IBM Retirees Club (Midlands)
IBM Retirees Club (Midlands)
October 2013 Newsletter
Editorial
As we reach the end of the year, we have only a very brief newsletter this month. See below for the final details and booking form for the Christmas Lunch to be held at Wroxall Abbey on Tuesday 17th December. At the lunch you can expect to get details of next year’s programme as usual.
Michael Fabianski, Newsletter Editor. E-mail: ibmmidretnews@gmail.com
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Paris
28 people travelled to Paris in September for a long weekend, with a full day visit to the Palace of Versailles and a half day at Monet’s Garden. The weather was near perfect with warm sunshine and clear skies most of the time. We also had two excellent meals in local restaurants; a boat trip along the Seine; an evening tour of the lights; and free time to explore some of the other sights. Many favourable comments have been received and we did succeed in pleasing most of the people most of the time.
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Advance notice
Although our 2014 calendar of events has yet to be published, we are hoping to make a return visit towards the end of January to the Lebanese Restaurant in Warwick for our ‘ethnic’ meal. As bookings will need to be taken before Christmas, watch out in the next Newsletter for an announcement and booking form.
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Events
Click here to see the list of the events which are planned for the current year. The following is the status of those which have been announced.Booking Conditions. Click here to read the terms and conditions.
Photographs from Past Events. Click here or here to view a selection of photographs from past events.
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Christmas Lunch
Tuesday 17th December 2013
WROXALL ABBEY ESTATE, Birmingham Road, Wroxall, Warwickshire CV35 7NB
We have decided to choose a new location this year. We shall be dining in The Mansion, a magnificent Grade II listed building, which is part of the Wroxall Abbey Estate. We shall be having pre-lunch drinks in the Boadwood Bar and Garden Lounge and lunch will be served in the Sonnets and Wedgewood dining rooms.
We have managed to keep the cost down to below £20 per member and first guest. The cost will include a welcome drink on arrival, wine with the meal and coffee and mince pies afterwards.
Directions to Wroxall Abbey Estate and a complete list of attendees will be sent nearer the time of the event.
Those of you with access to the internet can view details of the Wroxall Abbey Estate at www.wroxall.com.
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Coffee with Mince Pies
To book a place, fill in the booking form and send it with your cheque for £19.50 for member and first guest, £38 for each second guest - made payable to IBM Retirees Club [Midlands], to:-
Alan Bridgman, 101 Albany Road, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire CV37 6PQ
Email: abri@waitrose.com, Telephone: 01789-267134
Refer to the document Event Booking Conditions for terms and conditions.
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Announcements and Advertisments
A study of Mindfulness: investigating how we pay attention in the present moment
The purpose of this study is to look at ‘mindfulness’. Mindfulness is about “paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment and non-judgementally” (Kabat-Zinn, 1994, p.4). It is a concept that originated in Buddhist traditions. Research has found that levels of ‘mindfulness’ vary from person to person (Keng, Smoski, Robins, 2011).
This study will investigate mindfulness across the life-span, in young adulthood and in more senior years. This will help us to develop our understanding of mindfulness. This will also be important in informing healthcare treatments which aim to increase wellbeing.
The four Questionnair sections take around 10-20 minutes to complete. If you are aged between 18 and 35 or aged 65 and over we would like to invite you to take part. In collecting data for this study we will not use information that will identify you personally i.e. you can contribute anonymously.
Further information about the study and online completion is provided in the link below, which can be clicked on or copied into your web browser.
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Sub-Groups of IBM Club and Retirees Club
IBM Retirees PC and Technology Group (founded by Harry Green)
The IBM Retirees PC and Technology Group meets every alternate month for a lively discussion on PC and technology topics in the digital age. There are usually one or two specific presentations given by members or by outside speakers, which the members of the Group have requested. We try to provide a reasonable balance between PC “techie” topics, new technology, and topics of a more general nature such as digital television, Internet telephony and digital photography. So whether you are a newcomer to the PC or a more experienced user, we hope you will find something of interest. You are very welcome to join us.
Contacts:- Roger Goodman email:- roger@northside.me.uk Alan Bridgman email:- abri@waitrose.com
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