{"id":4583,"date":"2020-06-03T09:44:19","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T09:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-anglia\/?p=4583"},"modified":"2021-12-02T17:19:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T17:19:02","slug":"thank-you-to-immediate-past-president-alison-charles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-anglia\/2020\/06\/03\/thank-you-to-immediate-past-president-alison-charles\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank you to Immediate Past President Mell Robinson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mell was our President for two years, much of that during lockdowns due to Covid.\u00a0 There\u00a0 was a meeting at Newnham College, Cambridge in November 2019, followed by Zoom meetings until we got together in person for our Regions&#8217;s 50th anniversary in August 2021 followed by another meeting in September.\u00a0 No matter what the means of meeting, Mell inspired us, listened and steered us.\u00a0 As most of our Clubs in this Region were also meeting monthly on Zoom, Mell was able to join each at some stage.<\/p>\n<p>We met on 20th November 2021 at Newnham and Mell handed over the Regalia (bling!) to incoming President Sharon Richardson. SI Southend.\u00a0 She also gave a beautiful brooch to Regional Secretary Pat Dowding for their collaboration during her tenure.\u00a0 Note: we are all wearing a touch of\u00a0 &#8216;Orange&#8217; in recognition of the UN Day of Eliminating Violence Against Women with its 16 Days of Activism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-anglia\/files\/2021\/09\/Discovering-the-winning-ticket-for-the-gin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4769\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-anglia\/files\/2021\/09\/Discovering-the-winning-ticket-for-the-gin-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-anglia\/files\/2021\/09\/Discovering-the-winning-ticket-for-the-gin-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-anglia\/files\/2021\/09\/Discovering-the-winning-ticket-for-the-gin.jpg 381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a>On beh<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-anglia\/files\/2020\/06\/Hand-over-of-Regalia-from-Mell-to-Sharon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4797\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-anglia\/files\/2020\/06\/Hand-over-of-Regalia-from-Mell-to-Sharon-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-anglia\/files\/2020\/06\/Hand-over-of-Regalia-from-Mell-to-Sharon-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-anglia\/files\/2020\/06\/Hand-over-of-Regalia-from-Mell-to-Sharon.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>alf of all <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-anglia\/files\/2020\/06\/Secretary-Pat-accepting-her-gift.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4798\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-anglia\/files\/2020\/06\/Secretary-Pat-accepting-her-gift-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-anglia\/files\/2020\/06\/Secretary-Pat-accepting-her-gift-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-anglia\/files\/2020\/06\/Secretary-Pat-accepting-her-gift.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">LAR Officers, Club Officers, Regional Representatives and Members, we had presented Mell with a gift of two Soroptimist Potted Roses which were sent to her by SI Thames Valley who were behind this beautiful rose being developed. Thank you Mell for all you have done for LAR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mell was our President for two years, much of that during lockdowns due to Covid.\u00a0&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-16-days-of-activism"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Thank you to Immediate Past President Mell Robinson | News | Blog | Events | SI London Anglia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI London Anglia : Blog &amp; News : Thank you to Immediate Past President Mell Robinson : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI London Anglia . 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