Issue number seventytwo (October 2006) in a series of Signposts sent by the U3A International Group UK and U3AOnline Australia, once a month, to any and all U3A members anywhere in the world.

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We are pleased to announce that at the recent XXIIIrd Congress of AIUTA (the international U3A) in France, Stanley Miller, Vice-Chairman of the Third Age Trust, was elected as the first native English-speaking President for a term of four years. Please click-on http://worldu3a.org/aiuta for further details.
Are you keen to keep up to date on Climate Change and willing to help others to do so too? Members of Henley U3A have started doing this on http://www.3as.org.uk/climate
Book-reading and creative writing groups and other bibliophiles will find 'Sarah's Bookerama' informative, witty and entertaining.
It's a blog kept by Sarah Cuthbertson, stuffed full of reviews, opinions, and dozens of really useful links to book sites. Clickon http://readeryblog.blogspot.com/
at http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/ for an alternative view on current affairs?
(Thank you David Stove -U3A Pegasus, Australia)
Looking for somewhere interesting and fun to visit? The recently opened Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising in West London offers a mixture of Social History and reminiscence. See http://www.museumofbrands.com/ or call 020 7908 0880.
Bookworms amongst us can catalogue their libraries on line and, if they wish, interact with other readers with the same taste. Definitely worth a look - clickon http://www.librarything.com/ and then on the 'take the tour' link. (Thank you Philip Cakebread - U3A Banstead, UK).


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