Sue Marlow Vice President and Club Regalia Gill Preston IPP, International and Membership Terrie Hewitt Secretary June Boden Treasurer Jenny Bevan Sales and Regalia Officer Sue Hill Editor and Website Co-ordinater

Clicking on a photograph above will take you to that officers report Articals for the magazine should be sent to the Editor at editor@tangent-clubs.org

V-P Diary Regalia Order Form 2011-12 (PDF) to order Past Chairmen's Jewels/Name Bars etc Or please contact the Vice President

Vice President and Club Regalia

Hello, I'm Sue Marlow from Fareham Tangent and I'm delighted to be your National Vice-President. Fareham ( not be confused with Farnham) is situated on the beautiful South Coast. I have lived here most of my life and love living close to the water. I'm married to Derek and have two beautiful daughters.

I'm very excited to have this opportunity to serve you as NVP and I'm looking forward to working with President Jan and the rest of the Exec. I know the year is going to fly by so it's important I pay attention!

In my speech at the NAGM I mentioned communicating and circulating. With your help I hope to be able to experience a lot of this plus of course having fun. So if you see me at whatever function or venue please come over and say 'hello'.

My diary is now open and awaiting invitations, so please contact me if you would like me to visit. I'm looking forward to meeting you all and can't wait to get started.

YICF
Sue Marlow

Vice President

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Immediate Past President, International and Membership

IPP Gill's vistit to the Indian sub-continent 2011, words and pictures

Ipswich has been and gone and it is now official I’m past it, Past President that is. What a year to have been part of meeting so many fantastic people and being involved in so much especially our 40th celebration. To finish the year with such a large number of Tangent members attending the lunch and National AGM was amazing. I have to say a big thank you to the Ipswich committee for organizing a conference to be remembered, it really was ‘Full of Eastern promise’.

Now to the year ahead. As Immediate Past President I also have responsibility for membership and International. You will see in the National Secretary’s report the recommendations carried and lost at the National AGM. One of them affects your club with regard to membership and I will repeat it here as it is very important. This was carried and will be added to our rules on membership.

Any Club wishing to disaffiliate from the National Association is required to hold a secret ballot of ALL MEMBERS. Should this ballot result in two or more members wishing to continue to be affiliated then the Club should remain open and affiliated to the National Association. Those members who do not wish to continue may leave but they would be deemed to have resigned from the Club.

I am always here to discuss any membership issues with you and will try to help to the best of my ability. I look forward to continuing the trend of being part of the affiliation of new clubs and also to search out the past Circlers who have not yet joined us. I hope to work closely with ladies Circle to help with this and also with the other clubs in the Round Table family to help with recruitment of new members.

The Memorandum of understanding, our international recommendation was also carried and I have already begun contacting other Tangent countries with a view to their Boards considering signing alongside Denmark and ourselves. It was an exciting moment to sign the memorandum with Denmark who we have had such a long association with since Circle days. A special moment in the history of Tangent GB.

Once again thank you for the memories which I will always cherish and I look forward to working with you all as Immediate Past president, Membership Officer and International Officer.

Gill

Immediate Past President 2011-12

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Secretary’s Notepad…….

Tangent Day Lunch 2012 form here

January is almost over and it will soon be the end of the Tangent year. Before that we have the National AGM to prepare for. We should be electing a National Vice President and a National Secretary Elect this April. We have a great candidate for VP in Karen Durie. She was National Sales and Regalia Officer for 3 years until last April so many members will have met her. But we DO NOT HAVE ANY CANDIDATES FOR NATIONAL SECRETARY ELECT. Anyone interested in being at the centre of the Association’s business without all the travelling of the National President, it could be the role for you. Any member can stand for the role at the NAGM but if you are planning, or even thinking about standing, and you are the least concerned about my increasing blood pressure, please get in touch soon. I would be very happy to discuss any part of the job you wish. It is fun, interesting and you get to communicate with many members over the period of office.

In the mailing due out in the next 3 weeks or so you will find the NAGM agenda. Please share the contents with other members of your club and decide how your voting delegate or proxy delegate should vote. A note needs to be made of these decisions and they should bring the signed forms to the NAGM. Please see the instructions on the forms themselves. Any queries please get in touch. I will be in Jersey for a few days before the excitement of the NAGM so please get in touch in plenty of time.

The Executive Recommendations are few. Please have a close look.

The Directory Details form is in the pack with the next Tangent News (Feb/March 2012). PLEASE send it to me, or use the on line version linked from the front page of the website, as soon as you know who next year’s contact will be. If you have the same contact for 3 years it cuts down the typing I have to do but I would rather you change the contact every year than not get the information to the right people. Even if the same person is staying for 3 years we still need the form EACH YEAR, so that we know the other information on the form including numbers of members etc. The form does ask if you take Discretionary Members. This is to help us if we receive a request from a lady who is interested in joining Tangent but is not an ex Circler/wife or partner of a Tabler/ex Tabler. If we send details of someone you do not have to ask them to join but you may wish to meet them before saying “No”. It is also usual to have them along to several regular meetings before you ask them to join. My club asks that they are introduced as a prospective member and then attend at least 6 meetings before members are asked if they want the new lady to join. Of course we take ex Circlers/other tangent members without this “trial period”.

The sun has been shining today. The snow drops are blooming and the other bulbs are poking through the ground. It is almost spring here in the North Midlands, so I hope to see you soon at the Midland Regional Luncheon on 25th February or in Jersey. Unfortunately I will miss the Irish Luncheon but for those available it is on 3rd March this year. See you in Jersey on 28th April 2012.

Terrie Hewitt
25th January 2012

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Treasurer

Hello Tangent Members,

First the bad news. At the NAGM in Ipswich, members agreed to an increase in capitations to £4.50 per member. Don’t forget that capitations must be paid for membership of every club that you belong to.

For individuals, whose subscriptions have not increased for many years, this will go up to £13.50 per member.

Next the good news. Club treasurers now have until 31st August to get their cheques and forms to me. I hope that this later date can remain but I too have my deadlines so it will not work if those late-payers simply get later still.

If for any reason, the capitation form does not reach the club contact or the treasurer, the form can always be downloaded from our web-site.

Can I also remind you that postage now depends not only on weight but also the size of the envelope used.You may like to put a return address on the back of the envelope in case of non delivery for some reason.

I am always pleased to get correspondence by email, but can I make a plea to have some mention of the word “Tangent” in the subject box? This should make sure your email does not end up in “Spam”.

Finally, since Capitations, Sales and Regalia are all dealt with by different officers in different parts of the country, could we trouble you to send separate cheques for each item.

I hope you will enjoy your Tangent year.

Yours in continued friendship,

June Boden
National Treasurer

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Sales and Regalia Officer

Here I am Ladies – your new Sales and Regalia Officer and I am delighted that you voted me  to the post – Thank you.   

 I am so looking forward to meeting you at Regional Lunches and presenting all the new products  and some original favourites from “The Shop”.

Karen has sourced new products  and I have more ideas from yourselves that I need to research. I am  looking forward to  going to the Trade Fair to see what is coming in and what is likely to appeal to you all – although I won’t be able to please everyone as I will have to consider costs and bulk buying requirements!  I will be spending hours on the internet as well so it all sounds good if not a bit daunting.

Thank you Karen for your hard work – I know you are looking forward to enjoying  some holidays!

Please email me you should you have ideas for new products that you would like to see in the sales shop!

There’s more on offer at Tangent Sales

Jenny
National Sales and Regalia Officer.

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Editor and Website Coordinator

Well, I can hardly believe that this is my third magazine as Editor! This means that I have now completed one entire revolution of the Tangent year, or a third of my time in this office. The time has flown, it has been both challenging and rewarding. I have very much enjoyed receiving all your pieces for the magazine and website and meeting you at the various Lunches and events that I have attended.
I hope that you are enjoying the slightly new look and content. Don’t forget, the magazine is for you the members. It is nothing without your contributions and feedback, so send me your articles and pieces of interest. Tangent members are interested to learn what other clubs or individuals have been up to, whether it be charity, fundraising or social events. It all makes for variety and may encourage others to join in and do something similar. Send your articles and digital photographs to editor@tangent-clubs.org.

Please send me your entries for the first ever Tangent microFICTION competition. Your challenge is to create a miniature work of fiction using no more than 36 words, the last three of which should be:

‘friendship never ends.’

Please send your entries to editor@tangent-clubs.org

They will be shown on the website and at the NAGM and the winner will be chosen by members attending the National Conference at Jersey. The closing date is 16th April.

I look forward to seeing many of you there. If you see me around, please come and have a chat!

Sue

National Editor and Website Coordinator

editor@tangentclubs.org

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Secretary Elect

The National Secretary's term of office is a tenure of three years however she is elected as 'Secretary Elect' at the AGM one year prior to her taking office, this is to enable a smooth transfer of the office from one incumbent to the next. The next 'Secretary Elect' will be sought to be elected at the AGM in 2012. If you might be interested in the post please contact the current secretary at secretary@tangentclubs.org