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),
John Kidd, Tim Neale (Radleian Society), Trish Woodhouse (GSA)
Committee
Co-Chairman: Peter Jakobek (Old Bristolians)
Co-Chairman: Alan Cooper (Old Waynfletes)
Treasurer: Vijay Khullar (Old Roffensian)
Secretary: Fiona Russ (Old Ashfoldians)
Registrar: Andrew Day (Old Kingstonians)
and 10 committee members
Aim: To provide a friendly forum for the exchange of views and experiences between representatives of school alumni societies.
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 2019 took place at Magdalen College School, Oxford.
The Conferences always end with a lively forum and a dinner. The 2020 Conference will be held at St Columba’s College, St Albans on Saturday 16th May 2020.
Apart from the Conference and the AGM (held in London in November), 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.