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XPA News Xerox Pensioners’ Association Newsletter – Autumn 2013 More News on Going Digital XPA_81_autumn2013 04/11/2013 09:52 Page 1 XPA News Xerox Pensioners’ Association Newsletter – Autumn 2013 More news on www.xeroxpensions.co.uk Going digital ... Over 3,000 XPA members now contactable by email The Xerox Pensioners’ Association (XPA) – formed in 1980 – The way it works is that the Trustees pass is a flourishing organisation with many events being members’ names, addresses and contact details on to the arranged up and down the country throughout the year. XPA. The XPA then uses that information to send you a copy The South Region is particularly active with more than 20 of this annual newsletter, XPA News. events being organised during 2013. Axel Dahl, Regional In addition, XPA uses your contact details (including email Co-ordinator, recently commented: addresses) to invite you to the local Christmas and New “When we started, we had around Year get-togethers (see page 3) and other local events 40 people attending events on an throughout the year (see pages 2 and 4). The Trustees want annual basis and this year we to stress that your personal data is not used by the XPA expect to have between 600 and for any other purpose and XPA will never pass personal 700. This huge increase is all due to details on to any third parties. us being able to communicate with Now, as part of their most recent review of their data our local members by email”. handling processes, the Trustees are keen to check that all In last year’s XPA News we reported our pensioners are content to continue with the current that more than 2,000 of our 8,000 arrangements, as outlined above. If you do not want your pensioners were sent the newsletter personal data to be used in this way, please drop an email to by email. Feedback on the newsletter [email protected] or phone Sue Edwards was extremely positive from many of these pensioners and, on 01494 615160 or Simon Knight on 01494 615167, this year, more than 3,000 pensioners will have received an saying you no longer want any contact with XPA. We will electronic version of this newsletter. What's more, we are then arrange for you to stop receiving XPA information. keen to increase this number over the coming years as it If we do not hear from you, the Trustees will assume that means we can reduce our printing and postage costs. you are happy for your details to be provided to XPA who will continue to use it to send you news about the XPA, Trustees responsible for the protection including future issues of this newsletter. of members’ data However, as communication by email generally becomes Keep your email addresses coming more common, it is important that this technology is not If you are keen to remain a member of XPA – and we hope abused. The Xerox Pension Schemes Trustees, who have all of you will be – we would invite those who haven’t ultimate responsibility for the protection of members’ data, already done so to let us have your email address, if you are very conscious of their responsibilities under the Data have one. Just send it to [email protected]. Protection Act 1998. Scheme to close for employed members Christmas and New Year As we have mentioned in the past, the Xerox Final Salary get-togethers – SIGN UP NOW! Pension Scheme will be closed to employed members at the end of the year. Eligible employed members will be On page 3 you’ll find a choice of nine XPA Christmas & transferred automatically to the BlackRock Main Pension New Year lunches and dinners. If there’s not one in your Plan on 1st January 2014. area and you’re willing to help organise one, please contact your Regional Co-ordinator – see page 7. Pensioners will not be affected by this closure and pensions will continue to be paid in the usual way. Pension pay dates – page 7 Competition – page 8 Don’t forget, there are new stories every month on the website. www.xeroxpensions.co.uk XPA_81_autumn2013 04/11/2013 09:52 Page 2 Reporting back on recent events National Stud tour at Newmarket Haggett Cup goes to the Zimmers! This year's Haggett Cup was held at Heythrop Park in Oxfordshire at the beginning of September. The weather was warm and the course was in excellent condition. Thirteen teams took part – made up from current and retired employees of Xerox from all around the country. The Cup was awarded to the Zimmers, a pensioner team of five (see photo) while the runners-up were The Pension Providers. After the golf, the dinner and prize-giving took place in the historic old building of Heythrop Park Hotel and an excellent meal was followed by a splendid speech from Paul Routley. What a great outing we had in May at the National Stud at Newmarket, thanks largely to Chas McCann who made all the arrangements. The group was very friendly and conversation buzzed as we met up for a cup of coffee. The staff were friendly too and the place had a really nice feel to it. We also had an excellent guide. We saw many mares with their foals plus Dick Turpin, one of the stallions, and we got to understand something of the life of mares and the role of the National Stud in breeding thoroughbred horses. We also fed polos to Amberleigh House, the 2004 Grand National winner! We would like to involve more people in the competition Prices of the breeding process (putting together some of next year – our 40th year – and, if anyone would like to the country's best stallions and mares) were eye-watering play, please contact either Stewart Jones on and we must have seen millions of pounds worth of horses [email protected] or David Parkinson on during our tour. It was another memorable day out! [email protected]. Lincoln's Inn, one of the four principal inns of court Vermeer exhibition at the National Gallery On 7 & 9 August, 60 XPA members visited the Vermeer Exhibition at the National Gallery, with Rebecca Drew as our guide. Once again, she was brilliant in the way she explained the different paintings and the relevance they had to music. Music was the food of love in 17th century In July, 28 XPA members visited Lincoln's Inn in brilliant Netherlands and, in a weather. We met at the Chapel Undercroft and started with tradition that lunch at the Great Hall. The foundation stone of the Great goes back to the early Renaissance, lutes and sweet Hall was laid on 20 April 1843 and Queen Victoria opened harmonies were the stuff of seduction. the Hall on 30 October 1845. After the guided tour we had lunch in the Bakery which was After lunch we visited the Great Hall and our guide gave us excellent and afterwards some of us revisited the exhibition. a thorough account of the Inn's history. The extant records of Lincoln's Inn began in 1422. Originally, there were at South Coast annual lunch least twenty inns associated with lawyers, and gradually On a beautiful sunny day in February, just over 20 people these became places of legal education and there emerged attended the annual XPA South Coast lunch at Ferndown the four principal Inns of Court that we know today. The Golf Course. With the sun beaming down on the course, the other Inns became known as the Inns of Chancery. view was matched only by the food and the company, with plenty of the usual reminiscences of times at Xerox. XPA News Autumn 2013 2 XPA_81_autumn2013 04/11/2013 09:52 Page 3 Christmas and New Year events It’s that time of the year again – the start of the countdown to Christmas – and the Xerox Pensioners’ Association has arranged a number of lunches and dinners. EAST REGION Annual Dinner – Sunday 26 January at 7.00 for 7.30 pm The venue for this event is once again The Five Bells, 101 High Street, Henlow, SG16 6AE. The cost for the 3-course dinner plus coffee and mints is £20. Contact John Handscombe on [email protected] or by phone on 01462 814009. There will be a cap on numbers but XPA members, partners and friends are welcome. WEST REGION Christmas Lunch – Thursday 5 December at 12.15 for 1.00 pm The lunch will be held at the Xerox Sports and Social Club at Mitcheldean and will cost £11. Pensioners, partners and friends are all welcome to attend. Please send your cheque payable to XPA West (plus your name, email address and phone number) to John Court at Stockwell Farm, Aylburton, Lydney, GL15 6DN. For more information, contact John on [email protected] or on 01594 843651. NORTH REGION There will be two get-togethers in the North Region this year: Tuesday 10 December at midday – Wetherspoons, Piccadilly, Manchester An opportunity to meet with old friends for a chat – food and drink optional. For more information, contact Alan Tomlinson on 07708 036492, Dave Francis on 07989 635734 or Graham Robson on [email protected]. Tuesday 14 January at 7.30 pm – Beehive Inn, Curdworth, Sutton Coldfield B76 9HG Another casual reunion – contact Bob Johnson for more information on [email protected] or 01889 583363. SOUTH REGION This year there are five events: Landsdowne Club, Mayfair – Kent Region Annual Lunch – Lambert Arms, Aston Rowant – Wednesday 4 December 12:00 for Wednesday 11 December at Wednesday 8 January 12.10 for 12:30 pm midday 12.30 pm 9 Fitzmaurice Place, London Leeds Castle, Maidstone, Kent London Road, Aston Rowant, W1J 5JD.
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