The IBM Retired Employee Club (South Hants)
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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 6th May 2020

Dear Member,

I thought I would give you an update on club activities. Your committee continues to meet monthly (online via Zoom) to look at the current situation and whether any action is required by them. The committee met today and based on the current situation have had to make some decisions. We have decided to cancel all events up to the end of August. Additionally due to the deadline for paying the deposit for the Christmas markets being May and with social distancing and the countries we would need to travel through (France, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany) the Christmas markets trip in November has also unfortunately been cancelled. As I am the organiser I will be sending an email to the members who were planning to go on this trip and returning their cheques. The AGM is still outstanding and may still take place later in the year. Normally the committee would be elected at the AGM, however, due to the current situation all the committee members have agreed to stay on until an election is possible. On your behalf I would like to thank them for this.

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