Despatches Summer Issue
Mike Peters writes:
Copy date for the next issue of Despatches is 30 May 2015,
members are asked to submit any images or articles to the Secretary by no later
than that date. As ever we are looking for lots of pictures of Guides out and
about on the battlefields of the world - not just headstones please!
Guild Validation Day
Stevenage 20 May 15
Mike Peters writes:
Yesterday I attended the Validation Day held in Stevenage
hosted by Guild Partners Battle Honours Ltd. The event was a great success and
has proved that there is an appetite among members for similar validation
sessions in the future. This follows on from the positive feedback after we
facilitated validation on the Somme in January. Your Council has asked the
Validation Team to programme more of this style of event in the coming year and
in 2016 - the more members we have validation the better. We will however still
be featuring validation as part of our core weekends and ensuring that these
are not compromised by dedicated validation sessions. The Stevenage session
also raised questions about the cost of attending validation, the Council will
issue a policy on this shortly.
It was a very successful day, thank you to everybody who
attended, there were a lot of new faces at Stevenage. Well done to those who
passed their assignments and progressed toward their badge and a thank you to
the validators who gave up their time to help their fellow members tackle their
assignments. Finally, a big thank you to our hosts Julian Whippy and Clive
Harris at Battle Honours. The event was subsidised by BHL and ably administered
by Julian, a great example of what the Guild Partnership scheme is all about. I
look forward to seeing you all at the next Guild Event.
Jellifenellie Books
Richard Burgess writes:
I have negotiated a deal with Jellyfenellie Books for the
GBG. The company will offer a ten per cent reduction in price plus free postage
to UK addresses. The members just need to indicate their membership or drop
your name in a message to us when they go to our Amazon Storefront.
Validation via Skype
Tim Saunders writes:
The VTeam has conducted another iVal Assignment 1 with James
Wilson of Kenya. His subject was the attack in February 1916 on Salaita Hill
near Tsavo and the boarder of German East Africa and Kenya. I was a subject
that I knew little about but was a fascinating compact action – ideal for
Assignment 1. Our Chief Validator Chris Finn summed it up when he said ‘a
pass despite some challenging technical difficulties’. As with other long range
iVals, including the USA and Australia, it was readily apparent to experienced
validators that James could present and knew his stuff, few concessions had to
be made for the technology! Well done James.
Annual Subscription
Jo Hook writes:
There are still some members who have not renewed their
subscription this year but have not informed me that they wish to leave the
Guild. If you have not yet paid but wish to remain a member please could you
pay asap. Full details as to how to do this are on the website at http://www.gbg-international.com/bank_account.html
Best Regards
Tony Smith
Guild Secretary
International Guild
of Battlefield Guides
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