Communications
2009
August 31, 2009
Dear All,
We are planning drinks on Friday night 4th of September at Sally O Brien’s starting from 8pm- hope you are in town would be great to catch up.
Last week Jerry Rohan sent a message out about the elections. Thank you to you all for your participation and as a committee we will do our best to make the year exciting.
If you wish to remain a member the membership will be 3500 rubles and this covers the period from September 2009 until September 2010- please send me a mail indicating whether you wish to and we can agree with you collection and receipt.
Also please send me a mail if you do not wish to receive any more mails.
Warmest Wishes,
Avril
August 28, 2009
Dear Members of the Irish Club,
I am happy to inform you that all ballots cast gave unanimous support to the entire leadership slate.
Congratulations to Avril Conroy, Michael Hennessy, David Pearce, David Gilmartin, Caroline Pierce and Tony Watkins. I am sue that they all appreciate you support.
Be on the lookout for email announcements for upcoming events where you can congratulate the leadership team personally.
Thank you for your prompt replay of ballots.
Gerald Rohan
Representative for Ireland
Association of European Businesses
August 27, 2009
Dear All,
I hope everyone had a great summer! Traditionally we do the Summer Party before people leave for the holidays but this year we have decided it to it when we are sure everyone has the possibility to attend and to offer a warm welcome to Ambassador McDonagh his wife Dr. Ana Grenfell McDonagh and their two daughters.
The party will take place hopefully in the garden (if weather does not permit we will host it inside) on September 6th from 12- 4pm.
I would really appreciate for organizational purposes if you could please let us know if you and your families will attend. If the answer is yes please drop me a mail by Tuesday of next week with how many you will be and let me know your children’s ages.
A good afternoon is promised for all big and small!
A warm welcome to Ambassador McDonagh and his family. Many thanks for your support in allowing us to host this at the embassy.
See you on the 6th,
Warmest Wishes,
Avril
March 23, 2009
Dear All,
Thank you all so much for making our night such a success! I am just addressing you as table holders and would so much appreciate if you would forward the message to all your guests to let them know how well we all did.
This morning I have recounted the cash and the final result is
Raffle
Rubles 450’500
Dollars 250
Euros 765
Auction
Whiskey 4000- (I am embarrassed to admit that I might have made a mistake on this amount- please correct me if I am wrong)- Irina Wright
Dolls 60000- (Queen Maeve 25,000(paid)- Adrian Marley DHL and 35,000(to be collected) for Grebeshkinkov’s Doll)- Irina Wright
James Joyce – 10,000- paid- Lovely couple sorry did not get your name
Autumn Rainbow by Evegeny Mukovnin- 35,000 – to be collected- Paul McMorran
An Irish Scene by Oleg Nefedkin – 70,000 – to be collected- Aidan
Irish Rugby shirt – 600,000 (to be collected)- Jim –Mercury – this shirt was organized by Conor McNaughton and thank you to your Dad and the team!
Special thanks to all those who supported the Auction - Patrick without you this would not have been possible.
In total if we say rubles 1,229500 – that amount in USD 36,789 which is just excellent news this is the minimum that will be divided among the charities but we still have some money to add from tickets and membership and tomorrow there will be a follow up message to all club members with the final amount. I want to thank Tatiana, Anna, Caroline, Sophie and Galina for all your help with greeting and selling!
Thank you all once again and without you none of this would happen!
A very special thanks to Peter O Connor who is also on our committee I left him out the other night from my speech not intentionally – Peter thank you so much for all you do for us and a big thanks for commissioning the painting of Joyce –fantastic!
Thank you to Ludmila and Gerald Rohan for the Artists and their amazing paintings.
Entertainment was arranged and provided by Tony Watkins - you are a star and best of luck with your new book Love Roads and the 20 song album that will be on sale in the end of June I have booked my copy!
I want to thank Andy Irvine for coming and sharing his amazing talent with us sorry the room was so crowded but we really did appreciate it and love it!
Thank you to Padraic Conroy, Lesley O Leary, Tanya Francis and Padraic Keenan the music was fantastic Friday and Saturday – Padraic K left the ball at 4 am to return to Ireland to enter the All Ireland and won the Solo section – well done and thanks again. All the music on the night was provided free of charge.
Special thanks to all the staff at the Marriot and Mila and Olga for the full organization!
Thank you to all our sponsors on the night for the raffle the drinks provided and for all the support.
I am going to thank especially Aer Rianta – Moscow Duty Free, Pepsi, Diageo and last but not least Tony Fardon from the Marriot for all their help and continuous support and great service.
John Roche thank you, thank you, thank you for everything you do you are an amazing man and the only man I know who has the ability to silence 350 people in seconds!
Finally thank you sooooooooo much Ambassador Harman and Carmen Casey for all your support, care and advice – we will miss you so much when you leave but insist you keep the Emerald Ball in your diaries!
Thank you all so much,
Avril
February 25, 2009
Good afternoon everyone!
I just wanted to give you all a little update on where we are at the moment and what exciting things lie ahead for us even in these difficult times. We had a very enjoyable breakfast this morning and many thanks to all who spoke and came. We talked about upcoming events and decisions over charities chosen for this year.
March Events
17th - Irish Film Festival premiere - www.irishfilm.ru the organizers are Johnny O Reilly and Gerald McCarthy. This is their second year and the line up is amazing.
19th - John Field concert at the Glinka performed by Michael O Rourke - tickets are limited but if you are interested please contact Peter O Connor by mail by COB tomorrow.
20th - Reception at the Irish Embassy- invitation to follow.
21st - Emerald Ball Marriot Grand Hotel - attended by the Lord Mayor of Dublin - tickets are all sold out.
The beneficiaries of the monies raised will be the Guide Dogs and Preodolenie L.
I would appreciate if those of you who are attending could give us some feedback: two paintings have been commissioned and the artists are quite famous- Oleg Nefedkin www.nefedkin.ru is one of them - should we run an auction? - could we run a silent auction or should we just have a raffle? - comments please.
22nd - Parade on the Novy Arbat and the Lord Mayor of Dublin and Moscow will attend. Special thanks to Gerry McCarthy for all his help with the PR for the parade.Lastly I want to thank all the committee for all the hard work and effort that has gone in and will continue to make these events as enjoyable and positive as always.
Caroline, Mike Hogan, Mike Hennessy, Mike O Connor, Peter O Connor, Tony Watkins and Jerry - thank you for all your support and time.
Mike Hennessy has agreed to take over as Co-Chair replacing Shawn McCormick and a big thank you to him!
Any suggestions /questions are always welcome and needed!
Warmest Wishes,
Avril
November 6, 2008
Dear All,
We have received confirmation on the Ball for 2009 - it will take place at the Marriot Grand on March 21st. The Lord Mayor of Dublin will be our visiting guest from Ireland. Priority will be given to paid up members. There will be 29 tables available the choice is to have 10 or 12 on your table.
Please let me know if you need a table and for how many and if you have not paid membership then you will be put on a waiting list.
Last year we had some problems with sound in the room this will not happen this year and again those who book and pay will get priority on the floor plan.
We will be collecting the money in December and January in order to pay the hotel.
This year the tickets will cost 4000 rubles each.
We had many learning’s from last year and we will do our best to make it the best night entertainment of the year. Please feel free to give us your comments and we will be happy to accommodate as much as we can,
Warmest Wishes,
Avril
October 9, 2008
Dear All,
The elections have been completed and I would like to thank those of you who voted for your positive support.
The committee remains the same as last year with one addition Caroline Pierce who has always supported us in the background nonetheless. Caroline will act as events coordinator. I would like to thank Gerald Rohan for organizing all of this.
The reason I am writing today is to ask for two things
- Do you want us to continue writing to you? - if not please let me know and I will take you off the list.
- It is time for us to start collecting dues and Natalia Chvankina has agreed to help us with this the dues are 3500rbls per person and please contact Natalia directly if you wish to renew your membership.
We will have very many activities coming up and a series of business breakfasts are also planned we will send an invitation later but the proposed date is November 19th. It may seem far away but we are already preparing for the Irish Ball which will be held on the 21st of March 2009. I think it is important to let you all know without membership you will not get priority when booking tables. (I hate to sound pushy and strict, sorry)
We would also like to start a children’s club once a month to play Irish games and read Irish folklore.
We will send out more information to you about the above very shortly.
I would really appreciate if we can provide our dues to Natalia in the near future.(I promise to do so myself!)
Again I would like to thank you all for your support and really we depend on your continued support.
Warmest Wishes,
Avril
PS- If you notice that I may have missed someone from this list I would really appreciate if you could forward it on and also please feel free to pass it on to your friends if you feel it may be of interest to them.
Elections Update:
October, 2008
Over the past few months, we have been carrying out our annual elections and all dues-paying members were initially asked for nominations before the ballots were sent out.
- 25 July – first notice and call for nominations
- 8 August – nominations closed
- 15 August – ballots sent out
- 21 September – closing date
- 24 September – results
After counting all the ballots we are now pleased to announce the results of the election as follows:
September 14, 2008
Dear Member of the Irish Club,
Attached is the Ballot for the Leadership Team. Please complete it and return it to me as soon as possible.
The cut off date is 21 September.
For your convenience, I have cc'ed Natalia Chvankina who will be coordinating at collection of membership subscription.
Thank you for your support of the Irish Club in Moscow.
Gerald Rohan
July 25, 2008
Dear Members of the Irish Club:
Now is the time to send in your nominations for the leadership team of the Irish Club.
You may nominate candidates to any or all of the positions. You may nominate yourself.
The only requirement is that the candidate and yourself be fully paid-up members of the club
Call for nominations for:
Chair,
Vice Chair,
Treasurer,
Secretary,
Events/PR
Nominations will close 8August. Ballots will be sent out 15August.
Thank you for your support of the Irish Club.
Sincerely,
Gerald Rohan
Ireland Representative
Council of National Representatives
Association of European Business
January 10, 2008
Thank you very much for your interest in the ball- for those of you that have paid we will deliver your tickets within the next 2 weeks and a very big thank you. We still have many of you that have not managed to pay due to holiday’s etc- I need confirmation and details of payment by COB on 15th of January.
I am sorry to say if I do not have this the tickets will go up for sale again.
Once all monies are in tickets will be delivered and all that is left is for us all to have a wonderful St. Patrick’s weekend.
Happy New Year and I hope you all rested very well and enjoyed the break with your loved ones!
Warm wishes,
Avril
