Cosham Union Learning Centre
Opening Ceremony Monday 1st October 2007
The guest list for the opening ceremony was impressive
| Attending from the CWU HQ | |
| Jeanie Drake | Senior Deputy General Secretary |
| Trish Lavelle | Head of Education & Training Officer |
| Lee Wakeman | Regional Project Worker |
| Attending from The BT Group of Companies | |
| Brian English | BT Group - Head of Employee Relations |
| Bill Webber | Global Services - MD Large Deal Shared Services Operations |
| Manny Balzan | Global Services - Regional Business Unit Manager |
| Rob Brady | Senior Learning and Development Consultant - Learn BT |
| Ian Dabson | Openreach Regional Director (South East) |
| Paul Saville | Openreach General Manager Northdowns / Southdowns |
| Terry Ferguson | Openreach General Manager London South |
| Tony Warren | Openreach Senior Operation Manager Crawley CST |
| Graham Perkins | Openreach Senior Operation Manager PC Provision & Repair |
| Mick Luck | Openreach Senior Operation Manager Planning & Build |
| Alan Graham | Acting Openreach Senior Operation Manager Portsmouth CST |
| Paul Piper | Field Manager Chichester |
| Trevor White | Field Manager BT Operate (Wholesale) |
| Attending from Havant College | |
| Heather Canavan | Head of Adult & Community Learning |
| Jonathon Bartle | Sales Director |
| Alby Clover | Volunteer & Lifelong Learning Student |
| Branch Officers & Committee | |
| Phill Lewis | Branch Chair |
| Ken Woolley | Branch Secretary |
| Richard Tallack | Financial Secretary |
| Tony Scott | Vice Chair |
| Ian Weller | Assistant Secretary |
| Roy Wells | Branch Education / Health, Safety & Environment Officer |
| Chair of the CWU South East Regional Learning Committee | |
| Steve King | Committee Member |
| Joe Muscat | Committee Member |
| David Brown | Committee Member |
| Davey Brown | Committee Member |
| John Piddington | Committee Member |
Speeches were given by
Jeanie Drake, Brian English, Ian Dabson, Jonathon Bartle, Bill Webber, & Trish Lavelle
The Ribbon was cut and the Centre officially opened by Jeanie Drake
This was followed by a tour of the Learning Centre & Buffet
From 3:00pm we had an "Open
Evening" for members, and have had 23 register to use the Centre
We also had a number sign up for the ITQ Level 2 (IT Qualification) course to be
run by Havant College
All together, the day was a great success
Photos are available from www.cwuportsmouth.org.uk\photos\