Drinks postponed

Hello everybody

Due to mitigating circumstances, the DCR drinks scheduled for 22 Aug 2009 at the Irish Club is postponed to a date to be announced - - - -

including a new venue (hahahahahahahaha!!!). [note, we hope this is not a scheme to move the venue to Moby Dicks - JM]

But don't worry, it won't be far off so keep an eye on this blog page.

an email will still be sent out tho'...........

Apologies for the short notice.

cheers

Ken ("the not so old guy")

P.S. BoBo Dalling is actually older than me!

Drinks - 22nd August

Al Dalling is organising a long awaited catch up for you former and current cenreg'ers !

Details are:

Irish Club in Weston

2:00pm

Sat 22nd August

For enquiries or general abuse, please contact Al at this address Alan.Dalling@innovation.gov.au (don't save it as his contracts don't seem to last more than a few months)

Tonight is the night !

Well it’s nearly time. All the preparations are complete and all we have to do now is turn up and have a great time.

Just a couple of final reminders.

The Elevated Night Club will open for us at 6:00pm, though the rest of the facility is open much earlier for those wanting a head start. There is an elevator servicing all floors so don’t worry about climbing stairs. Smokers are provided for in a heated area adjacent to the Uni Pub on University Ave.

Tickets can be collected at the door for those who haven’t yet received them. Name tags will be provided and we ask you complete one of these and display it prominently. (No Ken, not on your groin).

Finger food will be served in two lots at approximately 7:30pm and 8:30pm. Tea and coffee can be ordered at the bar and there will be no charge for these.

If you feel the need for a more substantial meal, the Bistro on the 2^nd floor stays open till 2:00am, but you will have to pay for that. (This is probably where Doddsy will end up.)

Around 9:00pm we will draw the Door Prize ($100).

Members of the public will be admitted to the Nightclub around 10:00pm.

There will be several cameras there and we hope to place the photos taken at the Reunion on the website asap.

We look forward to seeing you all there. If you have any questions contact Al on 0412 607 354.

Cheers.

Reunion Update – 5th August

Hi All.

We have made great progress over the past couple of weeks in tracking down other former DCR staff, whose response to attending has been excellent. We are now expecting over 70 people to show up.

We have also been contacted by people who will not be able to attend but are keen to catch up with former colleagues. To that end we will definitely be having a get together in early December, before everyone goes on holidays. This will be very informal and just a matter of roll up if you can. Keep an eye on the website for more details but it probably be at a venue in Civic.

Could I ask for final payment by the 17th of August for tickets please?

We have to provide final numbers and pay for catering, one week out from the Reunion. People coming from interstate, or those in Canberra who have not picked up their tickets in person, will able to collect them at the door on the night. Again if you are not comfortable using electronic banking, or having any difficulty getting money to the ticket sellers, contact Al. (alan.dalling@defence.gov.au)

Also we are compiling music to be played on the night so if anyone has any particular request for and old fave, email Al and we’ll try and get it the playlist for you. (Lemmo has requested plenty of Bronski Beat and George Michael so that demographic is pretty much covered.)

19 sleeps to go!

Cheers.
Al

BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS

Hi all.
A bank account has been set up for the electronic purchase of Reunion tickets. We'll hold the tickets for you and they can be picked up at the door on the night.

Banking details are as follows.
Bank Name:

Defence Credit Union (Defcredit) BSB No: 803-205 Account Name: DCR Social Account No: 20746809

Remember to keep a record of the transaction receipt number if you do purchase your ticket electronically. I will advise by email that we have received payment and that your ticket(s) have been set aside. If you would rather not purchase the tickets electronically, contact me and we'll work something out.
Cheers, Al.

Tickets Now On Sale

Tickets are now available!
($20 per ticket)

Al Dalling is distributing these so you can contact him either by email alan.dalling@defence.gov.au or phone 02 6265 6366. Defence people located at Campbell Park Offices can obtain tickets from Karen Watt (look in your directory).

Al is setting up an account (so direct deposits can also be made to make things easier) - details of the account will be posted here soon.

These tickets are numbered so, if there's any audit conducted, we can prove that all money is being managed appropriately. But if any of you have any concerns, keep this picture to show the cops



When you email Al, cc ken.trewartha@dewr.gov.au and clint.jory@afp.gov.au .

REMEMBER: if any of you have photos, send them to Ken and Clint - or email to our in-house IT expert, Jules Mann jubeman@gmail.com

A lot of people have shown interest in this little shindig and it promises to be a good party.

See you there

Reunion Update

Hi Everyone.

Ken, Clint, Jules and I went to the Uni Pub yesterday to discuss a few matters with their management. They threw another option at us which we have decided to accept.

We will be holding the Reunion on the fourth floor Elevated Room, of the Uni Pub complex rather than the Executive Club on the third floor.

Reasons being is that there is a dedicated dance floor and the cost is far less, meaning that tickets will cost $20. We couldn’t guarantee that ticket prices might increase if we stayed with the 3^rd floor option.

There will be no difference to catering or drink costs but the only down side is that the venue opens to the public at 10:00pm. Might be a chance for Lemmo to finally pick up.

We will be starting the Reunion at 6:00pm with food served around 7:00pm.

Tickets are being designed and printed now and should be on sale by the end of next week. Any questions or requests please contact us at the usual place.

Cheers, Al.

Who is coming? We need confirmation

Just an additional note on who is coming - we've found that there are some who have assumed that we "know" they are coming. We need actual confirmation, guys. This is important as the venue is based on numbers. We can't book for 50 and 100 turn up! So, if you know of someone who is attending and they haven't told us, you have our email addresses. Cheers. KT

People listed as interested in coming

To view the list of people intested, click on the People link under Lables (top right of screen) and look for the heading People listed as interested in coming

Reunion venue decided

After much deliberation and several field visits, the Reunion Organising Committee has settled on the Uni Pub in Civic as the site for the Reunion (see map below for location). The venue is central, relatively new, very plushly furnished and has ample free parking adjacent to the Reserve Bank building.

The Reunion is booked for Saturday 25th August, which will give people from interstate time to prepare and book accommodation etc. So far we have people wanting to come from Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide.

Kickoff will be 7:00pm and the venue will stay open till about 1:00am.

We have booked the entire Executive Club, which is on the third floor of the Uni Pub complex. Access is by either stair or elevator, though smokers will have to come back to the ground floor to indulge.

Ticket costs are yet to be determined but should be in the vicinity of $20. This will include venue hire, music, food platters (there will be plenty of food) and a door prize. The ticket price does not include drinks however the Uni Pub is very reasonably priced for a Civic location.

A bank account for direct debit of ticket purchases will be established or can be paid in person to Alan Dalling at R1. (Looking for a volunteer in CP to accept same.) Further details will be announced as they become available.

If anyone has any photographs of Defence Central Registry functions or other situations that they would like to share, could they contact the Committee here to arrange for them to be placed on the website. From memory a couple of the Xmas parties were videotaped so if anyone has these we would love to get our hands on them as well.

At this stage we have contacted about 80 ex staff members and have had confirmation of attendance from 44 people. We really need to try and send the website details to as many people as possible to get numbers up so if you can think of anyone, please pass them on. Partners are most welcome to attend.

Another pre-Reunion drinks will be held, following on from the small get together at The Phoenix bar a few weeks back. Keep watching for more info.

In a nutshell

Venue: Executive Club, Uni Pub, Cnr University Ave & London Circ, Civic.

When: Saturday, 25th August, 2007.

Time: 7:00pm till late.

Cost: @ $20.00
Look forward to seeing everyone there!

DCR Reunion Committee.

PS. Big thanks to Jules Mann for setting up the website.

Map of location

2007 Reunion - the idea

Hello all.

About 8 years ago a group of ex Defence Central Reg staff got together for drinks at the ACT Leagues (odd that…) before moving on into Civic to keep various other establishments in the black. This ‘Reunion’ was attended by about 25 to 30 staff and we all had a ball.

I bumped into Lindy Thompson at the Hyperdome a recently and Lindy suggested we have another Reunion. So the long and short of it is that Ken "The Duke" Trewartha, Clint "Swoop" Jory and myself are attempting to organise a Reunion sometime in not too distant future.

We have come up with the list below of all the staff that we could remember and we created the address list for this based on where we know people to be.

What we would like from you is to let us know if you are interested in attending and could you pass this email onto anyone else you know of that is not on the list. If you do that, could you flick me an email to defenceregistry@gmail.com with the person’s name and contact details so I can add it to the list we have here. Even if you just remember a name and don’t have the contact details, let me know.

The venue and the type of function will really depend on the response so feel free to suggest where and what you would like to do.

Look forward to hearing from you all.

Cheers, Al "Bo-Bo" Dalling (aka Big Gay Al)

Complete list of former staff members

To view the list, click on the People link under Labels (top right of page) and find the heading for Complete list of former staff members