the Council had arranged to spend time deliberating Club strategy as opposed to day-to-day matters. Our President, Admiral Sir Jonathon Band GCB DL, joined us for the morning and explained how the Club was a respected part of the ‘naval heritage family’. It was a very worthwhile session which is helping us to chart the future course of the Club. Three important challenges emerged: Project themes and activity, our educational programme, and the scope and need for more resources, including fundraising. I will write about each of these in more detail in future dispatches. Meanwhile, with the focus on projects and fundraising we look forward to the official launch of The Nile and Copenhagen Captains’ Memorial at The Mayor’s Parlour, Kensington Town Hall on 17 March 2011. Many members cannot make the reception but your generosity is already recognized by the donations you have made in lieu of attending. These already surpass £1,000, equivalent to over 30 guests being at the event, thanks to the underlying sponsorship of DBR (London) Ltd. The Club’s twentieth anniversary Aynsley china mugs are also selling well and I encourage you to buy yours now if you haven’t already done so – or another if you have purchased one already! – since it is a strictly limited edition. Also, don’t miss the Club’s Members’ Day, AGM and Cecil Isaacson Memorial Lecture by Tim Voelker at The University of Greenwich on Saturday, 7 May 2011. We’d love to see you. With best wishes to you all, Peter Warwick REMINDER / FINAL NOTICE 2011 MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS DUE Membership subscription renewals for 2011 were due on January 1st. A renewal form was enclosed with the 2010 Trafalgar Chronicle. Your continued membership in the 1805 Club is very important to us—your participation and subscription support a variety of club activities including monument conservation/restoration, the organization and staging of commemorative events, and the publication of the Trafalgar Chronicle, the Kedge Anchor and other publications. We encourage you to renew your membership and hope that you continue to find it worthwhile. Again this year, we are inviting those of you who would like to make an additional contribution to the conservation work of the club (above and beyond your annual subscription) to include it with your dues. If you wish to donate for this purpose you should tick the appropriate box on the renewal form. You may designate any amount and your donation will be duly recorded. It may be listed on a conservation project in the future, unless you would prefer anonymity. The annual subscription is £35.00, with cheques made payable to “The 1805 Club.” For North American and Carribbean members the annual subscription is $70.00US (if paid before January 1st). After January 1st members need to send $70.00 + $30.00 conversion/draft fee for a total of $100.00. KA PUBLICATION DATES & DEADLINES The Kedge Anchor (KA), is The 1805 Club’s newsletter for communicating news, announcing events, and providing articles of interest to the club membership. It is published three times a year in March, July and November. Your editors are pleased to accept contributions/submissions from members. If you are interested in submitting news notes or articles you may forward them to the editors by email or post at the addresses listed at the bottom of the front page of each issue. The Kedge Anchor does not sell or provide advertising space. The following is a list of publication dates and deadlines for submission of contributions: Issue Date Deadline for Submissions MARCH February 15th JULY June 15th NOVEMBER October 15th VICE ADMIRAL MASSEY’S 2010 PICKLE NIGHT ADDRESS Readers will find enclosed a reprint of the address presented at the November 2010 New York Pickle Night Dinner by Vice Admiral Sir Alan Massey KCB CBE. Your editors express their great appreciation to Admiral Massey (and by extension, to the American Friends of the Royal Naval Museum who arranged his appearance) for permission to reprint the address ‘exclusively for circulation to members of The 1805 Club.’ Admiral Massey is a former senior officer in the Royal Navy who served as the Second Sea Lord. Educated at the University of Liverpool and Britannia Royal Naval College, he saw service as captain of HMS Illustrious during operations against the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001 and as captain of HMS Ark Royal when he led the amphibious assault into Iraq in 2003. He led the Operations Division of the Permanent Joint Headquarters at Northwood and then went on to be Assistant Chief of Naval Staff. He assumed office as Second Sea Lord in a ceremony aboard HMS Victory in July 2008. After retiring from the Royal Navy he was appointed Chief Executive of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in July 2010.
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