Category: newsletter
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Dead Sea Rescue Plan
The Dead Sea is falling by about one metre (3ft) a year due to declining rainfall, and an increase in the amount of irrigation water being taken from the River…
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MEETING NEWS
Meeting news from our branches around the world.
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Not to be Seen Dead In? The Ivory Coast
Cote d'Ivoire (a.k.a.Ivory Coast) is a developing country on the west coast of Africa. The Foreign & Commonwealth office advise against all holiday and other non-essential travel to Abidjan and…
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UK Air Passenger Complaints
The AUC (Air Transport Users Council– the UK airline watchdog) recently issued a list of the 20 most complained about airlines. They said there was “little evidence” that airlines were…
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London:
7th September 2002 London meeting Review by Padmassana We had two excellent speakers who both captured the essence of the countries they talked about with some fantastic photographs. Our first…
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Free London Museums: The Bank of England Museum
The Museum is housed within the Bank of England, at the heart of the City of London. It traces the history of the Bank from its foundation by Royal Charter…
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New York:
A change of date….on October 19th, we have yet, another interesting guest speaker!! Liz Ferber will be doing a picture show and presentation about some of her favorite exotic locations,…
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Ontario:
For information on Ontario meetings, please contact: Svatka Hermanek: shermanek@schulich.yorku.ca or Bruce Weber: tel. 416-203-0911 or Paul Webb: tel. 416-694-8259. Meetings are held on the third Friday of January, March,…
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London Events London Waterways Week
London Waterways week takes place between 7-15 September. The event will start with the Great River Race and finish with the Mayor's Thames Festival. Many waterside attractions are taking part…
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Texas:
Saturday August 10th, we had the fabulously informative Eric Dondero as speaker. His topic was: “How to Learn Any Language Fast”. Eric is a Multilingual Interpreter and Certified Language Instructor…