1 October – I stay overnight at the Union Jack Club (UJC) where of all coincidences I bump into another IOSH member (Daryl Hillier) at the bar and we get to talking shop among other things (as one does). Many thanks for the entertaining and stimulating company Daryl (and the drinks) hopefully at some time in the future we can get to do it all again. I am then off to Rose Court for the quarterly meeting IOSH holds with HSE. I am accompanied as usual by Rob Strange and Nattasha Freeman in her role as president elect.
That evening I attend the ALARM (what used to be the Association of Local Authorities Risk Managers) recognition dinner in Westminster. Another very useful networking event (even if it doesn’t help the waistline – but that is probably beyond saving anyway). An interesting and pleasant evening perfectly rounded off by the after dinner speaker in the form of the well known author and leader of the Bravo Two Zero patrol in Iraq during the first gulf war - Andy McNab DCM MM. Now there is a man who knows all about dynamic risk assessment and what can happen if it all goes wrong (although Andy put it a little more colourfully).
My sincere thanks go to ALARM for the invitation to attend and in particular to their national chairman Richard Feltham and their board of directors, long may our two organisations continue to co-operate closely.
2 October - Another overnight stay in the UJC then it’s off home for personal admin (need the DJ dry cleaned and dress shirt washed/ironed ready for a private non IOSH black tie event on Saturday).
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