As Committee Members we try and maintain the original intentions of the Association as well as providing a forum and modern version of the Maroon for Old Boys.  We are not trying to compete with the likes of Facebook, Bebo, YouTube etc. but more run alongside and even have links into these.

We cannot possibly be in touch with every member personally so we are setting up a small group of Old Boys behind the scenes – one from each decade – to contact their contemporaries for articles for the Website.  This we feel will give a good spread across the ages and ensure a steady trickle of new items.  Please support these “volunteers” and put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard. Handwritten articles are welcomed from those who feel left behind by technology.

If you do not have a computer at home you may of course never see this article (!) but you can view the website at any local library or location providing public access to the internet.  Just contact us for a password. 

So far we have covered the 1940’s with Dennis Fowle, the 1960’s and 1970’s with several Committee members, and the 1990’s with Ryan Jarrett our Website guru.  If you would like to step into the fray for the missing decades please contact us, before we contact you!  Email us at webmaster@oldbordenians.co.uk or send hard copy to the Secretary, John Macrae at Park House, 1 Highsted Road, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4PS

Peter Lusted

Ryan

Welcome to our new website.  We have been working hard over the past few months to redesign the site and bring it up to date.  As we progress into the 21st century and the Internet is now the easiest, quickest and most popular way to access information, we need to provide our members with a website that reflects this.

The main aims of the Old Bordenian Association website are:

• To provide a central repository for information regarding the Old Bordenian Association, Borden Grammar School and related events
• To allow OBA members to reunite over the net and communicate with each other
• To provide a platform to electronically distribute The Maroon

Therefore, the site has been redesigned for two main reasons:

• To update the style of the site to bring it in line with other popular sites, while still making it user friendly and accessible
• To incorporate tools and features that allow more interactivity and functionality on the site

Some of the section of the new site will not be available at launch, such as the ability to upload photos, the forum, the email newsletter and the members area, but these will be rolled out in the future.  Please keep checking back regularly to see the site growing and evolving, and if you have any comments or suggestions then please let us know.  This really is your site, and can only be successful with your input.

Kind regards,

Ryan Jarrett, OBA Webmaster and Designer