June 13th saw the 43rd Annual General Meeting of the Probus Club of Basingstoke. All the officers stood down although many seek re-election. The only essential transfer is the election of the president, who, unlike the other members of the Executive Committee, normally has only one year in post. The custom and practise is that the president is elected unopposed and the vice president is the heir presumptive. Other committee members keen to serve again ensures that there is no loss of expertise as the committee is organised on cabinet lines with specific portfolios taken on by each member.
The club’s executive committee is a prime example of the diversity of the working lives of the membership. The new president, Dr Jeff Grover, was a nuclear safety consultant, Alex Marianos is now the past president and lunch steward who was a civil engineer who built bridges over the M4, the vice president, Stephen Thair, who combines the role with being secretary, was a solicitor, the outings organiser, Chris Perkins, was an officer in the RAF, David Wickens is the speaker finder and was an engineering sales manager, the publicity officer, Paul Flint, had a small printing business, while the remaining member of the committee, Paul Miller, was another RAF officer who has just concluded his year of office as the Mayor of Basingstoke & Deane.
The Probus Club has been in continuous operation since it was founded in Basingstoke in 1979 and has had an extensive array of members over the years with the criteria that they be retired and like the name of the club, Probus, that they had professional or business experience.
Probus Club of Basingstoke 
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