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Railway Goan Institute Centenary On Sunday September 20, 2009, former members of the Railway Goan Institute will be celebrating the centenary of the club with a social in Mississauga. Click for Flyer The Club founded in 1909, was well known for its sporting and social activities in its sixty-year history. Its doors were always open to those not working for the railways. Friendships were forged on the sports field playing cricket, hockey and soccer. The tennis and badminton courts were popular places of social interaction in the Goan community. The club at one time even had it’s own orchestra (1920). Grand Balls held at the Club’s anniversary and at Christmas were invariably sold out. Many happily married couples have fond memories of their reception held at the club. The women’s teams were busy too. The club attracted both beauty and sporting prowess among it’s players which many agree has not diminished with time. A website tracing the history of the Club and displaying photos of winning teams in various sports can be viewed at. https://sites.google.com/site/railwaygoaninstitutecentenary/Home Members of the Centenary Committee include three-time field hockey Olympian, Hilary Fernandes, and well known sports journalist Norman Da Costa. Hilary and Norman report spending hours on the phone with former colleagues who call to reminiscence on times past. The trio of Delphine Da Costa, Teresa Mandricks & Joan DoRosario are actively informing former RGI members of the event. Elsie Fernandes is busy mailing tickets to all those who have sent in payments. Preparing for the event itself is Xavier Carvalho (Emcee) and Romeo D’Souza (slide-show) Cataloguing the photos and web displays is John J. D’Souza ( rgicentenary @gmail.com) As before the RGI made all welcome to its events. The same goes for the Centenary Celebration. The organizers still have 40-50 tickets left which are expected to run out soon. Click here to view  Details and contact numbers of the event. But as they say here in curling Hurry Hurry !

The Goan Archives Project Mission: The Goan Archives mission is to assemble, preserve, organize, and store, publications and documents generated by Goan Community Groups in Canada over the last 40 years. The intent is to facilitate study and understanding of the Community by scholars and researchers in the future. Scope Publications and documents cover the following: Brochures, newsletters, & books published by Goan organizations in Canada Fliers, programs, and other printed material, which portray the activities of community groups. Newspaper cuttings and other published accounts relevant to the Goan Community. Photographs, albums and other graphic material pertaining to activities of Goan organizations. Who will “Own” the Collection All material archived will be deemed to be a donation to the Archives, administered by a Board of Trustees. Donors will need to sign a waiver transferring ownership. Duplicate or surplus items with market value may be disposed off at the discretion of the Trustees to defray costs, or conserve storage space. What will happen to the collection? After sorting and listing, the archived material will be stored in standard bankers boxes. Selected items may be scanned and stored on electronic media. Initially the boxes will held at a secure storage site. Heritage Canada will be consulted to determine a final accessible repository. What will be the size of the Collection? Estimated 12-15 bankers’ boxes. Organization: A steering group drawn from sponsors will manage the project initially. A Board of Trustees will be elected to takeover the Project. They will appoint a coordinator supervise archiving activities. All Goan organizations, and individuals will be invited to donate articles for archiving. The effort is expected to conclude at the end of November 2009. Current Status A core group of sponsors has been setup to initiate the project. Their principal task will be to solicit further sponsors so that that the objectives of the project are fulfilled. Sponsors can be either individuals or Goan organizations; Sponsorship numbers will be limited, based on the amount of funding needed to complete the project. To participate in this project as a Sponsor or Donor please email: Cecil D’Cruz Acting Chair - Goan Archives Steering Group. Email: goanarchivescanada@gmail.com