January 1, 1970

Governance. The new arrangements for managing TCC-UK have now been put in place. Please read the important letter enclosed with this mailing from Allen Packwood, who has been appointed Executive Director of the society. Allen will be well known to many members, having been Director of the Churchill Archives Centre at Churchill College, Cambridge for several years (a post which he continues simultaneously to occupy).

Board of Trustees. Member Stephen Rubin OBE has been appointed a Trustee.

Life Peerages. Many congratulations to member Michael Dobbs, who has been honoured with a life peerage: he is now Lord Dobbs. Congratulations also to Gordon Wasserman, a regular guest at TCC-UK events, who has been similarly honoured.

WSC Birthday Reception. Many members will know that the annual Birthday reception, scheduled for 1st December 2010, had to be postponed at the last moment due to severe snow and ice. Please see the accompanying notice and application form with the new arrangements for Tuesday 8th February 2011. Instead of meeting at the Marriott, Grosvenor Square, the venue is St Stephen’s Club, 34 Queen Anne’s Gate [not No. 38, as earlier stated elsewhere], which is close to St James’s Park tube station. As arranged for the December date, the speaker will be Robert Hardy; Sir Martin Gilbert will also speak.

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Visit to Harrow. A visit to Harrow School is being arranged on Saturday 16th April 2011, which will take the place of the traditional AGM In his letter, Allen Packwood states that – while there – he plans to use a session to speak about the society’s new strategy and structure and answer questions; he also hopes to agree the composition of the Membership Committee and to arrange the election of some members to it. Full details with the next mailing.

2010 International Conference. Postponed from last autumn, this will take place at Charleston, South Carolina on 24th-26th March 2011 with the theme Churchill in the News; a conference brochure can be obtained from the editor.

2011 International Conference. Plans are now well advanced for this year’s conference, to be held in London on 26th-28th October 2011, with optional visits on 29th October. The theme of the conference will be Churchill’s “Special Relationship”: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.

Executive Director: 01223-336175 [email protected] Editor: 01264-889627 [email protected]