03/10/2020
*THE VIRTUAL GSSA WORLDCON IS UPON US*
Gentlemen of GSSA (please to seniors),
It is no longer news that the Corona virus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the whole world. Neither is it news that the resultant Covid 19 illness has rendered the world “normaless”. Nothing is normal anymore. We now have to continue to invent normal.
The “normal” GSSA WorldCon usually held in the summer of each year was unable to hold because there are travel bans and uncertainty was the order of the day in July. No one was sure of what would happen day to day. So, there was a bid to cancel the WorldCon. But, thanks to the BOT of GSSAAA that refused to accept no for an answer. The BOT pushed the Convention Planning Committee (CPC) to “do something”. The BOT refused to accept a cancellation of the WorldCon. And so, the CPC went to work. Thinking caps were donned and brainwaves began to fly. Thus, was the idea of a virtual WorldCon born.
The CPC has been at work ever since and the plans for a Global, WorldCon are almost complete. All of us have seen the flyers on all social media fora announcing the date of the WorldCon. Of course, *Saturday, October 17 and Sunday, October 18* are now etched in our subconscious as the days to meet virtually. We are happy to announce that those dates are now confirmed and here are the details.
*The platform for the WorldCon will be the ZOOM platform.* We anticipate numbers close to the thousands and we are ready. *Each day will begin at 3pm WAT, which will be 10am EST, 9am CST, 8am MST, and 7am PST.* The program includes most of the ingredients of a live convention and the speakers are a line up to behold. We will all be proud of the speaker selection this year. Thanks to the CPC, the experience will be as “real” as possible. Be ready.
Like all other conventions, there will be registration, there will be registration fees, and you can be sure the experience will be worth a lot more than the dues. Therefore, the dues have been pegged as follows:
All alumni resident in Nigeria will *pay NGN 5,000 per participant*
All alumni resident outside Nigeria will *pay $20.00 per participant*
There are payments because we have to pay for the platform and other ingredients. We will all be thankful and satisfied. Be on the lookout for the registration form.
So, get ready y’all and see you on the 17th and 18th.
*LOVE THE BROTHERHOOD, FEAR GOD HONOR THE KING*
Nkama E PM
Mboto '66
PRESIDENT GSSAAA
Ozoemena L
Afikpo '73
2020 CPC Chairman