A Positive Bank Holiday Special

Hello and welcome to the CIOBS blog. Following on from last week's tales, I can confirm that Raymond has departed to a better place.

The great man is now enjoying his annual vacation at a secret location. He could be somewhere near you as I write and, all I will say is there is a sporting theme behind his choice of destination.

"That narrows it down then Michael"

I should add that Raymond left an apple in his drawer and he very kindly contacted me prior to his departure and invited me to have it.

How kind.

No doubt I will receive a bill on his return.

I am pleased to announce that the weekly news podcast has returned, however, that dreaded word recession pops up this week. The podcast can be found here:

http://www.ciobs.org.uk/about/what_podcasts.cfm#cbconf

Life here at CIOBS continues without Raymond and its business as usual.

September will see many courses running including RQF and Introductory days.

Various updates have been issued to the RQF subjects and these will be examinable from 1st October 2008. All students studying RQF subjects will have been notified of these changes recently.

Full details of these updates can be found here:

http://www.ciobs.org.uk/qualifications/downloads.cfm

The latest edition of Scottish Banker should be with all members by now. If you are not a member and you are interested in receiving a copy, then please email me at:

Michael@ciobs.org.uk

while travelling to work this morning "A thought for the day" came on the car radio. The speaker stated it was all about reaction and then rattled off a catalogue of disasters that had happened to him recently and he told the listeners how he reacted positively to all of this.

As I waited for the bus at the park and ride it was announced that it would be 20 minutes late - no problem said I - Thinking of the earlier broadcast.

A fellow passenger treated this delay as if it was the end of the world and it was interesting to watch his reaction!

I wonder how the rest of his day went?

Mine went very well thanks.

Thank you to the broadcaster!

The CIOBS Office here at Drumsheugh Gardens will be closed on Thursday 28th August. The team will be taking part in a charity volunteering event at the Almond Valley Heritage Centre in Livingston.

I am advised that the activities are landscaping a duck pond or repairing a Go Cart track.

How will I react to this? More news next week.

I hope you enjoy the bank holiday weekend and all your reactions are positive!

Michael (A radio ham)