OMS emails being blocked

We have recently posted that we had been experiencing issues with Sender.net and a large number of OMs have not been receiving our emails since June 2023. Upon further investigation with Sender.net, it was found that anyone with hotmail/outlook/live/microsoft based email addresses, were unlikely to be receiving many distribution/mailing list emails, as evidenced by this article: Report from tuta.com. Note that their experience suggests our emails may be going into spam or junk files. If so you may be able to fix it by adding us to your mailer’s whitelist.

The Committee can confirm that we are looking into additional alternatives to make sure we can reach the 7-800 OMs with these types of email addresses and will update you all as and when our communication channels get updated.

Please always remember that any pertinent information will always be posted on Facebook, on our website, and on LinkedIn, as well as through emails.

Warmest Regards,
Sean Scurr on behalf of the Committee
Membership & Mentoring Secretary
Old Maidstonian Society

2024 Old Maidstonian Society Membership Register

Best wishes to you all for the New Year. We hope you have a better, safer and healthier 2024.

The 2024 OMS Membership Register is now on our Members page. Access information has been emailed to members. The register is published each year with current information up to 1st January. During 2023 the membership rose from 2414 to 2491, an increase of 77 (92 new, 5 lost contact / 1 removed by request / 8 passed / 1 admin correction).

The Register is managed by the year of leaving the school.

The details of each member which are held in the Membership Register are the name of the member, the years of joining and leaving MGS, contact telephone numbers and their e-mail address. No other information is held. This information is used solely for producing the annual Membership Register, which is published at the beginning of January each year (excluding contact details), and for forwarding matters of interest such as the Old Maidstonian Newsletter and events held by the OMS and MGS.

The contact details of an individual member may only be released to another member when permission is given by the member whose information is being requested. No person who is not a member of the Society shall have access to any contact information contained in the Membership Register. Contact information is never released to any other person or organisation.

A member may request that all or part of their contact details be withheld from being passed to another member, or may request to see what data the Society holds on them, by contacting [email protected].

A member’s details will be securely deleted from the Membership Register, should they leave the Society.

There is information missing and there will also be errors since much of the information was taken from the previous card system. If your entry is incorrect or incomplete, or you have not provided the Society with a contact telephone number, would you please consider doing so? Please either e-mail the Membership Secretary at [email protected] or telephone 07752 502906.

If we can assist in placing you in contact with any other member then please let us know.

If you have recently changed your e-mail address, or are considering doing so, then would you please inform us. If you have provided a work or university e-mail, would you consider letting us have your private e-mail, which is much less likely to change.

A printed version of the Membership Register is available at £5 per copy including post and packing.

Warmest regards,
Sean Scurr on behalf of the Committee
Mentoring & Membership Secretary
Old Maidstonian Society

OMS AGM 2023 – Friday 24th March

Attached are the Agenda & Reports for the AGM to be held at 5.30 (for 5.45) pm on the day of the Annual Supper (24th March) at the School. We look forward to seeing many of you at the meeting on the 24th, before the Annual Supper, where we expect to see even more of you. A zoom link is available in the agenda for those unable to attend in person.

Please note:

The Agenda includes reference to on-line attendance via Zoom. This will accommodate, on a trial basis this year, those unable to be present in person in Maidstone on the day. It is hoped that this technology will work but for various reasons this may fail at the last minute. Members participating in this mode will be able to speak to agenda items should they so wish but on this occasion voting remotely will not be possible. It is the Committee’s intention that the Rules of the Society be examined and modified, if necessary, to allow voting remotely on future AGM and EGM occasions. Please note though that the committee believe that there is nothing contentious on the agenda which might require a vote, purely the usual approval of reports and committee places.

AGM Treasurers Report 31 December 2022 AGM 2023 Social Media AGM March 2023 President Report AGM 2023 secretary’s report AGM 2023 Co-WebmasterRpt AGM 2023 Chairman’s Report AGM 2023 AGENDA 2022 2023 AGM Membership Secretary Report

MGS Development Fund Administrator/Alumni Relations Officer

Dear Old Maidstonians

Following the launch of the Maidstone Grammar School Development Fund back in September 2014 we have received generous support from over 120 families and individuals which now totals over £22,000. This is such a pleasing start in the Fund’s infancy.

To ensure its continued development we are seeking an MGS Development Fund Administrator/Alumni Relations Officer. This will be a voluntary role to support the School and Charity as the Fund grows in size and impact. The role would involve spending between 10 and 15 hours a week in School working closely with me and other key staff. If you are interested in being a part of this and are able to offer a number of hours per week then please contact my PA, Denise Friend via email [email protected] who will send you the Role Description.

If after reading the Role Description you are still interested then please let my PA know and then the Trustees of the MGS Development Fund Charity will consider all interested parties. It would be helpful if you could provide a short statement of any experience that you have in this area and how you see the Development Fund evolving.

Yours sincerely
M Tomkins
Headmaster