With our recent programme for the BR AGM in Covent Garden, it was a pleasure to welcome Sandra Jack once again, with her ‘state of the art’ talk on Geology and Agriculture of the UK, linking both to Europe. The time went too quickly; a compliment to Sandra’s gift for providing interest and facts to fully engross us.

Bringing the meeting to order at 2 pm entailed, as always, overpowering the buzz of the chat of members catching up with others. It is satisfying! This is where membership makes sense and participation, if you can, gives membership a face. Buzz on!

With Speakers arranged by our Secretary, Maggie, the historical overview of the development of St. Pancras International presented by Mr Roderick Shelton and the positive update on Driver Hours’ Regulations presented by Mr. Steven Smith from CPT, the meeting was well attended and received. Simon Ackroyd also updated us on news from Brussels. There is a shimmer of hope. The immense lobbying from the IRU, ETOA and IATM, is fuelling definite pressure on Brussels to reverse or amend the legislation.

You will also read in our IATM News that the International AGM, in Hanoi, was a great success. News and decisions from the Board’s Meeting, held before the AGM, were also presented. The Board is the body that is bound and intent on driving the Association forward in exposure, the ‘digital world’, and networking (buzz!) events through regional and international ones.

Here is a brief overview. The next International AGM, 2009, will be organised by the CER in Vienna in the form of an International Weekend. The following year, 2010 the International AGM will be held in Istanbul with a pre or post tour to enjoy too. Details of the next Study tour for November 2008 in Tuscany, Italy, are now being finalised. Our goal this Summer is to get the builders in and overhaul the main IATM website. So until the works are finalised we have information on our BR site and the Central Office site with links. Eventually we will have access to the latest news as well as archival material, and the possibility of logging on wherever we happen to be for regional bulletins and international news. Our aim is to give all members access to the same amount of information generated by all the regions.

Mimi and the Committee

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