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AL1: Re-arranged for 27-28 January 2006 - see remainder of thread for details

The Royal Navy will host a 2 day conference/social/get together for its gay men and women at Amport House in Hampshire on 28th and 29th October. Amport House is a beautiful old country house owned by the Armed Forces, with extensive conference, hotel and social facilities. In addition to a couple of presentations and seminars, there will be an evening social, informal dinner together and bar. There is accommodation for up to 60 and you may bring your partners if you wish (and if I have space). The RNTM number is 142/05. This looks like being a cracking event, please book your spaces early (I already have 25 signed up). In mid September I will open spare places to Army and RAF. If you need any more detail please email me at ltcdrcraigjones@aol.com or call 07974 121893. Costs for attendance meals and accommodation will be very small (£10 service personnel and £20 civilian partners) and there will be transport from Portsmouth Unicorn Gate.

RNTM 142/05 - ROYAL NAVY CONFERENCE FOR GAY AND LESBIAN PERSONNEL - AMPORT HOUSE
Fri 28 and Sat 29 Oct 05
Sponsor: 2SL Diversity and Equality Cdr T Kingsbury (9380 27624) / Lt Cdr C A Jones (9360 43034)

full details also on the defence intranet (dii) as PDF (authorised access via DII) and http://fleet.chots.mod.uk/publications/ ... e10_05.doc as MS Word

Introduction

1. This RNTM announces a conference for Royal Navy gay and lesbian personnel (Junior/Senior Rates and Officers) at Amport House on Fri 28 and Sat 29 Oct 05. The purpose of the 2-day event is to update personnel on developments in the RN diversity programme, to participate in presentations and workshops, and to provide an enjoyable social networking opportunity for personnel and their partners. The conference will convene late afternoon on Fri 28 Oct and disperse midday on 29 Oct. Attendance from Junior members of the Service is particularly encouraged.

Programme

2. The programme of events will include:

a. Briefings from Stonewall/MOD Diversity Panel Representative.

b. Interactive workshops on personal development.

c. Information concerning development of diversity policy and terms and conditions of service for those in registered partnerships.

d. An informal all-ranks mess dinner with guest speakers.

Dress
3. Smart casual civilian clothing will be worn throughout.

Confidentiality

4. The event will be attended by individuals who are out in their workplaces and also by personnel who are not. Attendees will therefore be required to respect confidentiality in keeping with the spirit of the Armed Forces Code of Social Conduct.

Attendance

5. Attendance is welcomed from all ranks of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and QARNNS but in view of the numbers anticipated, early return of attendance forms would be appreciated by the organizers. Partners may attend and participate but priority will be afforded to serving personnel. Details should be provided on the attendance form and allocation of partner places will be confirmed no later than 1 Oct 05.

6. Applications will be dealt with on a first-come, first served bases. The form and details for its completion and return can be found on the Defence Intranet Defence Briefing Notes or on the 2SL site under RNTMs in the reference section (click links) or email Craig Jones.

7. Joining instructions (including directions) will be sent to the address provided on the application from August onwards. These instructions will not include a list of attendees.

Costs/Travel Expenses

8. Unit travel budgets may be used to facilitate attendance at this event, at the discretion of budget holders. A small charge of £10 for service personnel and £20 for civilian partners will be made to cover accommodation and extra messing. Where both partners are serving personnel, the form should be annotated accordingly and both individuals will pay the lower charge. Cheques should be made payable to: MOD Public Sub Account HMG 5018.

9. Transport will be provided for individuals attending from the Portsmouth area. Transport will depart from HMS NELSON main gate at 1300 Fri 28 Oct, and depart Amport House at 1300 on Sat 29 Oct.

Further Information

9. Personnel interested in attending but requiring further information may contact the event co-ordinator:

Lt Cdr Craig Jones RN
Chots: FLEET OPS-SO2SI
Desk: 01923 843034/9360 43034
Mobile: 07974 121893
Email: ltcdrcraigjones@aol.com

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http://www.proud2serve.net/docs/2005102 ... onForm.doc

Hi Craig,
any chance of providing an update about the conference? A few people have been asking what the weekend will entail and how many people have asked to attend from across the services.

Hi everyone else
has anyone asked to attend? Hopefully the two of us will be travelling down.

Ive sent off my application, just waiting to hear back

Just a quick heads up to let you know the conference has been postponed until Jan 06 by the organisers due to other commitments. More details to follow.

Reference: RNTM 142/05

RN L&G CONFERENCE - DATE CHANGE

There has been a fantastic response to this event, and we look forward to welcoming a broad range of people, not only from the RN but also some from our sister Services.

For various reasons (not least managing the commitments of some of our key organisers), we have decided to postpone the event until 27-28 January 2006. By doing so, we also have an opportunity to welcome speakers who will add significant sparkle to the weekend. We appreciate that the date change may preclude some who have already booked from attending, but very much hope that you will still be able to come - by the same token, many who were unable to attend in October will now be able to join us (not least many JMC participants).

There are a few places remaining for the Conference so feel free to encourage your friends - that includes those of you who haven’t sent in a booking form yet! We expect that there will be a waiting list, so if your plans change, let us know so your place can be given to someone else. To that end, please write, ring or email as soon as possible to confirm that you are still able to come. Worry not though, if you have already booked, your place(s) will be held until we hear from you one way or the other.

The event is now being jointly organised - feel free to get in touch with either of us if you have any questions or concerns. Our contact details are included below.

Full ‘joining instructions’ will be sent to you before Christmas and we will not cash your cheque until just before the event (don’t forget to leave a little in the bank to cover the cheque if you get carried away on the Christmas Spirits!). If you haven’t sent a cheque, please do so when you confirm your place.

There has been a superb response to what we know will be a fantastic first weekend together and we very much look forward to welcoming you at Amport in January.

Craig Jones
Lt Cdr RN
Fleet N3 SO2 SI
ltcdrcraigjones@aol.com
Mobile: 079 7412-1893
Work: 019 2384-3092

Rolf Kurth
Lt Cdr RN
JMOTS SO Info Ops
rolf@kurth.co.uk
Mobile: 078 6636-8422
Work: 019 2383-7690[/b]

i have just fininshed a course at amport house, i just wanted to say amport is a lovely old house set in its own spectacular grounds, if anyone is in 2 minds as to whether they should go to the conference in January i would highly recommend you go, you'll be amazed by the place and i'm sure it will be a good event, and yes it does have a cosy bar there! its 5 minutes from the A303 very easy to get to. i'm looking forward to it. i'd also be interested in any get togethers before then as well.

Joining Instructions for this event will be sent by email on Sun 18 Dec 05. If you believe you are registered for the event but do not receive an email from me with the Joining Instructions attached, then that's because we don't think you're coming. That could be for one of 3 reasons:

1. We don't have your email address and Joining Instructions are in the post.
2. There are no places left and you're on the reserve list.
3. We didn't get your registration form - there have been some problems with Service post, and some forms were not received at Northwood.

All that to say, if you think you are coming and haven't heard, please do email me to confirm.

See you at Amport.

Rolf[/i]

Further to my posting before Christmas, Joining Instructions for the Conference at Amport House have now been sent to all attendees via internet email (ie not on CHOtS or DII). If you think you're coming but did not get my email, that's for one of 3 reasons:

1. Your original application didn't get through the post and I don't know about you, or;

2. The email address you provided me with was duff (I've had 1 non-delivery report), or;

3. My email went directly into your 'junk mail' folder (that's seems to have happened on some Hotmail accounts - how rude!).

If any of these are case, please contact me urgently at rolf@kurth.co.uk and I will confirm your attendance (or let you know if you're on the Reserve List) and email you the Joining Instructions (AGAIN).

See you in 2 weeks!

Rolf