New Committee Appointed
In operation since 1979 the Probus Club of Basingstoke caters for retired men who had some management experience in the professions or business, hence the acronym Probus.
Their 45th Annual General Meeting has just taken place and appointed their committee to run things on behalf of their members. The Vice President had to step back from ascending to the top job and so the sitting President, Stephen Thair, will continue for a second year in office.
The new Vice President is Paul Klinger, while the other officers were happy to continue in post thereby bringing experience to bear on matters that need organising in the future.
The committee reflects the diversity of the membership, with the President and Vice President who were solicitors, the treasurer was a nuclear scientist, a past oil company executive is the secretary, outings are arranged by a RAF officer, an IT Consultant is the speaker secretary, and the publicity officer owned a small printing business.
They enjoy monthly business meetings at the Test Valley Golf Club, where as well as enjoying lunch, they have guest speakers.
A social pub lunch which includes wives and partners takes place monthly at a pub on the eastern side of Basingstoke and special meals are arranged in August, at Christmas and Spring time.
Trips are arranged to interesting places. During this last year they had a unique visit to Southwick House, just north of Portsmouth, which was the headquarters for the D Day landings and very recently visited the house and gardens at Kingston Lacy the National Trust property at Wimborne Minster in Dorset.
Autumn visits are planned to include a guided tour of the facilities at Newbury racecourse, a trip on the Basingstoke canal and a visit to the submarine museum in Portsmouth.
Interested? The see www.probusbasingstoke.club for more information or phone the club secretary Andrew Barton on 01256 771995 or 07814 937202 for an informal chat or send an e-mail to andrewbarton1@hotmail.com.