Police World Edition 2 2013

IPA News

Re-election Recognition In December, 2012, No 2 Region, Northern Ireland, made a presentation to Stephen Crockard, in recognition of his re-election to the Permanent Executive Bureau (PEB) , at its annual Christmas function for recently joined IPA members. Carole Spence, Regional Chair, remarked, “ Stephen has been an exceptional ambassador for the IPA for many, many years and we congratulate him on the deserved recognition of being re-elected to the PEB. His ongoing contribution will be invaluable to the organisation. We are both proud and privileged to call him one of our own in No 2 Region. ” Carole had much pleasure in welcoming Stephen Crockard and Kees Sal, also from the PEB, and Johanna Scotanus, President of Section Netherlands. She also welcomed Fred Boyd, Ronnie Dukes and Mark

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A spoonful of Schnapps

Kernohan from the National Executive Committee (NEC) of Section UK and a

further nine guests from Section Ireland. After a wine and cheese reception a lot of members adjourned for further refreshment to the Belfast City Christmas Market.

From Belgium into Germany

What a Small IPA World During a trip to Belgium and Germany in October 2012 Valerie and I, accompanied by our daughter Katherine and her partner Ian, met with an IPA colleague of ours, Rene Vuylsteke, and his family in Tollembeek, Belgium. This was a planned stop before heading into Germany for our final destination - Grünberg. The highlight of the trip was the Gallusmarkt which takes place every October. The Gallusmarkt is one of the oldest fairs in the region and is named after St Gallus. On arriving in Grünberg, a few days before, we met up with IPA Grünberg members Karl-Ludwig and Doris Ruckleshauss who were hosting colleagues from Thames Valley branch, John and Anitra Bull and Moyra Richardson. We were also introduced to Klaus Schmidt and Peter Rutkowski who were hosting colleagues from Section Poland and Section USA - Chicago. IPA colleagues from Colchester were among others that were gathered for the main event of the fair which took place in the grande marquee on the Thursday. We were also joined by more members from Grünberg – Karl-Heinz and Margit Schepp and Mike and Dagmar Weber. During the event IPA members from England, Poland and USA were invited on stage to receive the spoonful of Market Schnapps from one of the fair’s representatives. Moyra proudly represented the IPA on stage and Andy from Colchester played the bagpipes. Everyone in the marquee joined in with the song Amazing Grace. There were also many jokes being told by entertainers on stage – which were all being translated into several languages for the benefit of the IPA guests – I do hope we laughed in the right places! Charlie Green , Thames Valley branch

Carole Spence and Stephen Crockard

' Hoods Off ' to New IPA Clothing Line Chris Eddy, member from 10 Region (East London) is one of the first members to buy a Hoodie from the IPA Clothing Range. Chris, who is the Publicity Officer for the Region, was so pleased with the product and service he copied us in to a thank you letter he sent to the supplier: “Just to let you know the 'hoodie IPA' has just been delivered. Excellent quality and a very clear logo, item was well parcelled and undamaged on delivery, nice to

wear for this not so nice weather. I can recommend this item to other IPA members.” Thanks to Chris for his feedback and for sending us a photo. The IPA Clothing Range can be seen at: www.ipa-uk.org/Shop If you've been pleased with any item purchased from Clothing Range,

Chris Eddy

please let us know. We're looking for verbal feedback and hope to receive more photos of members 'modelling' the range. Please email lib.jones@ipa-uk.org Fred Boyd, National Treasurer, says, "the coat is great quality and the logo shows the lettering IPA after requests from members to remove the word ‘police’.

Fred Boyd

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