'It's Going To Be A Big Year!'

Fun was had by all at the 2008 SYP AGM at the Gardening Club in Covent Garden on 16^th January. An impressive turnout saw the VIP room packed, and bodes well for the coming year.

 

After enjoying the complimentary wine and snacks, as well as the opportunity to mingle with like-minded enthusiasts, outgoing chair Doug Wallace kicked off the nominations and voting.

 

Ex-Social Secretary Jon Slack was voted in as this year’s Chair and Tori Hunt leaves her role as InPrint Editor to become Vice-Chair. A full list of the new committee will be announced shortly.

 

Jon gave us his views on the coming year: ‘The 2008 Committee is a very passionate and talented group, and we are very excited about the year ahead. Our monthly Speaker Meetings will again bring high-profile guests together to examine the main issues in publishing, and our ambitious events programme will support the SYP’s stated aim of hosting relaxed networking occasions, such as the AGM, with the dependable formula of great people and a reliable alcohol supply. Yes indeed… it’s going to be a big year!’

 

After the voting, the merrymaking continued into the night. Free books, courtesy of Continuum, Orion, Random House and John Murray were distributed, and non-members had the chance to join up. There were even some last-minute additions to the extremely popular InPrint and InPrint online sub-committees.

 

New Social Secretary Angie Solomon is sure to have some exciting events lined up, and with three fresh speaker meeting Coordinators, keep your eye on Facebook, the SYP website, and press and publicity emails for upcoming SYP activity.