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GALILEO'S GOLD AWARD FROM GOLD MEDAL On Friduy 30th June, at Gold Medai's annual Trade Award event, Galileo UK was presented with a Gold Award for the provision of OUTSTANDING SUPPORT throughout this last year. This is the second time that this award has been made to Galileo UK, and it is an excellent endorsement of the levels of support we provide to our

major clients. I would like to thank all

the individuals involved with this account for all their efforts. For those of you who may not know much about Gold Medal Travel, they started in business some 10 years ago trading as Kingsgate Travel and in the first year had a turnover of L4m selling the Orient Magic range of tours. As a company they have always

been innovative in their use of technology and especially their links to Galileo. In the last three years they

have developed very sophisticated interfaces between their in-house systems and Galileo using Tourlink, EROS, automated ticketing processes and now Inside Access.

This investment in technology has been one of the k.y factors in their rapid and successful growth into the flight wholesale market, in addition to

the tours products, resulting in turnove

a

r o{ E 1 1Om in the last financial

year.

Keeping

it in the family,

British

Airrvays was presented with a Platinum Award. BiLl. receiues the

BiLL Barnes

Gold Award for

GaLiLeo

tJK.

PORTMAN SIGNS FOR 5 MORE YEARS il

On Monday lTtbJ,rly, Mike Thorne and Graham Flack (Managing Director of Portman Travel) signed a new agreement. The Portman business was secured against a hlghly competitive offer from SABRE and demonstrates Portman's

Introduction of ATBZs to replace

all current OPTAT printers on PAMS.

GLIK X75 network for products such as E-Mail and their inhouse MIS system currentlY under

TI Use of

continuing commitment to Galileo.

development.

Portman, who generate over 600,000 PSJs per annum, have corltracted to work with Galileo for the next five years with a productivity deal to cover the following keY areas:-

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to enable us to jointly source and deploy future products to meet their business needs over

In addition to the above, we have secured a commitment

Upgrades of all \Torkstations to lat-

Olivetti units allowing them to introduce own

Central System Functionality products to further enhance both Productivity and service levels.

est specification

to the Windows plat-

Graham Flack, Managing Director,

the duration of the contract.

form whilst maintaining perfor-

Portman TraqteL (rieht) , and Mike Thorne slgn new agreement for fiue years.

Mil<c Stump

software on

mance levels.

il All remaining

ET3000 sites to be

upgraded to FPUK.

CONFIDENTIAL: THE EMPLOYEE NEWSLETTER OF GALILEO UNITED KINGDOM

GALI LEO r(ih \(i>/ IJNITED KINGDOM


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THE CHAPS 2, BA TACTICS The Globe approached Mark Girling who is Mur1ug"r of the team for a

statement concerning their great comeback victory in the ,..orrd match of athree way series

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That would have to be a save early on in the second half by Kevin "The Cat" Paige, due to lax defending down our flank (manager gone waLkabout). Nick "Stroller" Barnes con-

Mark, what happened in the first match trolled distribution to our front runand Andrew and" how did" you change Jour streteg| ners Mike Levine LeTissier who ran BA's defence to win this time? ragged. Mike ghosted in at the {at l7e were soundly beaten in the end to seal our win. peculiar first match mainly due to BA did score a late goal, however out turned it However, local rules. differently on our home turf at- by then they had been reduced to Handy cross. Form is remporary, peppering our goal with long range shots. Adrian Kwasnicki was substiclass is permanenr. \Uatch.a Uv a tuted in for a harder approach' and (Jennie Carruthers crowd of two allowing some useful pointers for the her dog, plus Mike Scholey), The Chaps overcame the hostile weather future. Are there anJ other changes Jou plan to conditions to impose their style of to the team before the final in Late make thar ream BA a total football on September? kick-andold the under laboured Normal front man Mike "Hot rush regime. Scholey was there' but injured Shot" C".,tr"1 defender Mark Ruttledge able to play. He will have a nor and game bringing played an ourstanding regain his place. There are to fight have I d"f.rr.". of out ball ,fr" in this team - except places already issued a statement saying no safe mine that he will be remaining with us to I rvill be looking for better seeouthisconttact,,u.Jthatlwill rn the final. Plalrers defending the in discussion into drawn not be -*-=, must maintain their position narional press (l - Ed). Early on and not lose the ball due we lost our midfield ;'7i-., t""-i,):ruthe i:1*.-*{! player, Mike Levine, H:1./ to bad passing' with -'t, '.j-*&approadeadline transfer has This injury. with an .''i put his new contracr in { * '*{ ching, I will be in deep discusi.onardyaSathisagehehasW'i?;fotaqua1ityuti1iiyp1ayer. ,turt.d to become injury-prone. T,,.,,. ', The Board(/) has told me there This loss meant a chang. i., tac' i, ,.tt$h ' z is money to spend, and tics but as player manager, being '\+t in order to bt'y on the field allows -" ,h" it".-- "; that could be although dom ro make instanr adjust- @ arranged!! ments. Thanks uery much, Mark. We expect a Was there a particul.ar turning point in bigger crowd for the deciding march. rhe gane q,hilh clinched it for1h, rco ? I

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Touch Rugby Extravaganza Thursday, Z}th J.tly, saw the first of this season's games. Two small but selective teams Pitted wits, tactics and muscles (?) against each other in what turned out to be a clash of the titans.

The game began with some inspired passing from Irene Burnett, but unfortunatelY she had to be reminded that You aren't allowed to 'knock on' (pass forward - to Jou uneducated Lot). Jeannie

"Mad \7oman" O'Donovan then

took up the case and used some of her hockey skills to make a break through the opposition's defence to score the first points. The game continued at a roaring pace until Linda Oliver sustained a serious sporting injury as Suzanne Cooper (nee Seward) scratched Linda's hand and in the process broke her nail! Pressure really began to build then and

Edith 'Carling' (ooPS sorry R.odgers) made a blistering attack

which was narrowly foiled bY Dane 'Cute Butt' Cummings. With the scores level and onlY a few seconds to go, Mark 'The Whippett' Ruttledge made a blis-

tering tackle on Irene which resulted in the pair of them rolling around for several minutes - all in the name of sport. Irene was later

quoted as saying, "It was lovelY, but Mark was too sweatY...l".

If this sounds like Your tYPe of activity, please come along to the next game

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watch the bulletin

board for details.

Linda Oliqter

STRENGTH, SPEED, STAMINA & STUPIDITY? On the weekend of the 74l75rh June, my husband Tim and I took Part in the \7orld Trail ChamPionshiP South Downs \Vuy Run, which started in Petersfield at 9.O0am on the Saturday, and you had until 12.00 midday on the SundaY to get B0 miles to Eastbourne. ManY PeoPle have asked why I decided to take part (actually what they said was "What on earth possessed You to do such a thing/"). The answer is that I don't really know. Maybe because it's there, because my husband has done the run a couple of times before and I had enjoyed the atmosphere (at a spectator), maybe because I'm a bit

daft-ljustdon'tknow. On the duy, the nice weather we had been having took a turn for the worse so that when we arrived in Petersfield and I stepped out of the car in shorts and T-shirt, I was hlt by

a strong cold NE wind. After

a

change of plan on what to wear until I was reunited with my bag halfwaY round, we were off.

Tim had warned me it would be hilly but I didn't realise he meant HILLYT We had over 14,000 feet of ascent and descent on the course and I can only describe the terrain as cruel. contirnred on page 6

'George' andTim, readY for the off

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A FERRY NICE DAY opened the meeting by welcoming everyone aboard, and apologised as the champagne was not yet chilled enough to serve. No one should doubt the rigours of the NVP meetings. The agen-

Taking a well deseruedbreak!

The Marketing Team brilliantly suggested that the National Vendor Programme/Ferry meeting planned for the 15th June should take place aboard the STENA FANTASIA.

da kept us quite occupied,

during the journey though with

and with only time for a swift run to the Duty Free shop, we were surprised to find we

Kentish maid, Cathy Stacey, who was able to tell us about all the pubs

had docked in France. It looked {atr1), interesting and again Nick Barnes \\'as able to pr-rt his hobbv to some Llse, gir..ir-rg us some intormatir-e L,ackgrour-rC

on the buildings.

Br-

so much so that some of us rvho don't normally attend these meet-

no\l' \\'e \\-ere u-r[I a tirst-name basis n ith the u-ine u-aitress anJ the return trip \\-as a b'it more relaxed. Actuallr- a lot more. Martin Little

ings felt duty bound to make an

fascinated everlione by doing some-

exception.

thing strange with a bread basket and some string. We think he was trying to

This was accepted with enthusrasrn,

The group had to meet in the Dover Ferr\, Travel Centre, at 1315hrs (three and a half bells to

side of N'VP, but whatev:er it was kept him happy for most of the journey.

convenient for the Dover which train. \7e were all pretty well on

dangerously close to embarkation. It seems that Nick Barnes is an expert

well, in that we all made it one way or another. Bruce Applin, labouring under the mistaken .impression that someone rvould help him, stn-rggled manfully -

on ancient buildings, and captivated

an

t1me, except

for the Network

Management car which drifted in

(

?) the other managers

at each station and every halt. unfortunately we couldn't get off and our train was without a bar.

Despite Alan Brine's attempt to get us to go for a curry, we all called it a night, and went our separate \\'aVS.

We had a fascinating duy and to the minutes of the

*i,i.ru'ard John Kincaid

explain the networking

the nautically minded), which left time to go to the office first. Some even managed an early meeting with British Rail at London Bridge, was

immense load of beer. A small subgroup under the leadership of John Spurr, that well-known train spotter went to the railway station, and following his advice managed to catch the slowest train in the timetable, taking about three hours to get to Victoria. \7e were kept enthralled

Disembarking went

anC alone

ri'ith

u'ith details

Martin'Ljttle prouiding

an

amusing

J

et

simple

explanation of NVP.

on all the buildings leading into and

"Every customer rs our com Petitors' ProsPec c" I

within Dover.

I, John Kincaid, caused some confusion at this stage b1- gir-ing a portable phone to Simon Bird, u'ith a message to urgently contact a trar'etr agent who had a problem. Not only was the message wrong, but it should have been given to Simon Green. However these Speedwing Logica chaps are good at sorting out confusion and coped well after thef had worked out how to use the portable phone.

Once on the FANTASIA

we

found the Conference Centre well laid out for what was going to be a heavy meeting with easy chairs, co{fee tables and an attractive buffet stretching along one wall. \7e also noticed an attentive wine waitress, who was ignored momentarily until we realised the drinks were free. On the basis that this offer may not last, one or two of us may perhaps have over ordered.

As the FANTASIA cast off (more nauticalism) Jean Barnes

Our competitors are b'ecoming more aggressir-e as thev fail to achieve the

DHL/Travel House, the in-house agency f or DHL couriers, has

market share gains for n-hich ther,have budgeted and predicted. This is due to

signed a new three y.ear agreement r,vith Galileo and have also com-

of our 'protect, retain and develop' ptogrammes which have

mitted in Belgium, Germany and

the

success

secured significant customer business.

In this constant battle we have to remain hungrier in retaining our cus-

Spain.

n HAC Enterprises in Luton

(a major PIA consolidator) have chosen Galileo over Sabre, helped by positive feedback from other users.

tomers' business than our competitors are in trying to acquire it.

Some examples of our successes are:-

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Uniglobe have awarded us "pt"ferred CRS" status for the next three years. The potential is {or

one million PSJs and the first

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Uniglobe Worldspan site. 'VTorthlng have Clubs Abroad in 'Worldspan

also upgraded from Galileo.

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Travel Alliance, a strong independent business agent, have renewed

their commitment to Galileo despite a very aggressive bid from Sabre.

Well done to all those who put in the hard work to achieve these successes in the face of such stiff opposition. Jeremy Job


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ON AWING AND A PRAYER green double decker bus in the middle of a field is an unlikely place to find yourself on a Tuesday

A

eveni^g, but that is where

Was rhis the reason that one had

peaceful and calm, floating high

I asked myself Each of us was to be

above the ground, free to observe the countryside for miles around without a care in the world - a7art from how the heLl you were going to get down! . There was little evidence of the tur-

neqrer been used,

taken up one by one in a two man (sorry - two Per' son), dual control glider. The instructor who accompanied us and who would be doing most of the flying, sat directly behind the

a

small group of courageous/mad ( delete the one that does

not

.

aPDLy )

Galileo staff were waltlng for their first experlence ln a

trainee. One by one we put on a parachute and had the

glider.

obligatory photo taken for The Globe - at least

We had paid our mooey, signed

a disclaimer and were awaiting our turn when it was announced that we might be better to come back another duy, as it was hkely ,o

be bumpy due

to

it would

something to remember nl)

ff*kt'

Wrro

the high velocity of the wind - not the best conditions for someone making

their inaugural flight. Horvever,

\\'e

were collectively undeterred and decided that it was going to be now or never - we would go ahead as long as they were still willing to take

by. \7e were then strapped into a

the ground was disappearing, the surrounding fields came

parachute, although we were assured that one had never been used.

into view and Reading could be seen in the far distance. The

not until I

was

plane's engine was

a few

re

turn to e arth when

we

approached the airfield and landed

with surpris-

minutes, the tow

something

rope was dropped

again in the future.

and

was the silence

'f.:r"#![;il'Jn

'

not

ffi*ingtoLiftus

ingly few bumps. The whole exPerience had been very exhilarating, and

was

the silence. It oN . Better

someone

unevendul. \Tithin

ble view

o"r#;hgru:;

to

bumps

the assent

sped off leaving us with nothing but the incredi-

ple wearing

I was piloting the glider guided by the instructor. A11 too soon, it was time utes of flying time behind ile ,

all that

and the plane

would be extremely uncomfortable to sit in the seat without one. The {act that I would only be 2000 feet above ground at most, meant that the parachute would be unlikely to open in time if I had to use it anywaY

go up, surprisingly simple and logical I thought. So with less than 10 min-

could be heard vJe need and apart from {on't goundl off the

putting mine on that I was told the real reason for the parachute was that gliders seats were

,=ea--=wm

The instructor gave a crash (unfortunate turn of phrase) course in flying which involved moving the joystick right to go right, left to go left, forward to go down and back to

a hght aircraft ri'hich u'ould to\\' us up into the clouds. The plane started dou-n the field and almost as soon as the rope pulled tight the glider hfted off the ground wait' ing for the plane to take o{f

It was quite comforting to know that we were to be provided with a was

the flight was.

glider attached bl- a rope to

us up.

it

us

urlit w"

and carry us steadily upwards. It was not very long before

However,

be

bulence we had been promised, in fact I was surprised at how smooth

td'L that made an

lmpresslon

I would definitely

do

If you have ever considered glid-

ing I can certainly recommend it. I suffer from a fear of heights but felt perfectly at ease in a glider. Anyway, you never know until you try' so give

it a go. Jqnet Powell.


ANNUAL GALILEO FISHING TRIP TO SWEDEN I 1995

'blank' for

the

whole trip.

Although the fishing was not so

productive this

year, agre

everyone

ed that the

trip was very successful and look forward to returning next year. Highlights of the trip: a magnificent

Fl,;nrJ

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,tlel't

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?rghr )

. Bruce -\pplm, Colin Bell,

-\Iifuc Scholc. , Colirr \{arrm , ^\drien Ku'asnicki.

IJK +3, Sweden -3. CoLin Martin with his ++'inrting cdtch

\)7hen Bruce Applin said that he

hadn't fished for 1'ears and u'asn't very well equipped for fishirg, I should have known better than to utter those immortal words, "You can't fail to catch in Sweden". With hindsight, it seems strange to think that just because we were going to Sweden in exactly the same week as we went last year, that we should expect everything to be the

'L'lank' (frshing terninologl f or nil Ed) or a 'duck' rvith tu'o smal1 pike. Unfortunately Bruce Applin went completely 'quackers' - with such a manic approach that even a 1 am. row around the lake failed to produce the slightest nibble, drawing a

It wasn't, o{ course. Sweden had suffered a very harsh

elk leaping from the forest in front of the car silhou-

etted against the setting sun. Funniest part of the trip: Bruce thinking

that he had finally hooked one, puliing hard, and y'elling out loud as the hook bit through hls trousers, boxer shorts and into his rearll Mike Scholey

same.

Qofifeo UKSumffLer

and long winter compared to last year and consequently the seasons

h(roaogonzo

were delayed by about a month. The first thing we noticed when we arrived on the Z4th of May was that

Friday Bth September Anugraha Hotel, Egham

Spring had not arrived I Compared to last year there was no plant or

insect life around the lakes, and none of the buds were open on the

^"#-'

trees.

The weather was absolutelr' superb over the three day's - u'ith clear blue skies, sun from 4 am. to 10.30 pm. (very bad for trout fishi.g, I should add), temperatures in the low 20s - and yet if you ventured into the forest there was still snow on the ground. Our failure to correctly interpret these conditions led to the disappointing total of only

seven trout over the three days. Colin Martin caught three and was the winner of the UK vs Sweden

competition on Duy 2. Adrian Kwasnicki caught two, and I, Mike Scholey, caught two, one of which was 21bs LToz, winning the largest fish trophy. Although Colin Bell did

not catch any trout, he avoided

a

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You

will all have received your

invitations to the Summer Extravaganzaby now.

;iM3/til i7.)ld4,.i

Please complete and return the

response sheet to Terri Godwin,

Marketing Services Manager at oundation Park, as soon as possible. See you there

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crash type of subsidence but as they say in Networks, more o{ a gradual

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A COUNTRY ROOM WITH AVIEW- PART 2 at-

Grove

Park. It's subsidingl Not a dramatic

degradation.

Nevertheless it has provided further opportunities to use our wellhoned technical advice ski11s,

involving eye-squinting, head-shak-

which haven't required any of our technical advice. Obviously their meetings are not into head-shaking and indrawn breaths. Imagine there might be a bit of muttering here and there.

Claire Stradling has been at the training again. It's always interesting trying to work out which course is

ing and indrawn breaths. From experience with the previous workmen we know this is well received bY the way that they go and sit in their van and mull over our comments.

being run. The Assertiveness course is easily recognised as the students start by opening doors for each other and

\7e were a bit thrown ourselves though by their solution, which

develops, even getting a cup of coffee becomes an art form as they ask each other how they would like it, where and why. The Financial Awareness

involved a man removing large areas of bricks and replacing them without any mortar. However, it looked quite attractive, a rather fetching herringbone effect, and one or two PeoPle are thinking of doing the same at home. He also drg a deep hole before getting bored and calling it a daY. The Gypsies returned, although not one of the previous groups. These were upmarket with larger caravans'

picnic tables, washing lines, dog kennels for their Cairn terriers and little marquees for their loos. The previous chappies didn't have these little tents' so we are unsure how they managed. Best not to think about it really. EMG have been here again for some meetings. Very quiet events continued from page 2

A lot of the track was steep

drovers' tracks of hard packed chalk liberally scattered with large flints which seemed to be strategicallY placed where I would stub my toes on them. In the later stages of the run, going downhill became more painful than going up, when stub-

bing your toe sent a shockwave through your whole body.

There were checkpoints every few miles but this involved coming off the Downs, normally down a steep track, and after you had been

checked through and given a drink

and/or something to eat, you were sent back up the other side.

During the first half Tim had not been feeling very well and had hurt his knee, so we had to walk quite a bit more than intended, and were not on schedule to do a good time. (Last time Tim did 20 hrs and 9 minutes). From about 30 miles he started to feel

better

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just as I was starting to go

through a bad patch, and so he wanted to run when I wanted to walk.

The wind kept up the whole time, not even dropping during the

finish by fighting to see who will be first through. As the Coaching Skills

visitors at the country residence, and

despite the odd thunderfly, Grove park is r,r'ell u'orth seeing. Plan your visit around one of the tu'ice weekly bar-b-q events. John Kincaid P.S. The bricks have been replaced and the hole filled in by a man who

completed the job b1- 8.30 am. and who therefore missed the benefit of our advice. However, he has done a good 1ob and the subsidence threat appears to have been overcome.

group doesn't actually get any coffee, as they just stand at the machine discussing how much it costs and where it is shown in the accounts.

Two very attractive tubs full of flou,ers have been delivered and are being used to load test the neu' path \\'a)-. So far it is holding up u'e11, u-hich is a shame reallr-, as \\-e had struck up quite a rapport u'ith the pathmen and u'ould hke to see them again. Not sure hor,v the plants are

going to be watered ye t, although the initial suggestions from the 'techies have been turned down for reasons of hygiene.

Remember, we always welcome

night.

At 4Ir17 mtles we were given

our bags for a change of clothing and we all sat in a large tent with the wind howling around us, eating mince, mash and baked beans (tt Ed). It looked like a clearing station for a battlefield.

At 65 miles, 7.30 am., I was in a bad way. I was tired, dirty and in quite a bit of pain with my feet and knees. Cold and miserable, I fell

into the arms of the St. John's Ambulanceman who did a sterling job of strapping up my feet before I joined Tim who was lying on a huy bale in Itford Barn. \7e joined up with some other runners for a few hours from there as the course isn't very clear and you can get easily disorientated in the dark when you're tired. \7e still managed to go off course a couple of times and probably added an extra mile in the process. The last 15 miles took us over 51lz hours, and

Tim

says

he doesn't even remember

the last mile and a half down a very steep and rutted track to the road to Eastbourne Rugby Club. !7e finally

arrived at the finish at 8.10 am on Sunday , 73 hours and 10 minutes aft.er we had set off, exhausted and

in a lot of pain, vowing that

we

would never, ever do that again. It all sounds a lot of fun, doesn't it? I can see you all clamouring for

next year's apPlication

form.

However, anyone out there who is a runner will know that to be a long distance runner (l use the term very loosely in my case) yot have to relY on the four S's - Strength, Stamina, Speed, and lastly Stupidity. By Sunduy evening, desPite the

fact that

I couldn't walk

down

stairs, we were starting to talk in terms of "lf I ever did that again I would make sure ..., etc, etc" and bY Monday morning this had changed to "\7e11, next year, I think we should ...". I thlnk long distance running is a bit like having a baby when you are going through it You think there is no way that you will ever do this again, but afterwards

you forget the pain and think "'W'e11,

maybe just once morel".

Qeorgina Peacock


OUT OF THIS WORLD:

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STARDATE I995 To manJ of us earthlings, Srar Trek

Who ls there in "The Next

was just another teleuision series of the '70s and 'BOs , enjoyed the first time

Generation" to sustain the interest cre' ated by William Shatner (Kirk) and

around, but not after seq,)eral repeats Nor so for the manJ Star Trek fans based at WhirfieLd Street, who take .

great delight in recounting demiLs of specific episodes. Ok, that's aLL uery weLL fo, the originaL series but Star Trek: The Next Generation seems to haue an

Leonard Nlmoy (Spoc/<) in rhe origlnal series?

My two heroes are: Captain Jean.Luc Picard - my mentorl Jean-Luc (Baldie to his friends) is the main character and has a \,lronderful sn-le of managelnent in u'hich he u-ouid listen to everyone's opinions, rhen ignore them and make up

is provided by Dr. Beverley Crusher and Counsellor Deanna Troi, these two ladies keeping the likes of Picard and Riker on the straight and narrow. Haue Jou been to anJ of these Star Trek euents we hear about, to meet any of the cast?

My claim to fame can only be that I'r,e tried to get into three dif'

and wo,maniser. Rikei''s favourite

ferent events and failed in each case. One of them was the Royal Albert Hal1 u'hen more than 10 thousand Trekkies turned ,rp. I tried to get in the Press door but was thrown out after I couldn't produce a Press card. Apparenth', they have question and ans\ver sessions with the cast, huge screens shou'ing past episodes, memorabilia and it's a great atmosphere, so I hearl What is it that jou enioy most

Enterprise in Star Trek: The Next

order is "Red Alertl".

abour being a

Generation.

The other main characters are Command Data, an Android (,h,e or "it" has a cat called SporJ ? - Ed). The

That would have to be the hope it brings foi. the future. \Uhen Gene

equal number of fans.

I

managed to persuade Adrion

Schwab, Training Team Leader, to "beam down" in order to exPtain the phenomenon. Ouer to \oLL, '\drion. Can Jou teLL us when JoLt LL'ere iirst bttten by the Trekkie bug?

It started in 1986 u'hen Captain

Jean-Luc Picard said, "Let's

see

what's out therel". J'hese words were

almost like an invitation to me to become part of the crew on the USS .rrl

For the next seven years' everY Sunday evening, I would travel light years, o-eam down to hostile planets and develop u Ciush on Marina Sirtis I

(Counsellor Troi). This was pure ln which I could share the perils of each voyage, marvel at the escapism

technologV and together we could be

part of the Star Trek mission statement: "..',ito explore strange new worlds, seek, out new life, new civili-

hls o\\-n mindl Jean-Luc's far-ourite orCer is quite sirnplr- "\'fake it sol"-

First Officer William T Riker-

R.iker is the number t\\'o aboard the USS Enterprise e\ren though Picard alu'a)s refers to him as "Number One" - Picard isn't strong on mathsl \7i11 (to hls friends) is an accomphshed Jazz musician, pbker player

Security Officer is a Klingon called

Lieutenant Worf (his friends call him Lieutenant Worf) . Head o{ Engineering is Geordi LaForge and ali the time he would be worrying about a \X/arp Core breach - which would really mess up the paintwork on the Enterprise (t see nothing has changed since Chief EnginPer Scottie in Ed).The glamour the original series

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sations".

Trekkiei

Roddenberry first started to write the Star Trek episodes during the 1960s

he wanted to show an optimistic future for mankind, something to rvhich \4/e can all aspire. He once said, "The human race is a remarkable creature, one with potential, and I hope that Star Trek has helped to show what we can be if we believe in ourselves and our abilities". So all we have to do is "Make it so!". Adrian

Schwab

i'

HOT AND SMOKING. .OFF THE PRESS!! 77

th J.rly

Here

"in \Thitfield

Street, we have all just had to evacuate the building when the fire alarm went off . Complete confusion everyone in the middle of their ice lol-

lies everyone obviously {ol' lowed the evacuation procedure to the letter and every woman in the whole place waited in eager anticipation for the the arrival of the Fire Brigadel (You know what

a man in uniform can do for

girl.

a

) Not one, not two, but

THREE fire engines laden with firemen turned up to a very excited female

entourage although

the guys weren't so enthusiastic. A11 of a sudden, those closest to her saw ******* ****** (I'*

wai;;ti.ng

for my bribe to maintain

lnsfirmitJ

Ed.itor) sauntering over to ,one of the engines, upon the beckonlng of one of the 'heavily proteCted'firemen. I have inside knowledge that this Galileo employee was in fact invited to go out with the gentleman in question the following week. This all transpired to great applause from

the rest of the GUK crew, all completely distraught that it wasn't them - well, most of the women (and especially the newly married staff members actuallv!).

Linda Otiqter (What

I

want to know is which of

Jou Ladies was holding a match under the smoke detectors! - Ed)

FOCUS POSTPONED I had hoped to bring you the last part of the focus on reorganisation

in Colin

Be11's

Op.rations &

Service Delivery department. Due to the continuing dynamics of the situ-

ation I hope to be able to include this article in the next issue of the Globe.

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THAT'S LIFE ! Three Weddings

On behalf of all the staff at Galileo UK, The Globe would hke to welcome all new recruits since the last issue and wish good luck to those who have moved to new positions within Galileo (and elsewhere).

Congratulations to the following couples u'ho have "tied the knot" since the last issue:-

New Starters Julie Borrill Sharon Carrad Adam Carvalho Catherine Cort

oo.

J arv is and Da.,rid Brewer on their marriage on the 74th J une.

J..n)'

,\ppLications P r o duct Sp eciali.s t, G P Applications Product Specialist, GP Applications P r o duct Sp eciali.s r, G P S ecr etarJ I P A, P r oi ect Management

Deuelopment, FP Product Marketing Manager, F P Systems Tester, FP Gordon Jerry Account Support Executiue, V/S Andrew Howlett Credit Conwoller, FP Louise Hughes Business D eu elopment C onsultant, VfS Denise Kirkbank Trainee I'l etwork Planning Englneer , FP Richard Mear Account Support Executiue, V/S Tom Pellett Account Sqport Executiue, WS Ltzzre Philhps Account Support, Executiue, FP Louise Russell Analyst Programmer , FP Shaun Singer Accounts Tester, FP Ruy Southwood Personnel Officer, FP Dawn Tait Christopher Thorpe Trainee I'l etwork PLanning Englneer ,FP

They spent their honeymoon in Santa Pola, a fish-

ing v illage near

Farhad Fasihi

Alicante.

Suzanne Seward on

her marriage to Giles Cooper on 76th June.

After their

ceremon\r

at Lough Church,

Changes/Movements Promoted to Senior Product Execunve, WS Fiona Brant Samantha Cooper Promoted to Buyer, FP Maggie Delaney Promoted to Senior Product Execunue, WS Promoted to ProductMarketingManager, Kim Eaton

Cork in Eire, Su-anne and Giles had a honeymoon in Cuba.

FP

Kevin

Knight

Transferred to Maneger , TechnicaL

Colin

Lavender

Strategy, FP Promoted to Senior

I'J

etwork Englneer

,

V/S

Martin Little George Jane

Ratcliffe

Vanscreech

Promoted to Senior ProiectManager, FP Promoted to Senior I'l etwork Planning Speciali.st, FP Transferred to Product Executiue, V/S

Terri Springall who married Alan Donnelly on the Bth Jrrly at Bexley in Kent. Terri and Alan went to Mexico for a week's honeymoon. ooo 4

June

and five Births

Huw Medcraft's wife, Maxine, g&ue birth to Scott, 6lbs 4oz.

27

June

Dawn

South geqre birth to e baby gir| weighing under Blbs . CaLLed Rachel Alice, probably . OrnellaWoodhad ababy grl, 6l'bs 15o2. I'Jame to be confirmed. Michele Patchinghad ababy boJ, BLbs'2o2. just,

13

July

19

JuLy

.

Callinghim 5

BiLLy .

August Anne Smeeth gaq)e birth

to baby Matthew , 9lbs. Mothers and babies are all reported to be doing wellt

TYPESETTING: LYNN WILLIAMSON FOR GALILEO UNITED KINGDOM

r(ilr GALI LEO Ki>7

LJNITED KINGDOM


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