The Club

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="046fd5a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>ESTEPONA   ICE  CLUB</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |    </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" ><B> H</B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ESTEPONA ICE CLUB"><U><B>ome</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B>The Club</B>   |    <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendar"><U>Calendar</U></A>   |    <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Events"><U>Events</U></A>   |    <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Events"><U>Special Events</U></A>   |    <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Notices"><U>Notices</U></A>   |    <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Committee"><U>Committee</U></A>   |    <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photos "><U>Photos </U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="047d2043.jpg"> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="icelogo003B.jpg" border=0 width="75" height="110" ALT="Logo2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></div> <div> <B><U>MEMBERSHIP</U></B></div> <div>  The membership is annual, January to December, and the club management committee elections are at the A.G.M. in March.The club membership is open to all nationalities with the one proviso that the language used in and by  the club is English.</div> <div> Application for membership can be made to our membership secretary Jean Galloway at any Thursday morning meeting. The club reserves the right, given due cause,to refuse membership to any member or applicant.</div> <div> The annual membership fee is €30.00 with an initial joining fee of €40.00.</div> <div> You may visit the club and be signed in by a member at any of our social mornings  but after 3 visits you will be expected to join. </div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>The Club</I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>                        </I></FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I> </I><B><U>CLUB SIBERME</U></B></div> <div> <B>THE INTERNATIONAL CLUB OF ESTEPONA (Siberme)</B></div> <div> <B>I.C.E. Clubhouse</B></div> <div> <B>Urbanisation Bahia Dorada</B></div> <div> <B>Entrada 4 or 5 at Km 149 on the N340</B></div> <div> <B>Estepona  29693</B></div> <div> <B>Malaga</B></div> <div>                     The club is referred to by most members as the ICE Club (International Club of Estepona) which was the name chosen when it was conceived on 3rd November 1988. At that time, the club, which was formed to provide a social and cultural structure in Estepona of English speaking people, was "nomadic". We met on Thursday mornings in any bar which would regularly accommodate us, for coffee and to arrange events and to provide a social focal point for members. In 1990 the registration of the club was set in hand but it was not until 1992 that this was completed. Part of the delay was caused by the name we had chosen for the club i.e."Club Internacional de Estepona" which was abbreviated to CIE. This clashed with a National Government Body, a fact not discovered until much later, and we were given the long title of "Club Sierra Bermeja Socio-Cultural de Estepona" which included the abbreviation "Siberme".</div> <div>                     The limitations of only meeting on a Thursday with no fixed abode were obvious but even so the club was establishing a strong following for the social and cultural activities which we were able to promote. In 1992, the year of "Expo 92", we organized a total of five 55 seater coaches with overnight accommodation to the Exposition in Seville.</div> <div>                     It was not until March of 1996, despite a number of previous attempts to find permanent accommodation, the club was able to rent, at a price fixed for three years with an option to purchase at a fixed price, its' own premises. This clubhouse was in the Estepona port. In the following year, it became evident to the management committee that it was in the clubs interest to purchase the premises. At the A.G.M. in March 1997 the members decided to back the managements decision and to raise the purchase price with loans from the members. </div> <div>                     The measure of the success of the club and of the financial control by the management can be gauged from the fact that all the loans were repaid by December 2000.</div> <div>                     The year 2000 also saw changes in the future conditions and regulations laid down by the Estepona Port Authority concerning our covered toldo which they had previously sanctioned but now wanted removed. This would have reduced the usable covered area in the club by half. This problem was discussed at the A.G.M. in March 2001 when the membership gave the management committee a mandate to find new premises, sell the existing club and seek loans from the members to finance the move.</div> <div>                     By November 2001 we had finalized the sale of the port premises and concluded the purchase of the current clubhouse in Bahia Dorada, Entrada 5, Km 149 on the N340. This spacious clubhouse has two floors and was previously an operational restaurant and our purchase included all the equipment.<IMG SRC="04ff0b40.jpg" border=0 width="240" height="180" ALT="Clubhouse1" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="8" VSPACE="7"></div> <div>                     Of the original membership in the foundling year, we still have 14 whose membership has been continuous from that notable day in November 1988. The club had, at the end of last year, 516 members.</div> <div>                     The club has a monthly magazine in which forthcoming events (see next page) and members contributions and comments are printed. </div> <div>                      The club runs regular organized activities  including art classes, bingo, bowls, bridge, lottery, petanque, quiz night, rambling, whist and yoga. We arrange coach trips to many places of interest. The club has a bar and puts on evening events which have included guitar and jazz concerts, dances, parties, pantomimes, talent competitions, talks, murder and mystery, theatre and wine tasting.</div> <div>                     The club is open on Thursday morning when the committee reports on current news and forthcoming activities and the members have their opportunity of expressing their own news and views. The club is also open as a social venue on  Tuesday and Sunday mornings.</div> <bR> <div> This information was provided by:-</div> <div>  Raymond N Oldfield, Founder Member and Treasurer for most of the time between 1988 to 2004.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>