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STRONG AND UPBEAT
IN CHALLENGING TIMES
Support for branches, clubs, societies and the wider community
MR SCOTT MONTGOMERY
('85) OSCA EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
OSCA HOUSE AND ARCHIVES MUSEUM ENTRANCE NEARING COMPLETION
In the very different, uncertain world of 2020, in
Australia we have experienced issues with fires, floods
and now the coronavirus, COVID-19.
I was reflecting on it all recently with my teenage
children, and we all agreed that we felt as if we were
part of a movie script – and yet it’s all too real. The effect
COVID-19 is having on the world is very hard to fathom.
I am certainly feeling for our community, with our
elderly and very young people most vulnerable to the
coronavirus; but we are all having to cope with the fact
that we don’t yet know how to deal with this disease,
apart from taking all the precautions we can to help
stop its spread.
Our young Old Boys are resilient, and they will need to
be, with casual and part-time employment in jeopardy and
universities hugely impacted by the impact of COVID-19.
To remain upbeat in challenging times is tough, but as
a community we will come through this crisis. And it is not
all bad news; here at OSCA the reality of cancelled events
has allowed us to change our focus a little, and take up
opportunities to reinvigorate some projects that we may
not have had time to focus on in normal circumstances.
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As well, our forthcoming move across Morrison Street
to OSCA House and the new Archives Museum is an
exciting one, and we have much to look forward to, with
OSCA having its own home for the first time in its history.
Engagement through our eNewsletter, online podcast
and interviews with Old Boys to hear their stories is on
the cards. Business will use these tools and OSCA will
be looking to do the same, including through a new
mobile community platform – OSCAconnect – which
OSCA has launched to help Old Boys stay connected.
To register for OSCAconnect, please login to:
www.oscaconnect.com.au.
OSCA has welcomed a new team member, with
Caroline Taylor having joined us as the OSCA Events
and Communications Coordinator. Caroline is a past and
current Scotch parent, with sons Henry (’18), Louis (now in
Year 10) and Hugo (a future student). Caroline’s daughter,
Millie, is a former Lauriston student.
OSCA will continue to provide strong support to our
branches, clubs, societies and to the wider Scotch Family
during these extraordinary times. Do keep well out there,
and stay strong.
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