The Record 2009 - Keble College - University of Oxford

Keble College: The Record 2009
David Senior, President, writes:
The Keble Association
The provision of financial support to those undergraduates
and graduates who are suffering financial hardship or who
are undertaking challenging projects in furtherance of their
education, lies at the heart of the work of the Keble Association,
which draws its resources from the subscriptions and donations
of Old Members and the income received from this investment.
Notwithstanding the fall in the value of the Association’s
investment in the light of the international financial situation,
the Association’s income continued to match its expenditure on
grants.
At the time of its 2009 AGM, the total sum provided by the
Association was £35,600, £7,800 more than in the previous
year. A total of 122 individual grants had been awarded, with
an equal division between male and female students, and
66 going to undergraduates and 56 to graduates. Graduates
were more strongly represented in the study fund, and
undergraduates drew more strongly on funding for travel.
The AGM was held in College on Saturday 4 July 2009 and
in the absence of the President, the chair was taken by Vivek
Sharma (1988), Executive Committee Member and past
Treasurer of the Association.
The Secretary, Scott Barnes (1975), reported that the Trustees
had met twice during the past twelve months and the Executive
Committee three times (October 2008, January and April
2009). Three retiring Trustees, Tony Hewlett (1964), Angela
Fox (1993) and Nicholas Fox (1994) were re-elected for a further
five year term.
During the year, Julie Hutton (née Willcox 1983) assumed the
responsibilities of Membership Secretary and Chris Scott (1988)
gave up his responsibilities for developing contacts with today’s
junior members after laying a firm foundation for this important
element of the Trustees’ duties. Work is now proceeding on
redefining and expanding the work Chris undertook.
One of the responsibilities of the Trustees is to ensure that
information about its activities is readily accessible to members;
in addition to the printed Annual Review, the Association
website provides up-to-date information about its activities.
During the AGM, the Chairman placed on record the
Association’s thanks to the Chairman, Stan Szaroleta (1968) and
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