about us
The Society is guided by a Committee, elected each year at the Annual General Meeting. The Committee members make all decisions regarding events, charitable giving, etc, and also end up doing the majority of the work as is normal in every society. Ordinary members can be re-elected as long as they feel enthusiastic and others nominate them, but the Chieftain can only hold post for two consecutive years.
The Chieftain
Kenneth
Macfarlane is the current Chieftain of the Caledonian Society of
Oman. Kenneth will hold the post of Chieftain for two years
commencing April 2009.
Kenneth was born in Glasgow, but spent his childhood in the village of Fearn, in the highlands of Scotland. Both Kenneth and his wife Karen moved to Edinburgh on leaving school, and both are graduates of Edinburgh University. Kenneth is a chartered accountant, and is Country Senior Partner in Oman with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Kenneth and Karen, along with their two sons Gordon (18) and Ewan (14) have lived in Muscat for nine years, having previously lived in Saudi Arabia. Kenneth is both proud and delighted to be the Chieftain of Oman?s thriving Caledonian Society.
The Committee
The 2009-2011 committee were elected at the AGM on Tuesday 31st March 2009 as follows. To contact any member of the committee, please email info@caledoniansocietyofoman.com.
| Chieftain | Kenneth Macfarlane |
| Vice Chieftain | William Dunbar |
| Secretary | Muriel Manners |
| Treasurer | Lucy McFarlane (temp) |
| Publicity Officer | Karen Macfarlane |
| Membership Secretary | Marjorie Gardyne |
| Lorrie Morrison | |
| Hotel Liaison | Keith Hollis |
| Dave Kiernan | |
| Ticket Sales | Ali Smith |
| Webmaster | Rosie Griffiths |
| General Member | |
Membership
Membership is open to anyone with an interest of any kind in Scotland: full membership is for those who are themselves Scottish or whose parent(s) / grandparent(s) are; associate membership is for those who have an interest but no Scottish blood in their veins! The present membership rates are (Rial Omani) RO 5 per annum for family membership (unlike the other groups, we give membership to the whole family, not just the cardholder) and (Rial Omani) RO 3 per annum for single people or single parent families.
We have only two honorary members of the Society: the British Ambassador and spouse. We are delighted that the present Ambassador and Mrs Guckian have been able to join us at our recent events and sincerely hope that our timetable and theirs continues to make it possible for them to be our Guests of Honour at such events.
Benefits of joining the society included discounted function tickets and special offers from some local
businesses (check out the news page for current special offers!) so join today! Click here to download the 2009
- 2010 Membership Application form.
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Updated 19 May 2009
