St Margaret's College 2017 Autumn Evergreen Magazine Evergreen Autumn 2017 online | Page 25

SMCOGA Welcome President’s report This year we are fortunate to have all age groups represented around the St Margaret’s Old Girls’ Association committee table. The enthusiasm to develop and build on our strategic plan is fabulous. We will develop a three-year plan which will reflect our commitment to retain, maintain and reconnect relationships with all our old girls, internationally, nationally and locally. Utilising social media will make this so much easier for us. Please be an active part of our community! Even just liking and sharing our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/St-Margarets-College-Old-Girls-Association) and acknowledging invites will assist us greatly in achieving our vision of connecting and reconnecting Old Girls around the world. Also, don’t forget to send us information of what you’re doing – we’d love to share your news. Please keep us updated when you or your friends’ contact details change by emailing [email protected] so we can keep in touch with you. Thanks and we look forward to hearing all your news! Margaritas What a fun night was had by the Margaritas who gathered in the Old Girls’ Atrium in November for a catch up and margaritas made by David Simpson. This event happens annually, near the end of the year, for everyone who has left school in the last 10 years. Alex Hazlett (2008) and a team of helpers will be gathering you this year. They will be in touch via Facebook. If you would like to become involved with this event please contact Alex on [email protected]. Connections Dinner The second extremely successful Connections Business Dinner was held in September 2016. This continues to be a wonderful evening for connecting members of our community together – old girls, past parents, current parents, friends of the school – to listen to an old girl speak. Juliet Blair, Global Marketing Manager at Linden Leaves and Director at Kognito was our entertaining guest speaker. There was lots of chatter and hilarity over drinks and a delicious dinner. Old girls had the opportunity to promote their business through sponsorship and raffle prizes with the profit going towards the Old Girls’ Scholarship Fund. Business drinks for old girls will be introduced in Christchurch this year. If you are an old girl in business and would like to become involved, please contact Annabel Shand: [email protected]. This is a model we would like to replicate around the country and overseas. Watch this space! Anne Zwart – President - SMCOGA AUTUMN 2017 23.