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First British president for Romagne International |
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Wednesday, 14 March 2007 |
David Lee was elected as
the new president of
Romagne International at the
2007 AGM held at the mairie
of Romagne in the presence of
the mayor Bernard Porchet, .
David Lee is the first
English president of RI. David
worked in the UK in industry
and local government for
many years.
He and his wife Sheila
bought their house in
Romagne in 1996 as a holiday
home and moved in
permanently three years ago.
They have three sons and
seven grand-children.
In his acceptance speech
he stated that his primary
objective for RI will be to
strengthen the bond between
new arrivals and the French
community. He hopes to build
not only on RI's own
established and successful
events but also those organised
by the commune, such as the
May 8 and Nov 11 memorial
days which now have a 50/50
participation as well as the
July 14 celebrations.
At the AGM, the outgoing
president Marie-Laure
Leauthaud, who had held the
position for more than five
years, was congratulated on
her work for the association.
During her term of office,
membership has seen an
increase from 28 in 2002 to
154 in 2005. There are 14
different nationalities within
the commune of Romagne,
and several of these are
represented in RI, and its
membership (which is not
limited to residents of the
commune) is currently more
than 100, 20% of whom are
French.
The work of the
association includes
organising a number of regular
– and extremely popular –
annual events for the
commune, such as the annual
brocante, the Halloween party
and the Valentines party.
Other activities include
helping new residents to settle
and integrate with the local
community, with guided tours
to Poitiers, visits to other
places of interest, an annual
picnic, petanque, theatrical
activities and Christmas
carol singing.
For further information:
Sidney Lee, committee member,
Romagne International,
05 49 97 05 73;
email:
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