby to St Anne, the choir entertained
\n with a number of popular semi-classic songs with the participation
\n of soprano Claire Caruana and baritone Kevin Caruana. Light
\n refreshments were also offered to those present. I take this
\n opportunity to thank Joe Fenech for his great yearly efforts
\n to produce the Choir of the University of the Third Age and
\n chosen soloists to perform during the feast of St Anne Again
\n the other members of the Council of Administration collectively
\n worked hard to make the event another great success.<\/p>\n

With the current building of the Lyceum at Hamrun marking
\n the 50th. anniversary of its official opening, the Council
\n of Administration considered that this would be the right
\n time to put the wheels in motion for achieving the long-standing
\n wish to organise a Grand Reunion for all past Lyceum students,
\n with a special call to all those students who first entered
\n the Lyceum on 1st October 1955. After prolonged consideration
\n within the Council it was also decided to put up a plaque
\n in the school foyer showing the Head Masters of the Lyceum
\n over the last 100 years. On Saturday 1st October the months
\n of hard work came to fruition. \u201cWhat a great, memorable
\n occasion\u201d, it was rightfully described by ALPS News.
\n ALPS members and past Lyceum students of all ages, a good
\n number with their spouses, packed the school foyer, many hugging
\n long-unseen former schoolmates. President George Stagno Navarra
\n welcomed all with a short speech, followed by the unveiling
\n of the plaque showing the complete list of Head Masters of
\n the Lyceum, including outgoing Head Master Godwin Zammit.
\n Thanks are due to Lyceum historian and master Winston Zammit
\n who researched the information for the plaque and gave a brief
\n background following the unveiling. Education Minister Louis
\n Galea joined the reunion and after a few words to the large
\n gathering was ushered by the President to see an exhibition
\n depicting a cross-section of ALPS activities throughout its
\n first eleven years. All present were entertained to a reception
\n offered by the Association.
\n The great success of the event was brought out more forcefully
\n by another great success: the enrolment there and then of
\n over 40 new members. I wish to thank all the Council members
\n who through their concerted efforts made this another red-letter
\n day for ALPS. Specifically I thank the newly-appointed Membership
\n Commission, led by Anthony Aquilina who for months worked
\n hard to contact as many past students as possible not only
\n to participate in this special event but also, and probably
\n more importantly, with a view to increasing membership.<\/p>\n

Another socio-cultural event for our members and friends
\n was held towards the end of October, with a multiple visit
\n to Ta\u2019 Qali finished off with a light lunch. This included
\n visits to the Malta Aviation Museum, Mdina Glass and Bristow
\n Potteries and retail outlet, where after being shown around
\n the factory the the 80 or so participants enjoyed a sumptuous
\n Maltese platter complete with dessert.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately the ALPS magazine The Chanticleer was not made
\n available in time for launching during the Grand Reunion,
\n due to unforeseen technical hitches. This became available
\n in late October. Most, if not all, of you who have seen it
\n will agree that this issue of The Chanticleer is the best
\n ever published by the Association. On behalf of the Council
\n of Administration I take this opportunity to thank our Communications
\n & Publications Commission Chairman Laurie Vella for the
\n hard work and time he put into producing the magazine. Thanks
\n are also due to all those firms that contributed and sponsored
\n the magazine through their advertising, most of which materialised
\n through the contacts of George Stagno Navarra.<\/p>\n

November was marked by the now-customary holding of Holy
\n Mass for the repose of dear departed fellow members, past
\n students and teachers. This year was the first year that the
\n list included our Founder and first President Guido Saliba,
\n the first anniversary of whose demise fell on 7th December.<\/p>\n

Our very successful 2005 was brought to a fitting end with
\n another great event: the Yuletide Dinner held at the brand-new
\n Radisson SAS Golden Sands Resort & Spa. Over 294 members,
\n their spouses and friends packed the Grand Ballroom of the
\n hotel for the biggest-ever Yuletide Dinner organised by the
\n Association. Additionally over 60 couples were attracted by
\n the special offer of the whole package which included the
\n Yuletide Dinner, accommodation for one night on bed-and-breakfast
\n basis and a sumptuous breakfast. I take this occasion to thank
\n our President George Stagno Navarra who managed to get special
\n reduced rates for our members through the cooperation of ALPS
\n Life Member Winston J. Zahra.<\/p>\n

This run-through of the events organised by the Association
\n of Lyceum Past Students throughout 2005 would not be complete
\n without a mention of the very satisfactory way in which most
\n of our activities found welcome, free space in the local printed
\n media. Again this was in great part thanks to the contacts
\n of our Communications & Publications Chairman Laurie Vella,
\n who has been a practising journalist for well over 40 years.<\/p>\n

The ALPS website, too, is another source of great satisfaction.
\n Usage statistics for the whole of calendar 2005 show that
\n the website received no less than 2,964 hits – indeed an encouraging
\n statistic that spurs us on to greater efforts in 2006.<\/p>\n

I could not conclude this Administrative Report for 2005
\n without thanking again all the members of the Council of Administration
\n and the various commission chairmen. They always willingly
\n gave their time to see the Association become better known
\n and go from strength to strength. Long may this dedication
\n continue with the active support of more and more ALPS members. <\/p>\n

ALEX BORG
\n Secretary-General\n <\/p>\n

Administrative
\n Reports:<\/font><\/strong> 2003<\/a>
\n 2004<\/a> 2005<\/a>
\n 2006<\/a> 2007<\/a><\/p>\n

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