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Welcome to all Probians wherever you may be . . .

OUR ORIGINS AND OBJECTIVES

The Informal Probus Network (IPN) was conceived and formed in July 1996 by Wilf Beer of The Woy Woy Probus Club Inc. of Australia. The initial idea was to form a series of Chat Groups, whose members had the opportunity of meeting together on the Internet, and discussing any matter among themselves - excluding political or religious topics. A new kind of Probian Fellowship on the Net! IPNA1 was formed in 1996, centred in Australia with a nucleus of 14 Australian, Canadian and New Zealand Probians. This Group did provide a new opportunity for Fellowship on an International scale and it wasn't long before Wilf Beer found himself forming other Groups.

There are now four groups operating, two based in Australia, one in Canada, and one in the UK. By design each Group is international in composition. We now have about 150 Probians participating who represent over 100 Probus Clubs from twelve countries throughout the world.

GROUP STRUCTURE

Each Group is limited to 40 members plus coordinators, with a limit of 20 from the host country and the balance coming from elsewhere in the world. There are four main groups and three special interest groups - to view the contact details for any of the IPN groups or Special Interest Groups click on the one of the links in the menu bar below. Only IPN Coordinators and Special Interest Group Leaders email addresses are shown on these pages. To go to a selection of Probus related and IPN member sites click on "Links".

 IPN A1

 IPN A2

 IPN C1

 IPN UK1

 Ladies

Topical Probe

 Photography

Links

Joining members are allocated to a particular "home" IPN Group for induction, administration and for fellowship. New members will undoubtedly take their first steps by communicating with those in their own group. Members are encouraged to communicate outside their group boundaries and to join or start a specialist group as they wish.

IPN COORDINATORS

     Senior Coordinator   Kevin Bunce   1934kab@ozemail.com.au
IPN Group Coordinator

email link
IPN A1 Allison Adams

IPN A2 Ron Hardy

IPN C1 Jan Hedger

IPN UK1 Shirley Roberts

 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
 
Special Interest Group (SIG) Group Leader

email link
Ladies Noreen Sampson

Photography    Vacant

Volunteer Required
TopicalProbe Brian Challis


APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP

Any member of a Probus Club is most welcome to join the IPN by filling in the details in the application form below and pressing Submit, which will email the form to IPN Membership Coordinator, Kevin Bunce  
1934kab@ozemail.com.au

Some blank entries in the form are acceptable if you don't have the information to hand, as it can be provided later if necessary. Before you submit the form you may wish to print the page (Ctrl P) from your browser for future reference.
New IPN members will be allocated to an IPN Chat Group and subsequently will receive Group membership lists. In order to expedite the introduction of a new member the information submitted on the application is made available to all other IPN members. It is not used for other than IPN purposes, and is not distributed beyond the members of the Network. If you are uncertain and require further information or assistance, in the first instance please email Kevin Bunce or any of the IPN Group Coordinators shown above, or go to the home of Probus on the web - Probus World
         
    THE APPLICATION FORM

 First and Last Name

 Preferred Name / Spouse's Name

 email address

 email program, eg
Outlook Express, Messenger, Eudora

 Probus Club Name

 Club - Men, Ladies,
Combined

Club Location
 (State/Province,Country
)

 Operating System
eg Win 95/98, Win ME, Win 2000, Win XP

 Word Processor and Version
eg, Word 95/97, Word 2000, Word XP

 Internet Browser and Version
eg Internet Explorer, Netscape

Emergency contact email address (optional)

  
  A brief personal introduction in less than 400 words if possible

 

webmaster Arch Roberts, Heidelberg Probus Club Inc., Melbourne, Australia, member IPN A2
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