The Alumni Association's 2017 AGM weekend will be held over the weekend of Friday 17th to Sunday 19th November 2017. This coincides with the JCR's annual Recent Graduates weekend and also Durham's biannual Lumiere Festival.The AGMThe AGM itself will take place at 2pm on Saturday 18th November in the Shincliffe Room up at College. All members of the Alumni Association are encouraged to come along in order to have their say in the running of the Association over the next 12 months.The agenda for the meeting can be found here. Meanwhile the minutes of the 2016 AGM can be found by clicking on the box to the right of this page. The Association has been working hard rewriting its constitution over the past two years with the aim of ratifying and adopting it at the AGM. To view the new constitution please click here. The current constitution from 2005 can be found here.If you have any questions about the AGM please feel free to email Emma at secretary1@aidans-alumni.org.uk.Refreshments (tea/coffee/cake) will be served at the AGM.Recent Graduates WeekendEvery November the current JCR organises the Recent Graduates Weekend. As its name implies it is aimed at those that have left Durham during the past few years, however it is open to all Aidan's alumni.The centrepiece will be a raucous formal dinner in College on the Saturday evening, followed by Karaoke in Aidan's bar.Below is a running order of what's on over the weekend and details of how to sign up for the Formal.Friday 17 November: Cocktail Night, 8:30pm-11:00pmSaturday 18 November: Graduates Formal and Karaoke, 6pm - lateGraduates Formal Submissions by Friday 3 November STOP PRESS *** DEADLINE EXTENDED TO WEDNESDAY 8th NOVEMBER***The ticket price of £17 includes a champagne reception, three course meal and karaoke afterwards.
The deadline for submissions is Friday 3 November.WEDNESDAY 8th NOVEMBERPlease send all submissions to president@st-aidans.comThe menu will be published on the Facebook event when confirmed and can also be found out by emailing president@st-aidans.com. If you successfully secure a table you will be contacted to confirm your table and about payment details. Durham LumiereLumiere returns to Durham for the fifth time. Artists from around the world will illuminate the city in delightful and unexpected ways, with a series of light and sound installations to explore. If you have never been to Lumiere then you have missed out. The installations are nothing short of breathaking, espcially the projections onto the side of the Cathedral.The event runs from the Thursday through to the to the Sunday and is FREE. For more details go to the Lumiere website HERE.