Great Scot - The Scotch Family Magazine - Issue 149 December 2016 Great Scot - The Scotch Family magazine issue 149 | Page 68

OSCA

OSCA Executive Director – Mr Scott Montgomery ('85)

MR SCOTT
MONTGOMERY ('85)
OSCA EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR

ABOVE: SIMONE CARSON, IAN CARSON (’76), HARRY PERELBERG, RITA PERELBERG, SAM TAUBERT (’06)
AND NICK TAUBERT (’01)
RIGHT: IAN CARSON (’76) AND SAM TAUBERT (’06)

ABOVE: SAM LYNCH, MAX MARTIN, SCOTT MONTGOMERY ('85), TOBY WOOLLER, LAWRENCE PARISI

Keeping up
with OSCA
During the last week of school for
Scotch’s Year 12 boys, OSCA took the
opportunity to engage with the Class of
2016, and to inform them that once they
leave behind these hallowed portals, they
can still stay connected with their former
school in many ways.
An involvement with OSCA is an
excellent way to stay connected with the
school that you have grown to know so
well and with the friends you have made
along the way, and to mix and share
stories with the lads from other years.
You all have one key thing in common:
you attended Scotch.
Old Boys can stay engaged with
their fellow alumni and with their school
through the OSCAnet website and other
forms of social media. When an Old Boy

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registers his details on the OSCAnet
website, he will be able to:
• connect with friends from
Scotch
• read about and register for
upcoming reunions and events
• keep up to date with important
information via the OSCAnet
ENewsletter, news alerts and
social media
• post and share photos and
announcements with our
community, and
• participate in various online
competitions with great prizes
up for grabs.
Old Boys can also add their business
details to OSCAnet, and post or look for
a job within our directory. It’s very easy

To register, all you need to
do is head to
www.oscanet.com.au and
click on the 'Never registered
before? Register' link in the
login on the right and enter
your details

to update your details, to search for and
get in contact with fellow Old Scotch
Collegians, and to find out everything you
need to know about OSCA’s clubs and
branches.
The OSCA office really looks forward
to hearing from you, so that you can
share your latest news with us.
If you have any problems logging in
to OSCAnet, or if you have a story or a
photo you would like to share, please feel
free to contact the OSCA office on 9810
4302.

Perelberg Award
shared for the
first time
For the first time, the Perelberg Award
– granted each year to awardees who show
‘exemplary Scotch spirit' – has been shared. The
joint winners of the 2016 Perelberg Award are Ian
Carson (’76) and Sam Taubert (’06).
The Perelberg Award is named in honour of
Ashley Perelberg (’92), who died in 1993 while
training during his first year at university. The
award is granted one year to a current student, or
to one who left during the previous year, and the
next year to an Old Scotch Collegian. Last year
the award was won by School Vice Captain, Tom
Anderson (’15); this year, Old Scotch Collegians
were eligible for the award.
Ian Carson and his wife Simone founded
Second Bite in 2005 to recover food destined
to be discarded as rubbish, and distribute it
to welfare agencies. Operating first out of the
couple’s car, Second Bite has grown into a
substantial nationwide food distribution activity.
Ian is a founding partner and chairman
of partners of PPB Advisory. He has been
instrumental in turning around organisations
in crisis, and helping clients to protect their
financial positions and reputations. He was a
board member of the Preston and Northcote
Community Hospital from 1992 to 1996. Ian

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and Simone Carson’s son, Hugo, is in Year 11 at
Scotch.
While at Scotch in 2004, Sam Taubert had
to suspend his studies to undergo lifesaving
surgery, including a heart transplant