General Meetings

Apart from July and August, and December, the Jávea U3A holds meetings every month. These are currently held at the Parador Hotel, Jávea on the last Wednesday of the month.

Each meeting is minuted and the minutes published on the web for subsequent agreement at the next meeting.

General Meetings Minutes

Copies of the minutes of recent monthly meetings are available below. They are all in PDF format.

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	Meeting Minutes April 2012
	Meeting Minutes February 2012		Meeting Minutes March 2012
	Meeting Minutes September 2011		Meeting Minutes October 2011
	Meeting Minutes May 2011		Meeting Minutes June 2011
	Meeting Minutes March 2011		Meeting Minutes April 2011
	Meeting Minutes November 2010		Meeting Minutes February 2011
	Meeting Minutes September 2010		Meeting Minutes October 2010

Future Speakers

Below is some information about the proposed speakers for future General Meetings. These are provisional bookings at this stage.

30th MAY 2012

“From Ancient Greece to London E15: The Olympic Story” by Peter Atkinson.

Peter will begin with the development of the games at Olympia and their place in Greek society, from their 776BC origins to their abolition around 400AD with Christian suppression of the worship of pagan gods. We shall then explore the evolution of the modern games from Athens in 1896 to London in 2012. In addition to some remarkable athletic performances and examples of international harmony, it is a story of rampant nationalism, political manipulation, boycotts, terrorism, conflict between amateurism and professionalism, commercialisation, corruption, and cheating.

27th JUNE 2012

BUDGET AIRLINES by Alan Blake.

Alan Blake is a retired pilot who will be giving us an insight into what goes on behind the scenes of a budget airline. Most of us will have experienced use of these airlines, and we should be given some detail on the background and reasons for the various problems and frustrations some of us may have experienced?

26th SEPTEMBER 2012

INHERITANCE TAX by Carlos Baos

A short talk by Carlos Baos Spanish Abogado (Lawyer) about Inheritance Tax in Spain and the difference between Inheritance Tax in Spain and the UK, advantages of naming an executor (Albacea) in your Spanish Will, and finally the importance of planning your succession tax. If there is additional time available Mr Baos will then talk about Litigation in property Law (actions against developers / banks for unfinished or delayed construction projects) and boundary disputes with neighbours.

Carlos Baos Torregrosa is the founder of White& Baos Lawyers, registered with the Alicante Law Society. He graduated with a degree in Law from Alicante University in 1999 and holds a Masters degree in Company Law from Fundesem in 2000. Carlos specialises in Family law and Real Estate Law both contentious and non-contentious in each case. He also coordinates the firm's Spanish Law matters. He is originally from Alicante, speaks fluent English and is married with two children.

31st OCTOBER 2012

JAIL TALES by Chris Duffin

Chris Duffin will once again be regaling us with more and different anecdotes of her interesting and very amusing experiences as the first woman governor into HMP Strangeways and the notorious Dartmoor Prison. She has recently written a book entitled "Jail Tales" in which she recounts some of the many stories and incidents from her twenty-year career both as a lowly 'screw' and as a prison governor. Whether it's flying out of the UK with a briefcase full of class A drugs, talking to the BBC News in her nightie, displaying a naked hunk's willy on her office wall, or having Myra Hindley as her tea-lady, these tales will amuse, entertain and definitely change your view of life behind bars. Her talk will also include anecdotes that are not mentioned in the book.

Photos

	A few photos from Dawn Perrier Baker's talk on the excavation of the Mary Rose (April 2012).
	A few photos from the March 2012 Annual General Meeting.
	A few photos from the very special November 2011 General Meeting.
	Look here to see the words of the Jávea U3A Song as sung at the November 2011 meeting.
	A few photos from the October 2011 General Meeting.