by Mike | Mar 13, 2012 | CADS Blog, Greetings from the Chair
Interesting address from William Hague about working for the EU. http://www.fco.gov.uk/eucareers/fs-video It seems that the UK is massively under represented in the EU, with only 5% of the jobs, despite having 12% of the people (and contributing nearly 20% of the...
by Mike | Feb 17, 2012 | CADS Blog, Greetings from the Chair
The January lunch produced a good crop of members to listen to Julian Tangaere tell us about Antarctica. You can find some of the amazing facts he gave us via John Richardson’s blogs on the new CADS website – check it out if you haven’t already done so. We have moved...
by Mike | Jan 23, 2012 | Greetings from the Chair
The December Jokeathon was great fun, with over 40 in attendance; we started with an introduction sent by Bernhard Garside, who is now Deputy Ambassador in Algeria. And then made Willem honorary CAD number 8, and donated 1,300 Euros to John Cameron-Webb for his...
by Mike | Dec 16, 2011 | Greetings from the Chair
DECEMBER 2011 We had a lovely lunch last month, addressed by Tim Cooke with a slide show on the merits and potential pitfalls of micro-finance projects in Kenya and Tanzania. Apparently one essential is a personal Masai warrior armed with bow and poison arrows. Such a...
by Mike | Nov 26, 2011 | Greetings from the Chair
I missed our October lunch due to our brief holiday in Egypt. Mike Carn was kind enough to step in as chair, John Bright gave a good introduction to the work of the British Legion and Poppy Fund, and we raised 200 Euros for the fund from a rather sparse attendance....
by Mike | Oct 26, 2011 | Greetings from the Chair
Our September lunch was the first of the autumn season, and we enjoyed a pleasant lunch back in our usual surroundings of the terrace room. Our speaker Millicent Odongo gave us an interesting introduction to the FOR organisation which has set up ‘one stop shops’ for...
