26 June 2006

graduation ceremony, journal, and expedition 2006

first things first,then.

here's announcing to all novarians that the graduation ceremony is nigh, and that in all probability will take place in early august. we are looking to have at least one, and probably two, lectures at the meet (possibly one on glaciers and the other on the weather), besides the usual distribution of certificates to the kiddies and the formal reports of club proceedings, like the camps, the course, and of course, the trek and the expedition. and need i mention that there will be slide shows to drool over...?

also, the first fresh winds about this year's expedition are stirring. and along with those, talk of the second issue of the club journal. the plan, as we wanted to do last year but had not the time to, is to raise funds for the expedition while also raising funds for the journal, through advertisements and other means. the idea is to publish the journal immediately after the return of the expedition team. that way, the expedition gets to use financial help from the journal, and the journal gets to document the expedition. it is hoped that the forms for advertisements for the journal will be available soon, as also will be the raffle sheets for minor collections for the expedition. all novarians are urged to send in their write-ups for the journal at the soonest possible to partha_mountain@yahoo.com or anna_climbing@yahoo.com. articles may deal with any of the areas that nova vests an interst in -- like nature, the environment, and of course, techniques and/or experiences of any aspect of mountaineering. and for the information of those who have not seen the first issue, this time too, the journal will be at least a bilingual production, if not trilingual. contributions are therefore welcome in english, bangla, and hindi.

meanwhile, the graduation ceremony will require preparations of its own. nova, happily, now has a comprehensive mailing list, and once our guests and lecturers can confirm their time with us, and the date for the event is finalised, the invitations will be on their way. the venue, in all likelihood, is our familiar charukala bhavan. the show begins punctually at six in the evening.

climb on.

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