Jan Dowling Vice President and Club Regalia Jan Mulqueen IPP, Editor and Membership Terrie Hewitt Secretary June Boden Treasurer Karen Durie Sales and Regalia Officer

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V-P Diary Regalia Order Form 2010 (PDF) to order Past Chairmen's Jewels/Name Bars etc Or please contact the Vice President

Vice President and Club Regalia

The honeymoon period is now well and truly over as I settle down to write my first report as your new Vice President and today I received my first official invitation.  

I would like to thank the Exec for their kindness, support and warm welcome to the team. I am very aware that I have some hard acts to follow - they all seem so efficient and competent but I will do my best.

Part of my role is to be responsible for Regalia Orders. A copy of the order form is included with the June mailing but I will always be happy to dispatch additional forms if necessary. Please help me by ordering your regalia as soon as possible and be aware that on orders returned to me after 1 January 2011 there will be a £5 surcharge. The deadline to guarantee delivery in time for your Club's AGM is 1 February 2011.

I know these dates seem far in the future but time has a habit of catching up with us all so please don't be caught out. You will need to check your order as soon as it is received and inform me immediately of any errors. If by any chance your order is not received within four months of the order date please advise me.

I am looking forward to a busy year, a year in which I hope I will have the opportunity of meeting many of you and getting to know some of you better. Please don't hesitate to come and say "Hello" to a new girl

Jan Dowling

National Vice President and Regalia Office

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Immediate Past President, Membership and Editor

Wow what a year, IT’S POSSIBLE has been my theme and Thank You are two very little words that mean such a lot. I would like to thank everyone who made my year as Your President so special. There have been so many wonderful moments during my year from sharing Club Anniversaries like Bournemouth 60th and all the anniversaries in between to Wessex Links 10th. The charter of a new Club, Trips to London for the Woman of the Year Lunch and Remembrance Sunday, where I laid a wreath on your behalf at the Cenotaph. The seven Regional Lunches were all special in their own ways, who will forget the seagulls at the Northern, the picture beside the river Dee in Scotland, the howling gale for the South East lunch or the brass band playing the dambusters and Lesley Seville, our then health and safety officer, pleading with you not to stand on your chairs at the Midland lunch.

This year I have been to many Friendship evenings, (one Club invites other Clubs to share the night with them,) renewing friendships made over many years. I think this will become more popular over the next few years. Why not try and organize one yourself and invite local Clubs to join you. It does not need to be a big affair or expensive, in fact it is an ideal occasion to brush up your entertaining skills and try a faith/American supper.

During my time as Your President The question I have asked all year is WHERE WILL TANGENT BE IN 10-15 YEARS TIME? the majority of our membership, having seen approximately a third of you on my travels this year are over the age of 65

I have tried to encourage those past members of Ladies Circle who for whatever reason did not join us, to form new Clubs of their own.. I believe this could be a way forward for them. Whilst some Clubs still have a Ladies Circle and are in a position to attract new members, many do not. There are so many past Circlers/partners of 41 Club members who have not become members of Tangent. Women between the ages of 45 and 60 want different things from an evening out to women in their late sixties and older. I feel that as long as the new Clubs show respect for the senior Clubs, because without them there would have been no Ladies Circle and try to have a joint meeting once or twice a year, like a mother and daughter learning from each other, this could work. Cluster Clubs like Area Twenty Independent Tangent AT IT a group of past LC area 20 girls all under 55, are another way forward. These younger women are the future of Tangent.

When I asked if you would support the joint Tangent/41 Club charity this year little did I know how you would take this to heart. I have been overwhelmed by the support shown. I have had emails and letters telling me how money was raised/given, from not sending each other Christmas cards and donating the money to Help for Heroes instead, cooking demonstrations, raffles, car boot sales and well as the pyramid lunches/dinners. I was pleased to hand over a cheque for £23,816.31 and together with 41 Club they have received a total in excess of £145.000. and still more is coming in. As at 1st May we have given in excess of £25,549.99 to Help for Heroes For those of you who heard me shake the tin and say “Shy bairns get knowt” then asked for any change before you left for home, It was worth my asking as that box collected £1,533.33p It is not too late to send your contribution if you have not already done so. I will let you know the final figure in the next issue of Tangent News THANK YOU ALL you were magnificent.

At the NAGM I reminded all of those present that both they and the National Executive were volunteers and that we would all be doing our best for the Association today and for the future.

We had a really good NAGM and I am delighted to say that it finished at 5pm especially as we did not have nominees for Vice President or Treasurer. I thought at one stage I would have to lock the doors. I am so pleased that Jan and June have joined us. Please will you take the opportunity now to think about the positions becoming vacant next year. Is there someone you think would make a good National Officer. Have a word with them let them know that you think they are capable of doing the job and that you will support them in the future. When the nomination papers come out in the October edition for those vacant positions I would like to think that they will be able to fill one in and send it to the National Secretary.

My year as Your National President is over and I now take over the job of Tangent Magazine Editor, International Officer, Membership Officer and Website as well as the position of Immediate Past President. Still a very busy year but not so much travelling. Having travelled over 23.000 miles in the Hyundai cars during my year I would like to thank them for their continued support of Tangent. To my Clubs Angels of the North/ Sunderland plus Houghton le Spring, everyone who has hosted me during the year, but especially Eddie and my family at home THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart YOU made IT POSSIBLE for me to have the year of my life.

Yours in continued friendship with a big hug.

Jan

Immediate Past President 2010-11

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Secretary’s Notepad…….

I am just back from the 41 Club National Conference and Tangent Day with the National AGM. The realization that the move from National Secretary Elect to National Secretary is a very large jump is kicking in! On Tangent Day I went from wearing a “posh” hat on the AGM top table, loading the car with boxes of handed over Secretary material, to coming second in the small group Fancy Dress competition, dressed as a 99 Ice Cream Cone! If you have never been to National Conference or Tangent Day (with the AGM) give it a try, it is informative about the business of the Association and great fun.

Back now to work, two lots of minutes to write up and thank you letters to everyone who helped over the weekend including Margaret Barker and her able team who organized Tangent Day. Thanks are due to the retiring Treasurer, Lesley Seville, who is retiring after three years, very competently, holding the purse strings. My personal thanks, as well as the Association’s, are due to Gill Young. She can have a well deserved rest after her year as Secretary Elect and 3 years as National Secretary. She has gradually introduced me to the task I am taking on and I am keeping her email address close to hand for all your queries I need to check the answers to! We hope that they will both return to the National Executive in other roles soon.

The National Executive was concerned when we had no nominations for the roles of Vice President or Treasurer when nominations closed on 31st December. Jan Dowling stood from the floor as Vice President and was duly elected. June Boden stepped up to the role of Treasurer at the 11th hour, just as President, Jan was announcing we had no Treasurer for 2010-11. A very welcome volunteer. When she went outside, as votes were counted, the steward was asked to ensure she did not run away! I am looking forward to working closely with them both, as well as the rest of new National President, Gill Preston’s Executive. It should be a good, but busy year.

At the NAGM the National Executive recommendation, to have an Editor/Website Coordinator, was passed. The successful candidate will not need technical web skills as David Hewitt will still be webmaster. You will be responsible for working with him to decide what information goes on to the website and suggest lay out changes. It is hoped that having an Editor for 3 years will enable there to be more consistency in the Tangent News and leave the Immediate Past President more time for her other roles. We will also be looking for nominations for National Sales and Regalia Officer and a Vice President. Three people, who are willing to join the National Executive, work hard but belong to a close and very friendly team. Please think about it and if you are interested please contact me for more information as soon as you can. Nominations are needed by 31st December.

Welcome to all new Club Secretaries. I hope you have an interesting year ahead. One of your first jobs was to complete, and return to me, the Directory Details form, so that the magazines, Regional Lunch details and forms go to the person your club nominated as club contact. Congratulations to Ellon and District for getting their form to me first in 2010. Not completed yours yet? It is not too late to return it , either by post or online at here. I am grateful to those who nominate a contact for three years as it reduces the typing needed! I will be sending out the 2010-2011 Directory, with the AGM minutes to you at the beginning of July.

In the pack with the magazines, that will arrive at the beginning of June, you should receive the capitation, sales and regalia forms, as well as Regional Luncheon forms for the South West and South East and booking form for the exciting 40th Anniversary of NATC lunch in September. Please try and attend the 40th and at least one Regional Lunch. They are a great place to meet past friends and make new ones.

I am always looking for clubs to organize future luncheons, especially in Scotland, Ireland and Wales. My Club, Whitchurch and District, really enjoyed organizing the Midland Regional Lunch this year. If you want more information before deciding to offer to arrange a luncheon please let me know.

If you have any queries, want information about Executive roles or possible organize a Regional Lunch please contact me on secretary@tangent-clubs.org or phone me. The number is the directory. I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours in continuing friendship

Terrie Hewitt

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Treasurer

June

National Treasurer

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Sales and Regalia Officer

Well, I am now 2 years into my term of office and the last year has been very challenging. The recession has certainly affected sales but things are looking up. The new products launched at the NAGM went down very well and they are all now available to buy by post or at a Regional Lunch or other event.

I’ve been telling you about the 40th Anniversary products for some time now and they were launched at the NAGM in Scarborough – a bone china mug and pens in blue or red - and will be on sale throughout the year. Priced at £6 for the mugs and £2.50 for the pens I am sure you will want to buy a souvenir of this special year. Stocks are limited but I will have some available at all the lunches and other events until March 2011.

We have had a key ring in our range of products for some time but I have sourced some new designs so that you have more choice. I have already had to reorder after the NAGM so they are proving very popular. All are the same price of £6 and some designs have the Tangent logo on a separate tag which you could remove if you want one as a gift for a non-Tangent friend.

I often get the comment at lunches that you would like to buy a particular product for a friend but the friend is not a Tangent member so I have decided to stock a few of our best selling items without the Tangent logo. They will still be available with the logo for Tangent members. The relevant products are Square Handbag Mirror, Oval Handbag Mirror, Key Ring & Letter Opener.

I am still enjoying meeting you all on my travels and thank you to those who have helped me with 'The Shop' this year. Yours in Continued Friendship.

Yours in Continued Friendship.

Karen

National Sales and Regalia Officer.

sales@tangent-clubs.org May 2010
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