HERIAN News

The 149th annual general meeting of the South Wales Institute of Engineers will be held on Wed 26th Sep 2007 at 5pm in the Dowlais Library, Merthyr Tydfil.

Members of the public are very welcome to attend the open meeting after the AGM i.e., from 5.30pm on at the Dowlais Library. For catering purposes, please inform Cherry Cronly (SWIE) on 029 2048 1726 or email info@swie.org.uk if interested in attending.

The Brunel Works in Wales and the Clifton Ironwork ironwork 1840 Exhibitions will be on show.

AGENDA

5pm:

1. Preliminaries

2. Minutes of the One hundred and forty-eighth Annual General Meeting held on the 10^th October 2006 (copy to follow)

3. Matters Arising from those Minutes, not covered by this Agenda

4. Annual Report and Accounts for 2006/2007 (copy to follow).

5. A Vote of Thanks to the retiring President, Prof. D. Vernon Morgan, and the presentation of his Past President's Medallion

5-30pm - 6pm

Refreshments/Buffet

6.00-6.15pm

Introductions/opening remarks

6.15-6.45pm

Stephen K Jones: “1857: The Iron Capital and SWIE”

6.45-7.15pm

Prof. R.A. Buchanan: “The Engineers”

7.15-7.30pm

Q&A

**A bus is being provided to take SWIE members from Cardiff to Dowlais, (leaving at 4pm), and the return journey (leaving at 8pm). A limited number of seats may be available for non-members, please check with Cherry Cronly, by 24^th August 2007.