An association for all former employees of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines UK & Ireland or any subsidiary, whetherstill working or retired. To promote and maintain contact with friends and colleagues past and present.
Est: 1985
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MEMBERS’ NEWSLETTERVolume : 28 Issue: 1 - February 2013
Volume: 28 Issue: 1 - February 2013 - page 2
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CONTENTS
Page 2: Committee ReportInc 2013 Dates
Page 3: 2013 Day Trip News
Page 4: AGM Agenda
Page 5: A Heathrow Volunteer
Page 6: 2013 Calendar
ATTACHMENTS
AGM Lunch Booking Form2013 Subscription Form-------------------------------
2013 Meetings & Events
Newsletter Issue 1: FebruaryCommittee Mtg: 06 March
AGM: Wed.20 March
Newsletter Issue 2: May Day Trip: Mon. 20 MayCommittee Mtg: May TBA
Summer Event: July TBA Newsletter issue: 3 August
Committee Mtg: 11 Sept. Autumn Meeting: Wed 25 Sep Day Trip: Sep TBA. Newsletter Issue: 4 November Committee Mtg: 27 November
Christmas Lunch:Wednesday 04 December
—------------------------All meetings at:
Bird Hills Golf Centre, Drift Road,Hawthorn Hill, Nr Maidenhead,SL6 3ST tel: 01628 771030
www.birdhills.co.uk
RAUKi Committee Meeting Minutes 9 January 2013 - BHGC
Present M Goodyear, J Long, A Roberts, S Aartsen, I Mckeeman, K Lowes L Drake, B Drake, T Brennan, M Brennan, O Long, G Jones, V Engels
Apologues W Kent, J Connolly, G Frackelton
FINANCE / MEMBERSHIP. Current Account £4068.54. Reserve Account£2504,32. Membership 81 (paid to dte). Allan was in contact with theExaminer to finalise the 2012 Statement of Accounts
TRAVEL Simon was thanked for his valiant efforts in arranging trips for RAUKIover the last 21 years. Glenys Jones will now be taking over the administrationof future trips. The first trip planned will be on Monday 20 May 2013, a threeriver cruise in/out Southampton, coach, cruise, fish and chips lunch with tea orcoffee. Total cost £31 pp. Glenys will obtain from Simon and Vera theircontacts. Various other trips were discussed. A list to be drawn up ready fornext meeting to check on interests in future trips by members at AGM
ISA . Registration with the staff travel department is required before one canobtain staff travel concessions. Note at this time some airlines do not use Etickets. KLM has stopped ISA travel arrangements on these airlines until theyare using E Tickets. The Chairman will attempt to make contact with the UGwith aim to clarify all the thorny issues surrounding availability of ISA travel.
PENSIONS . Nothing further to report. Note LON/HR will contact the Chairmanof any deaths of KLM retirees.
WEBSITE. No changes. site now OPEN to all.
CHRISTMAS LUNCH 2012.. Slow delivery of meals due to insufficient waitingstaff meant those last to be served had cold meals, must be improved for 2013lunch. A long discussion took place on seating and food ordered reaching thecorrect person. This to be looked into for 2013.
AOB. Items submitted by absent members were discussed especially thesuggestion of members queuing for meals at a buffet. When this was last donethe feedback was against this. Even BHGC staff felt a waiter service was fasterand better for all. A new list of members with addresses is being produced forthe News letter after the AGM. The next newsletter to include a request formembers to consider joining the committee for 2013/14.
The following 2013 dates were agreed for publication.06 Mar Committee meeting20 Mar AGM03 Jul Reserved for a Summer event - TBDiscussed at AGM11 Sep Committee meeting25 Sep Autumn members meeting20 Nov Committee meeting04 Dec Christmas lunchNext committee meeting 6 March 2013 at 1130 LT
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Your Committee
ChairmanMike Goodyear
Vice-ChairmanJohn Long
SecretaryBill Kent
TreasurerAllan Roberts
Day TripsGlenys Jones
Pension TrusteeDavid Barnes
ISA QueriesLes Drake
HR LiaisonJohn Gidlow
Social ContactJohn Connolly
[email protected] 214452
Vera Engels
Simon [email protected]
Irene [email protected]
Kathy [email protected]
Gillian [email protected]
www .klm-rauk.co.uk/welcome.htm
Webmaster/editorJohn Long
Social Contact
Don’t forget that John Connolly has volunteered to be available to anymember who may fall ill, encounter problems, feel ‘life is ganging up onthem’ or just simply want to talk to someone. Contact him at either;
Dear colleagues and friends,
Taking over from Simon after his many years of splendid organising is a bigchallenge coupled with an understandable reduction in participants due toage and circumstances.
My first offering is An ALL INCLUSIVE Coach/boat cruise including fish& chip** lunch, coffee or tea and all gratuities on MONDAY 20 May.
£31 pp
All you have to do is sit back and enjoy it. The coach will pick up at OldWindsor Day Centre departing at 09.15 and also at the Tree HouseHarvester, Cove Road, Fleet just off the M3 at jct 4a south about 10.00.Our destination is Ocean Village, Southampton.
The boat begins to board at 11.30 departing at 12.00 for a 3 hour cruise ofSouthampton Water and Rivers Test, Hitchin & Hamble. Lunch will beserved on board. The coach will depart from Ocean Village between 3.15 -3.30 getting us back to Fleet about 4.15 and Old Windsor about 5pm trafficpermitting.I hope you will join us? Please let me know if you want to go, numbers arekey to planning. I will also need the £31 to be paid by April 20.
** Blue funnel can meet SOME dietary requirements given enough notice.Please ask if required.
I have a suggestion for a September trip. The ‘Waverly’ steamship seemspopular but I have to wait for the sailings to be published. I am looking atother places too. If there is somewhere you would like to suggest, pleaselet me know.
Best Regards. Glenys Jones. [email protected]
Day Trip
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN FOR THE AGM TO BE HELD AS FOLLOWS:
KLM RAUKI 27th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGBird Hills Golf Centre.WEDNESDAY 20 March 2013 - 1130
AGENDA******************
1. Apologies for Absence2. Approval of 2012 AGM minutes / matters arising3. Chairman’s Report4. Reports :- Secretary, Treasurer, Pensions, Webmaster,
ISA regulations and Social Activities. 5. Proposals for Committee Positions & Election of Committee for
2013 - 2014. Bill Kent will be standing down as Secretary after the AGM. Having served 2 years he feels somebody else should have the privilege. 6. Appointment of Accountant for 2013 7. Members correspondence and questions 8. Any other business - Summer Event to be discussed 9. Next Event: Day trip 20 May;10. Next members meeting - Wednesday 25 September 2013 at 1130.
AGM FOLLOWED BY LUNCH £8.50 pp - advanced booking required.
AGM
The committee, with exception of Bill Kent, are willing to carry on in their respective positions unlesssomeone wishes to step in and volunteer for a specific position.
It has been suggested that people have been reluctant to volunteer because they feel they will be inthe position for life. The committee accepts this and is happy for anyone to attend the committeemeetings and participate in the discussions.
Would you like to attend? Do you have any Proposals for the committee? Our next Committeegathering is on Wednesday 06 March.
Have any questions or comments you would like to be discussed at the AGM?
Please send them by e-mail to: [email protected] or
Complete the ‘Contact Us’ form on our web site - http://www.klm-rauk.co.uk
or by letter to; Chairman, RAUKI,c/o Plesman House,Cains Lane, Bedfont,TW14 9RPlease ensure these reach him no later than 14 March please.
Volume: 28 Issue: 1 - February 2013 - page 5
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THE 2012 OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC GAMES
Heathrow VolunteerMy wife handed me a card at the end of last year, entitled 'Join Team Heathrow' as a volunteer to
welcome the world to London 2012. As a retired KLM Dutch airlines engineer, I jumped at the opportuni-ty to play my part in the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
I registered on-line to ’meet and greet' the visiting teams and athletes and after attending a ‘gettingto know you' day at Heathrow Academy and an interview with security officials, I received an emailconfirming an invitation for three separate training days and a Heathrow security pass.
On the first day of training we met Steve Williams OBE, a gold medal winnerat the Beijing 2008 Olympics, who passed around his two heavy gold medals.Everyone enjoyed the day and felt inspired and motivated to be part of this‘once in a lifetime' opportunity.
Two further days of training took place and we were allocated to Terminal5, where it took some time to familiarise ourselves with the layout, as there
are three unique terminals -A, B and C, connected by a driver-lessunderground train.
Before the games began I received emails regarding shift allocationrosters, as each day differed in the numbers arriving and as thousands ofGames families and London 2012 spectators started arriving, TeamHeathrow swung into action.
Hundreds of Heathrow volunteers, fluent in over twenty languages and intheir distinctive pink shirts and black trousers, met the teams and theirofficials as they came off their flights. At Terminal 5 we had a Games lane
specifically dedicated to Immigration to speed up the arrivals process. The athletes were then escortedto the Accreditation desks. Heathrow being the host airport, meant registration details were completedbefore the athletes left for the Olympic park or one of the other venues. The athletes and Gamesfamilies were then swiftly passed onto the 'Welcome Desks' placed inside the terminal.
Greater challenges came following the Olympic games closure on the 12th August, with the athletes
peak departure dates of 13th-15th August. These were dealt with in a purpose built Games terminal,later dismantled after the main Olympic games.
The Paralympic arrivals then followed at the end of August and I was privileged to be a ‘meeter andgreeter' once more.
I met many interesting people of all ages, backgrounds and origins, who were totally dedicated asvolunteer ambassadors for London 2012. I know from feedback talking to athletes and Games families,that their first impression on arrival at Heathrow was a warm and friendly greeting which will remain intheir memories for a long time to come.
I found volunteering an extremely rewarding experience and one I will never forget.
Patrick Gilligan
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RAUKI 2013February - Newsletter
March 20- AGM
May - Newsletter
May 20- Day Trip
July 03 (Poss) Summer Event TBA
August - Newsletter
September 25 - Autumn meeting
September - Day Trip TBA
November - Newsletter
December 04 - Christmas lunch
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