ASSOCIATION OF REPRESENTATIVES OF OLD PUPILS’ SOCIETIES
AROPS
ASSOCIATION OF REPRESENTATIVES OF OLD PUPILS’ SOCIETIES
Founded in 1971
President:
Bill Gillen (Old Arnoldians and Belfast Old Instonians’ Association)
Vice-Presidents:
Margaret Carter-Pegg (Old Crohamian), Guy Cliff (Old Silcoatian),
Michael Freegard (Old Haileyburian), Tim Neale (Radleian Society)
Trish Woodhouse (GSA)
Committee
Chairman: Peter Jakobek (Old Bristolians)
Treasurer: Keith Balkham (KGS Friends)
Secretary: Vijay Khullar (Old Roffensian)
and 10 committee members
Aim:
To provide a friendly forum for the exchange of views and experiences between representatives of school alumni societies.
Membership:
Open to representatives of any school alumni society. New members are always welcome. Details are available on the website – www.arops.org.uk – where you can also find information on events and member societies’ news, regularly updated. Please contact us by email to: arops@arops.org.uk.
Meetings:
The Conference in May is our main event and an ideal opportunity to meet up with other representatives and to share thoughts on current topics. Our very successful Conference in 2018 took place at St Dunstan’s College, Catford, London where sessions included: Are you ready for GDPR, Mastering Communications, Engaging Younger Alumni, The Alumni Society – Where next, Alumni Engagement with ToucanTech, Digital Archiving with SDS Group, Data Protection – detailed Q&A.
The Conferences always end with a lively forum and a dinner. The 2019 Conference will be held at Magdalen College School, Oxford on Saturday 11th May 2019.
Apart from the Conference and the AGM (held in London in October), AROPS now organises a series of regional networking meetings around the country which allow representatives to meet neighbouring members in a less formal environment. These have proved very popular for members to discuss items concerning alumni engagement on an informal basis.
Subscription:
£50 per year (with discounts for smaller societies). Please email the Treasurer, Keith Balkham, on kbalkham@hotmail.com or write to him at:14 Cromwell Road, Alperton, Middlesex HAO 1JS.