Number42,September2013

A Member of the Round Table Family

Of Clubs

Editor Ray HillNational Communications Officer

comms@41club.org

Copy Date for October Newsletter

29th September 2013

This is probably the hardest mission you will ever beasked to perform since you joined Round Table, and willcertainly sort out the men from the boys!

Your mission gentlemen, should you choose to accept it,is to refrain from themuch beloved alcohol for the wholemonth of October. The purpose is to raise money forMacmillan Cancer Support, as part of their "Go Sober inOctober" campaign. You can read all about this on thewebsite gosober.org.uk and join over 9,000 brave soulswho have already signed up.

Your editor has registered and has created a team called'41Club', anybody joining this teamwill be recognised asa 41er and the monies raised will be included in our totalraised by the club for the President's chosen charity. Ifyou think that you could rise to the challenge then go tothe website (gosober.org.uk) and register, then get yourfriends, relatives and club members to sponsor you.

However if this mission is beyond you then visit thewebsite and sponsor oneormoreof thewillingvolunteersin the 41 Club Team. Every donation will count towardsour total and if you donate it as gift aid the chancellor willgenerously donate an additional 25%.

I know that alcohol has always beenoneof the foundationstones of most people's Tabling career and for some thiswill be just a step too far. It will make growing amoustache seem like child's play, but think of thebenefits:

1) Your body will feel healthier.

2) Your wallet will be fatter.

3) Youwill not snore and annoy thewife for a wholemonth.

4) You can shed those extra inches from around thewaist, ready for the Christmas festivities.

Please join us in this valuable mission and raise lots ofmoney forMacmillan,whilst givingyour liver a rest at thesame time.

Remember to join the 41 Club Team, or to sponsormembers of it. Please let me know if you have joined theteam and we can share a the soft drinks together.

PS This article will self-destruct in two minutes!

Can you rise to the challenge?Or sponsor someone who has!

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41 Club Saves You Money!

Editorial

How can we help you?

What is that what you say, 'help us'?

Yes gentlemen we at National want to help you to ensure that yourclub has a future and not just a past. We are aware of the problemsmanyofyou face, oftendue to theclosureofyour localRoundTable,but we are acutely aware that there are many ex-Round Tablers outthere who never joined 41 Club but who now may be interested.

We are planning a marketing campaign to find those potentialmembers and will be providing materials to support you. This willinclude posters, advertisements, newspaper and radio interviewsand anything else that can be provided at a reasonable cost. We canno longer rely on the automatic supply of Tablers leaving each yearand we aim to become much more pro-active in finding thosemembers. Believe me gentlemen other organisations are activelyseeking out and recruiting your potential members.

But before we can help you we need your help. I am sure that everyone of you could name at least ten members of your Table that havenever joined 41Club. There arewhole towns and even cities that are

'black holes' for 41 Club.

Somaywe ask you to let us knowwherewe can help and howwecanhelp your club in particular. Some clubs will invariably disappear,but new younger clubs are being formed every month. Help us toidentify where new clubs could be started. Produce a list of peoplewho may be interested, let us provide you with suitable materials orarrange for a 41er to appear on local radio. There is a lot we can beproud of in our history and we should be just as proud of our future.

So now, how can we help you? Please send your ideas to theNewsletter in order that we can publish them in the next edition.

Remember that the National organisation is here to promote ourgreat fellowship movement and not just to organise the AGM andpublish communications.

Let us work together to create a brighter future for 41 Club!

Ray Hillcomms@41club.org

Yeswe are not joking, being amember of 41 Club really can saveyou money, even on your weekly shopping bill.

41 Club Platinum Privileges have negotiated with Wider Walletto provide discounts for 41 Club Members. Discounts areavailable at a wide range of high street stores including Boots,Halfords, Argos, Asda, Sainsbury's, B&Q, Ernest Jones, Strada,Debenhams and even Harrods. In addition you can get discountsat Cafe Nero, Pizza Express, Pizza Hut and Toni & Guy.

These discounts are on top of any special promotions / sales beingoffered in store, so they are real savings.

A few examples of potential savings are illustrated here, and youcan more than re-coup your £12.50 annual national capitation ina single purchase or a few weeks food shopping.

How do you get these savings?

Go to thewebsite 41club.widerwallet.com and register using theaccess code S424698A. Alternatively you can contact them on0800 612 7220. It costs nothing and you can then purchase cardsfor any of the participating organisations. There is a small chargefor the postage so order multiple cards and you only pay onepostage charge. The cards you receive will be for the requestedamount, butyouarecharged thediscountedamount. Inmost casesthe cards can be re-loaded on-line in the future so you do not haveto request new cards when all the money is used.

When you are using the cards they are equivalent to cash and theamount will simply be deducted from the card. If there is notenough on the card the difference can be made up by any othermeans of payment.

So why delay? Sign up today!And start to save money thanks to 41 Club.

Save £24 on an iPad at PCWorld

Save over £200 a year on aweekly £100 spend at Asda

Save £117 a year on a weekly£50 spend at Sainsbury's

Save 7% on all purchases, inaddition to the 10% saved ifyou have an over 60s card

Save 7% at all House ofFraser stores

Many thanks to all those members hat have alreadycontacted me expressing an interest in attending aclassic car meeting. Planning is now in the earlystagesandwehave identifiedapotential venuequitenear to Coventry, which is pretty central for mostmembers. (If all goes well wemay also organise anevent in Scotland for thosememberswho are too faraway for this oneThe initial date chosen is the weekend of the21st/22nd June 2014, with early arrivals on Fridaythe 20th for the really keen drivers. Hopefully wewill be able to provide facilities for camping orcaravanning as well as a selection of local hotels, tocover all preferences.

If you would like to join us then please send anemail to comms@41club.org in order to registeryour interest. There is no commitment at themoment and I will keep you all informed withregular updates in the Newsletter and theMagazine.

The wide selection of cars already mentioned willmake this a very interesting weekend and newtypes are always welcome. All makes are invitedand members without a suitable car will bewelcome attend the event.

Ray Hill, comms@41club.org

41 Club Classic Car Meeting 2014

SHOWTIME!

41 Club and TangentNational Conference Bournemouth 2014

It is now5months (and 7 to go) sinceBournemouthConferencewasunveiled at the Llandudno Conference back in April.

The committee have continued to be busy and now the long hotsummer seems regretfully to be giving way to Autumn the pace oforganisation, rather than coolingwith theweather, is going to hot up.

All our entertainment for the Conference has now been sorted, withthe finer details being negotiated and put in place.

Bookings continue to roll in, and despite the end of the early birdbooking promotion and the inevitable pause in the rush, we haveover 200 delegates now booked in.

Early bookings at the Royal Bath Hotel have almost claimed all theoriginal hotel rooms. However the Royal Bath, which is undergoing

a major expansion, has recently completed 10 new modern roomswhich are now available.We look forward to the next release of newrooms in this ongoing programme. Remember we have plenty ofhotel capacity inBournemouth. If youwant to stay at theRoyalBathplease continue tobook to avoiddisappointment. However youmayfind that car parking becomes limited so the Premier Inn and otherhotels may offer more convenient capacity.

Bournemouth has always been an attractive andwell attended venueand it is recommended that bookings for the package are not left tothe last minute so to ensure there is no disappointment due tonumbers being exceeded for the various activities on offer.

David BrownBournemouth 2014 Chairman

The Bournemouth 2014 Team

41 Club International News

Vote Puffin For President

The 41 INTERNATIONAL Board held a joint meeting with theRound Table INTERNATIONAL Board at Valence, France. Thefocus of discussion was working together, strengthening ties witheach other andmaking 41 Club the natural choice of retiring Tablers.

41 Netherlands have submitted their application foraffiliation to 41 INTERNATIONAL

41 Netherlands Board

President- Sjoerd Van Esch,Vice President Edwin,Secretary Olivier,Treasurer Fedde Jan, IRO Lars

History in the making!Mark your calendar for a historic

moment. The inauguration ofTangent International

at Korsor, Denmark during theInternational AGM in May 2014.

RTI Vice President 2013-14

Congratulations to Jason Thomson (RT President2012-13) on being elected Vice President of Round TableInternational at the World Meeting in Valance, France atthe end of August.

National Presidents Martin and Karen recently visited theScottish Seabird Centre where they met with a rather largepuffin. My vote is for the puffin!

RED ROSE DINNER 2013

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WestonSuperMare41Club isveryproudto report that after 60 years service ourmember Derek Chapman has beenawarded the prestigious ' Flame of Hope'Fellowship by Cancer Research U.K.

Back in1953Derek, amember ofWestonSuper Mare Round Table 110, was at ameeting where a talk was given by thethen British Empire Cancer Campaign.When Round Table were asked if theywould consider supporting the charity,Derek volunteered to help set up a fundraising committee; which has nowreached its 60th anniversary. He and his

lovely wife Yvonne put their hearts and souls into raising moneycreatingmonthly special dinners, knit- ins. picnics etc: the list goes onand on. Now in his 87th year, Derek has been instrumental in raisingwell over amillion pounds. He is clearly a credit to both Round Tableand 41 Club.

On the 18thOctober a special dinner is being organised to honour himand the 60th Anniversary. Anyone wishing to attend please contactthe organisers on 01278 769078.

Martin BoothChairman Weston 41 Club

Derek's Flame Of Hope

Youwon’t have heard of us becausewe’vemanaged to keep a lowprofile for 50 years. But you will gather from the interesting useof consonants that we are from Wales {South East – just aboveNewport and beneath Pontypool (if that’s possible)}. Anyway,tired of hiding our light under a bushel, we are going to have onehell of a party pretty much on the actual 50th anniversary of ourcharter. The date: Tuesday March 25th 2014.

National President, Martin will honour us with his presence andwe hope to honour him by contributing to his Macmillan appealwith proceeds from a sponsored walk - an arduous, mountainous,possibly calamitous perambulation across the Black Mountainson St David’s Day.

Apart from bread throwing and beer spilling competitions,entertainment will be provided by comedian Bob Webb a localfavourite with an international reputation (known to Interpol).

At £25 per head, therewill undoubtedly be pressure on tickets andearly application to roger.bryant2012@gmail.com is advisable. Ifyou are otherwise engaged on that day you might, nevertheless,wish to take part in the proceedings by sponsoring the said walk.Sponsorship forms or donation details will be supplied onapplication to Roger.

This is a great opportunity to celebrate 41 Club and Tablinggenerally, acknowledging all it has meant to so many down theyears and the occasion will be greatly enhanced by support andgood wishes from brethren near and far. It’ll be nice to hear fromyou.

Mervyn France, Chairman

Cwmbran 41 Club50th Charter Night

Advertise Your Event Here

If you are organising a special event for your club or region thenwhy not advertise it here. There is no cost, and all you have to dois supply a suitable advertisement in A6 format. Please send allcopy to comms@41club.org at least twomonths before the event.

Where Are All TheMorgan Owners?

It was announced in the Summer Magazine that the Novemberedition will feature Morgans owned by 41ers. From pastcommunications I know that there several proudMorganeers outthere but so far the response has been very poor.

So if you have aMorgan please send a photograph and some briefdetails to comms@41club.org. Come on lads we cannot beoutnumbered by the MG owners.

A Message From LadiesCircle National President

Over the Easter 2014 break, together with a number of Circlers (andTablers), I will be undertaking my ultimate challenge as NationalPresident on behalf of my national charity: Whizz-Kidz.We will be departing from Southport, cycling through Liverpool,Widnes, Warrington, Lymm, Stockport, Penistone, Sheffield,Worksop, Lincoln and ultimately into Skegness. We will have thencycled 222 miles in four days!The inspiration for the route has been taken from the ‘Way of theRoses’ and adapted to pass through, or as close to, as many of theclubs in that part of the UK.Much thanks goes to Simon Roberts for taking on the role ofmanaging this ride and for his hard work so far including mappingout the route andstops. Itwouldbegreat tohaveasmanyCirclers andfriends support us both by cycling all or part of the route.Alternativelywewill need help at themany planned stops to providemuchneededdrinks, food andmoral support to keep the teamgoing .

If you fancy joining in with the Ladies CircleWhizz-Kidz Pedal forPounds 2014, please email me at ruthsride2014@gmail.com.Further details and regular updates about the ride and route are alsoavailable on the Facebook page at ‘Ladies Circle 2014 Pedal forPounds’, and a Just Giving page is available at:https://www.justgiving.com/LadiesCircle to receive donations.Please support us in any way you can, this will be a tough challengefor all those taking part but hopefullywewill raise a lot ofmoney formy chosen presidential charity: Whizz-Kidz!

Yours in friendshipRuth CurryNational President 2013-2014National Association of Ladies’ Circle

The Winter Magazine

The final date to submit items for theWinter Magazine is the 30th ofthismonth. If youhave anythingyouwould like to submit please sendit to comms@41club.org. Photographs are always welcome butplease ensure that they are large, high resolution ones, sent separatelyand not embedded into the article.

This is amagazine for ourmembers and not just about the club. If youhave any subject that you think would entertain or inform othermembers then please submit it for possible inclusion.

Articles in the next edition will include 40 years of partnership withtheAnthonyNolanRegister, the final part of theBrooklands story andthe first 75 years of LOTS. Your copy should be arriving on yourdoormat in early November.

41 Club calendar For 2014

41Clubcalendars for2104will beavailable in thenext fewweeks.The photographs are a selection of those entered into this year'sphotographic competition.

The quality of entries this year was very high and I hope that youwill enjoy the selection that has been made. Cost of the calendarwill be £5 with all of the profits being donated to the President'scharity for this year, Macmillan Cancer Support.

Full details on how to obtain a copywill be included in theWintermagazine and theOctober Newsletter. A great Christmas presentand an opportunity to help financially with this very importanttask.

A calendar is not just for Christmas - it is for the whole year!

Having read your article onObituaries Iwould like to put forward anopinion and suggestion. If clubs do not record the fact that amember has died, it is possible that their name will be forgottenforever. I have overcome this possibility in Pinner by creating abooklet with every members name, recording when they joined anddied and the offices they held. This includes all members of ourTable (nowclosed),LadiesCircle (also closed) andTangent. Whilstthis is only available in a printed version, I do keep it up to date andit is available to anyone requesting it.

In my connection with Scouting however, in the County of GreaterLondon Middlesex West, I have created and online ‘Book ofRemembrance’ which includes if available, a Photograph of thedeceased, their Awards, and a Tribute or Eulogy. This is availableto any member by logging on to our County Website.

I would recommend to any club, that whatever method they decideto use to record past members, that they do it.

Ken Crisp. Assistant Secretary Pinner 41 Club.

Firstly, congratulations on resuming your role as editor of ournewsletter. I’m certain the combination of editorial experience,enthusiasm for the organisation and your listening approach to thereadership will continue to serve the publication well.

I pick up your thread on the publication of obituaries and yourinterest in what the readership thinks about this aspect of content. Iwould make the following observations.

·As a friendship organisation, especially old friends, close friendsand often far flung friends, access to this news is important for oldcontacts and is an opportunity to publicly remember andacknowledge the contribution and value of long serving Tablemembers to their friends and to the organisations. Although sad forthe loss of a friend, the memories invoked are frequently warm,happy and sometimes inspiring.

·Space is, of course, an important consideration and inclusion ofoccasional obituaries seems practical along with, perhaps, a list ofnames submitted by clubs. However, fuller tributes and photos

might be reserved for a section on the National website that can bevisited at leisure by any member wishing to pick up on the detail ofa particular name or announcement.

·Remembering and honouring past members would not be anobvious deterrent to new members of an organisation that exists topreserve memories and friendships, albeit with the opportunity tocontinue to provide service alongside our Table colleagues.

·Providing obituaries for past colleagues imbues the organisationwith respect and affection, qualitieswhichmostmembersmight feelentirely appropriate.

Finally,might I suggest the inclusion of an ‘anti-obituary’.Why notinclude a ‘Births’ section celebrating newmembers joining our clubwith a brief profile of their activities and Table service and perhapstheir aspirations for their membership and their new club for thefuture. Perhaps this might also uplift and inspire.

Norvil McClurg, Fellowship Officer. Ponteland 41 Club

Reference your editorial in the current newsletter, I believe 41 clubsshould have the facility of paying tribute to members who havepassed away - I always search the obituary column to check if myname appears - and I would vote for option 2) so that a full obituarycan be viewed on thewebsite by anyonewho recognises the name ofa past colleague.

Peter Bishop, Chesham 41 Club

I am a fan of continuing as we are and I am not sure of any reason tochange. Cannot speak for anyone other than Table (I am a recenttransferee), but Tabler is not what it was and one of the criticisms ofthe magazine in recent years has been that there really is so little init. I hadn't realised the obituaries had stopped (being a younger club,there were never that many anyway), but if they have, then they arejust one of a raft of regular features that are no more.

Brian Steele, Chairman, Worthing Round Table 41 Club

Last month I invited your comments on how we handle obituaries in the future, in the light thatvery few organisations now carry obituary columns in their club magazines and the growth ofthe use of the internet. I was expecting a flood of objections but instead have received somevery well argued responses which I include here in full.

Consequently we are investigatingways of implementing some of the suggestionsmade in thecorrespondence. We will confirm this as soon as it has been finalised.

“You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than thecake.”

“Abank is a place thatwill lend youmoney if you can prove that youdon't need it.”

“Whenwe recall the past,weusually find that it is the simplest things- not the great occasions - that in retrospect give off the greatest glowof happiness.”

“If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind ofheart trouble.”

“When she started to play, Steinway came down personally andrubbed his name off the piano. ”

“She said she was approaching forty, and I couldn'thelp wondering from what direction. ”

“I grew up with six brothers. That's how I learnedhow to dance- waiting for the bathroom.”

“A JamesCagney love scene is onewhere he lets the other guy live.”

“Asenseofhumor isgood foryou.Haveyoueverheardof a laughinghyena with heartburn? ”

“I do benefits for all religions. I'd hate to blow the hereafter on atechnicality.”

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