Honorary Life Membership Alistair Kennedy At the Annual General Meeting held on 12 April 2008 Honorary Life Membership was conferred on Alistair Kennedy in recognition of his devotion and tireless work for the Society in so many ways and over such a long period. He was President 1991-93, he deals with the despatch of the Journal and has done so for many years, he helps out at live auctions, assists at Midpex and other Society events, assists in answering queries from both members and non-members and generally supports the Society as a regular attendee at meetings all over the country and can be relied upon for a display no matter what the topic. He is one of our foremost experts on Forces mail generally. In a subsequently letter thanking the Society he states that "I was completely taken by surprise by the award of honorary life membership of the Society. I consider this a great privilege, and thank the members for this honour. I have been a member for a little over fifty years (I think I joined in 1957) and have had great happiness from my membership throughout that period. I look forward to many more years of the same". John Daynes A particularly high point of the Annual General Meeting held on 17 April 2004 was the conferring of Honorary Life Membership on John Daynes, a point universally approved by every member present. This was in recognition of the enormous amount of work and support provided by John to the Society over many years and in so many important roles. John had worked for the Society since the late 1950's. He was President 1988-1991, he has been Librarian for more years than most of us can remember; he is now Editor of the Newsletter, but has been a prolific contributor for many, many years; and he took over the postal auctions following the death of the late Alan Brown. He is also the programme organiser (having played a leading role in the formulation of our annual programme over a long period). In addition John has helped out in so many other ways: a strong supporter and advocate of our once plentiful and regular provincial meetings, he also organises the engravings for both the President's Cup and the Harry Cope medals. Congratulations and a big thank you John, from us all. .