September 18, 2014

WELCOME

We were so happy to see such a great turnout for our September meeting!  Welcome to our new members and welcome back to current members.

Many thanks to our hospitality team, lead by Naoko and Ioulia for organizing a wonderful spread of refreshments. 

Brigitte, our Activities Coordinator, gave us a nice introduction to all of the different leaders who coordinate the many ICON activities we have.

Here’s a list of the Leaders and their contact information if you would like more information about a particular activity.

Gro Larsgard                     Community Service         gro.larsgard@gmail.com

Martine de Lee                   Book Group                     martine.gabriel@virgin.net         

Janet Maybank                  Explore Oslo                    janet.maybank@gmail.com

Naoko Hasegawa              Walking Group                 naokohasegawa2000@yahoo.co.jp

Severine Hamre                 New World Cuisine         severine.hamre@gmail.com

Sonia Castljon                   Sewing                             maturiar@online.no

Ioulia Koudachkina           Squash                             ikoudachkina@gmail.com

Judy   Phillips                    Mahjong                           judy_norway@hotmail.com

Jane Huseby                      Wine Appreciation          jnhuseby@gmail.com

Denise Hoyle                      Knitting                            dmhoyle@gmail.com

DUES

If you haven’t already paid your annual dues, please remember to pay your 350NOK renewal fee before our next ICON general meeting in October, otherwise the fee is 400NOK for the year.  If you know a newcomer who would like to participate in ICON activities, please remind them to sign up and pay the annual dues. 

The ICON bank account number is 7131.11.99433.

For details on how to pay, please consult the September 8, 2014 Blog notes.

SEPTEMBER EVENTS

  

BOWLING 

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 25 AT 19.00H (be there at 18.45h)
Bowling Solli Oslo AS
Henrik Ibsens gate 100 0203 Oslo
Price is 550NOK per lane (6people) and 30NOK for the shoes
If you’d like to participate, please send an email to:
icon.oslo.social14@gmail.com

  

OCTOBER MEETING 

Please note that we have not been able to reserve a spot for our October and November meetings because the Høvik church,our regular meeting venue, will not be available for these months. Please visit our Blog regularly to check for updates on our next meeting and on upcoming events including coffee mornings and evening get-togethers!Hope to see you soon!!!

September News and Events

Welcome back to a New Year of ICON!!

Events and News

ICON Meeting on Tuesday 16th September at 10 AM 

Høvik church hall, Sandviksveien 11, 1363 Høvik

For our newest members who have not been to a meeting yet, directions are on our website 

http://www.icon-oslo.com/meetings

Come join us on Tuesday and meet our new Activities Coordinator, Brigit Newbon who will give us a short presentation about all the different ICON activities.

Please visit the ICON website regularly to get details on upcoming meetings and events.  

Members can also join our Facebook page at:

https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/283455693436/

At this meeting, you will also have the opportunity to catch up with old friends, make some new friends and sign up for an Activity or two or even more!!

As always, visitors are very welcome and may come to one meeting free of charge before needing to become members. However, we do ask that the full membership fee is paid on their second visit.

2014-2015 ICON committee 

ICON MEMBERSHIP FEES 2014-2015

The ICON Membership fee for the 2014-2015 season will be  400 NOK for the full year from Sept 2014 to Aug 2015.  However, if you pay your membership in full before the meeting in October, then this will be discounted to 350 NOK.  

For those of you who haven’t renewed your membership for 2014 – 2015 year yet, please do so ASAP either online or by cash at the September meeting. The preferred method for payment is online and full details of how to do it are described on the ICON website: http://www.icon-oslo.com/how_to_join

  The ICON bank account number is 7131.11.99433.

If paying online, please remember to include “ICON 2014-2015

Membership” AND your name in the Reference section when making your online banking payment. 

This is especially important for those of you have accounts in your spouse's or partner's name which is different to your own. This vital information will enable both the Treasurer and Membership Secretary to know for certain who has paid their fees for the coming year.

ICON ACTIVITIES

Once you have paid your subscription for the new ICON year you will be able to sign up for as many activities as you have time for.  Please note that for those returning members who wish to continue with an activity, you will need to sign up again so that the activity organizer has an updated list of participants.  Emails from the organizer will only be sent to those who have signed up

for the new year.  If you are not able to attend the meeting on

the 16th, then please contact the activity organizer directly.

 The Walking Group in Vollen 

Future Dates for Your Diary!

October 21, 2014, Tuesday

Location To be announced

Program: Driving in Norway – A representative from a Norwegian Driving School will talk about preparations and precautions one must take for winter driving.

November 18 , 2014, Tuesday

10:00 am

Location: TBA

Program:  Skiing in Norway

December 9th, 2014

Holiday Luncheon

Location: TBA

January 20th, 2015, Tuesday

10:00 am

Høvik Church Hall

Sandviksveien 11

1363 Bærum

Program: TBA

February 24th, 2015

Annual social gathering at Frognerseteren

Program:TBA

 March 17, 2015, Tuesday

10:00 am

Høvik Church Hall

Sandviksveien 11

1363 Bærum

Program: TBA

April 21, 2015, Tuesday

10:00 am

Høvik Church Hall

Sandviksveien 11

1363 Bærum

PROGRAM: TBA 

June 9th, 2015

Annual Summer luncheon

 (location to be announced)