The IBM Retired Employee
Club (South Hants)
www.shrets.co.uk
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Welcome....
The
IBM Retired Employee Club (South Hants)
Branch is available to some categories of retiree. The club promotes and
encourages group social activities among retirees and their partners (or
guest) and is a great way to pursue the activities that you enjoy, it
is also a good way to meet other IBM retirees. The club is run by members
who volunteer their time to organise social events. The programme is compiled
by a small committee, who seek to make it varied and appealing to our
wide variety of members.
Club News
CORONAVIRUS (Covid-19) - Status 5th August 2020
Dear Member,
I hope this update finds you all well and coping in these exceptional circumstances.
We had our regular monthly committee meeting (online via Zoom) today and have decided to cancel all events for the rest of this year, except at this stage the Christmas lunches. At the moment we are investigating how many members could possibly attend a sitting assuming social distancing. We have also looked at running trips to local gardens etc, but feel the measures we need, to be able to run a trip safely, make it impossible to currently run a trip.
With regard to the outstanding AGM, as it is still not possible to run the meeting in our normal hotel venue we have decided to run it via Zoom (Video Conferencing). The meeting is planned to take place in either October or November and will be limited to 90 members. All details on how to participate in the AGM including logging on to Zoom will be provided in the September meeting update, so please continue to check the website.
Please stay safe and keep healthy.
Kind
regards
Dave Whitbourne
Chair
Your
committee welcomes ideas and suggestions for events, so if you have any
that you would like us to consider for next years programme then please
email them to com7@shrets.co.uk
We would also appreciate your suggestions on shows in London that are
of interest to you.
Events now available for Booking
If you have access to 'Word' then you can download the latest booking forms AGM Lunch [here] Leonardslee etc [here] Christmas Market[here]
(this download is only available for New Events).
Booking Forms
To access the Booking forms, please click on the trip under Upcoming Events
To download booking forms you will need Adobe Reader installed on your computer. You can download for free the latest version of Adobe Reader by clicking [here]
Club Mobile
We no longer have a club mobile so if you need to cancel on the day then please ring the mobile number of the trip organizer which can be found on the acceptance slip. or on the Event Description page.
Car Parking at North Harbour.
The parking space for our trips is Car Park A. The coach will be parking for pick up and drop off in the lay-by. Although there is a barrier at the entrance of car park A this will be open. If you not sure where Car Park A is, then please refer to the map under the Car Parking tab.
Senior Citizen discounts
If a senior citizen discount has been applied then no person under retirement age will be eligible.
GDPR.
To see how we comply with the new General Data Protection Regulations, please read the Data Privacy Statement on the Membership page.
Cancellations
If
you have to cancel for any reason please contact the organizer of the
event.(You will find this information on the booking form). If you are
unable to speak to the organiser then please contact another member of
the committee. (Do not leave a message on an answer phone!!)
If you cancel on the day then you can ring the mobile number
of the event organiser this will be sent to you when you are confirmed
on the trip.
Please refer to the 'Constitution' under the section Local By-laws on the club's policy for refunds if a person is unable to attend an event.
Cheque Payments
We have recently had
a number of cheques returned to us as the drawer is in the process of
switching banks. I don’t know what the new bank is telling you but
the result is that a cheque drawn on your old bank will be rejected and
represented by our bank to your new bank. On it’s own this would
not be a problem, however, each time this happens we are charged £4
by our own bank. I am therefore making you aware that you are fully responsible
for any charges we receive from this process.
Ron Bunce Treasurer
All places are allocated on a ballot basis, from time to time we do a first come first served, but it will be clearly marked on the Booking form when this applies.
Any
tickets/places that are still available
for Events after the closing date can be found here:
For further information please click on the event
If you wish to be notified when the latest Booking forms are available on the website please email secretary@shrets.co.uk with your request to be added to the distribution list.
Please make sure we have your correct email address