What is 2nd ASSCO? Four times a year the Association Executive and all the Area Chairmen in the Association meet to discuss important issues and give feedback on our Areas and portfolios. The abbreviation of Association Council is ASSCO. The 1st ASSCO is held at ARTSA; the 2nd ASSCO at the venue of the next ARTSA; the 3rd ASSCO is normally hosted by the President’s home Club; and 4th ASSCO is held at the next ARTSA.
I travelled up to East London on Friday afternoon, and promptly hit five o’clock traffic. Truly amazing! Anyway, I finally arrived and checked into the Hotel Osner and then met up with all the others around the hotel bar. Once we had calmed our nerves with some liquid refreshments, we set off to the East London 1 clubhouse. They hosted us for supper and an amazing party afterwards which saw us dancing the night away (some of us using the bar counter for lack of floor space).
The next morning we enjoyed a good breakfast before heading into the meeting, where I was joined by the members of “Tourist 276” (see my report from Tri-Area) Eugene, Wayne and Fabrizio. They had managed to bring Hennie de Klerk from Port Alfred 177 along with them, and before long Johan Lindeque had made his way over town from the National Ladies Circle weekend too. After giving themselves far too many sergeant’s drinks, they made their way home, leaving me to sit out the rest of the day-long meeting. After the meeting ended, we all spent an hour or so catching our breath at the hotel bar, before we all headed over to Buccanneers for supper and our last night together.
So many friendships were formed, so many great ideas swopped and many a proud Area Chairman boasting of his Area and their achievements. Nice to be able to swop war-stories and plans ahead. I really punted the Area Conference in
November and as a result may have at least 6 Area Chairmen as well as the Association Exec coming through to attend in Port Elizabeth. It will be one Conference you won’t want to miss out on!
