by Mike | Dec 2, 2013 | Photography, CADS Blog, Greetings from the Chair, Dutch News, Events Blog
Earlier this year, CADS board member Sue Bennion was taken from us by particularly cruel pancreatic and liver cancers. Sue had been a staunch supporter of many charities, including Hulphond which trains helper dogs to enable disabled people to live more independent...
by Mike | Nov 21, 2013 | CADS Blog, Greetings from the Chair, Dutch News, Events Blog
Dear fellow CADS After last month’s erudite and bittersweet recollections by Maarten Frankenhuis of Artis in WWII, and his relationship with our founder Gerard Metzelaar, we have been busy in November. Last Friday, Judge Greenwood entertained 18 of us at the Peace...
by Mike | Nov 21, 2013 | Greetings from the Chair, Dutch News, Events Blog
Dear fellow CADS Last month’s lunch saw us entertaining not one but two speakers. First; as and with our appetiser, BBC and ESU Award winner Frederike Brockhoven gave us a highly entertaining, passionate, professional and articulate argument for how innovation...
by Mike | Sep 25, 2013 | CADS Blog, Greetings from the Chair, Dutch News, Events Blog
Dear fellow CADS This month is news-packed! We had the CADS golf day (report elsewhere in this issue by Antonio), and arranged an outing for November 15th at the Peace Palace iincluding a tour of the Palace and the ICJ, and lunch in their Refectory. It starts at 1100...
by Mike | Aug 25, 2013 | CADS Blog, Greetings from the Chair, Cricket, Events Blog, Golf
Dear Fellow CADS, Courtesy of our cricket-mad editor John Richardson, last month we had an excellent luncheon with wine at the VRA cricket ground. This was accompanied by a friendly match between a visiting Australian side, and a scratch Dutch team. This month we will...
by Mike | Jul 28, 2013 | Greetings from the Chair, CADS Blog
Thought you might like to know how quality conscious workers have become in China. A salutary lesson for those of us doing business there! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPzRPga6uDg]