Membership Subscriptions
Jo Hook writes
Currently there are about 200 members who have not yet
renewed their membership!! If you are please could you find some time this
weekend to do it!
I would like to remind members of the following:
1. The payment window for membership fees
will close on 1 April 2015.
2. Please would members Email a
confirmation of payment to the membership secretary at mbr.sec@gbg-international.com
if payment is made by Bank Transfer.
3. A guide on how to pay can be found at http://www.gbg-international.com/bank_account.html
4. Members who have not paid by 1 April
will not be chased and it will be assumed that they no longer wish to renew
membership.
Guild Council Meeting
Secretary writes:
A Guild Council meeting was held in London last week. The
minutes are attached.
New Validation Package
Tim Saunders writes:
Members will be aware that the latest iteration of the
Validation Brochure including some new and replacement assignments is due to go
live at the beginning of next month. The Validation Team have, however,
discovered during the process of updating the associated Validator’s Handbook
and having seen how candidates increasingly interpret the outcomes and advice,
that we need to enhance clarity for both existing and new assignments.
Consequently we are re-wording certain aspects of the assignments in the Brochure.
This process will now inevitably delay the launch of the new package of
assignments by a couple of months.
The existing Validation package has been successful and has
served us very well over the last eleven years. This is, therefore, a part of
the process of continuing and considered evolution not revolution. Be assured
that the package will remain focused on aspects of guiding and guiding related
business and is still targeted at the guide who has experience of our craft.
Validation will also continue to be vocational and pitched at NVQ 3 level.
The V Team are not aware of anyone currently working on the
new assignments but if they are, they should over the next couple of months
concentrate their efforts on the assignments that have not changed. If in doubt
please contact a member of the V Team.
It is intended to publish the new suite of Validation
documentation and launch the package during June 2015 at the latest.
Saturday, July 18th, 2015,
Dutch Validation Event
Wybo Boersma writes:
The Dutch Guild membership will be holding a validation
event on July 18th 2015 at the Airborne Museum 'Hartenstein' in Oosterbeek.
There are currently three Dutch candidates participating.
The Validators will be Wybo Boersma and Willem Kleijn.
The proposed programme is:
09:30
Welcome coffee in the Airborne Museum
10:00 to 11:00: Assignment 1 candidate:
11:00 to 12:00: Assignment 1 candidate:
12:00 to 13:30: Lunch (own expense) or
Schoonoord Restaurant Restaurant Hartenstein @ Laura. The location depends on
the number of participants.
13:30 to 14:30: Assignment 1 candidate:
14:30 to 16:30: Battlefield walk led by Luuk
Buist et al
16:30
-? Closing reception at
Restaurant Schoonoord or Restaurant Hartenstein @ Laura.
Audience members are welcomed. Please note that the majority
of the proceedings will be in Dutch.
Swindon Weekend
Alison Nine writes:
The Swindon validation event was a great success thanks to
the organization of Chris Scott and Ian Gumm. Four people passed
Assignment One: Emma White, Anthony Rich, Chris Cherry and Peter McLelland;
Robin Burrows-Ellis and Anthony Rich passed Assignment Five; and Andrew
Thompson and Robin Burrows-Ellis were successful with Assignment
Six. A very good haul of Validation passes! Commiserations to those who
were not successful this time round and hope you will try again
soon. Validations took place on the Saturday morning and early afternoon
and then the peace (apart from the traffic) of the little Cotswold town of
Lechlade was shattered by Chris Scott recounting the blood-thirsty events of
one of the lesser known Civil War battles. Not sure what the local
populace made of it but it was certainly enjoyed by all the guides
present. The evening meal was followed by a quiz which turned out not to
be as fiendish as feared but certainly exposed some gaps in British history
knowledge! Sunday morning saw more validations before everyone departed
at lunchtime. In the words of Chris Scott: this weekend was exactly what
we always envisaged the Guild would become, a group of professional friends
pulling together to help each other develop our skills amid enjoyable times and
good fellowship.
Stevenage Validation Event
– Wednesday 20 May 2015
Alison Hine writes:
The next validation event will take place at the Battle
Honours offices in Stevenage. We have ten Assignment One candidates
so far:
·
Rory Stephens
·
Steve Chambers
·
Chris Nation
·
Robert Gallagher
·
John Wynne
·
Dan Hill
·
Francesco Di Cintio
·
Simon Worrall
·
Greg Davey
·
Bryn Dolan.
We can manage this number using two rooms concurrently but
we will need both validators and audiences. Lunch will be
provided. Please could you put the date in your diary! Bookings
will be called for as soon as we have finalised the cost.
Normandy Validation
Adrian Ridley-Jones writes:
I am interested in organising a Normandy validation session.
Would any members interested in participating please drop me a line at aridleyjones@googlemail.com
March 27th London Lunch
Andy Thompson writes:
Owing to a lack of takers for the London Lunch in March we
have decided to cancel it. The Christmas lunch on December 4th, will still go
ahead.
Despatches Magazine
Mike Peters writes:
I have had another magazine returned as 'gone away'. Giles
Orpen-Smellie - please would you send your address details to the membership
secretary so that we can update our list
Band of Brothers Actors
Reunion in Normandy
Adrian Ridley-Jones writes:
Members may be interested to note the events being organised
in June 2015 by the Band of Borthers Actors - see http://www.wwiifoundation.org/events/reunion/
Guild Insurance
Secretary writes:
The Guild Public Liability Insurance will be renewed at the
end of March and a number of members have already let me have their details. If
you are interested in getting a quote please let me have details of your annual
guiding turnover and I will get quotes back to you asap.
Best Regards
Tony Smith
Guild Secretary
International Guild
of Battlefield Guides
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