BOISSEVAIN | Reunion April 16-17 Amsterdam (Updated March 26, 2016)

December 3, 2015

Dear Relatives!

We so far have received 40 registrations for the reunion. (As of March 16, 2016, the number has risen to 120.) Many relatives from outside the Netherlands have signed up. Therefore we ask residents of Holland to put the date in their calendar and register via the email address below.

For catering and organizational reasons we would like to know ahead of time how many people we need to accommodate. Fairly soon we will provide a list with the names of the relatives who will definitely participate.

The M.V. Boissevain at work in 1961, evacuating people from a volcano.
A 1991 stamp.

Tentative Program
Saturday, April 16

1 PM Welcome, tea, coffee (covered by registration fee) 

2 PM Formal reunion meeting

• news about the Boissevain Foundation
• short reading about maritime Boissevains
• present Boissevain Award
• practise Boissevain Song
• auction of Boissevain books

3-5 PM  Drinks & bites (covered by registration fee)

6 PM Dinner (paid by participants'  credit cards or cash)

Sunday April 17

Visit to Pampus Island

The fort on Pampus Island was commissioned in 1895 and was armed with four Krupp 240mm (9.5") guns deployed in two hydraulically operated cupolas of two guns each. Electric lifts brought shells and cartridges up from the magazines on the ground floor. These guns fired a shell weighing about two-thirds of a short ton (280 kg) for a range of up to eight km. Each gun had a crew of an NCO and six gunners, who could get off one shot every six minutes. Pampus was one of only four forts in the Amsterdam Defence Line armed with large-caliber guns. The other three forts were the forts near IJmuiden, Velsen, and Spijkerboor. The island was restored in 2004 and is a much-praised-by-TripAdvisor half-day trip.

           

Reunion Fee

The Jantjes and Charletjes in 2006. The grandson of 
Charles Boissevain is holding the card. Aviva
 is behind him to his right.

The charges for the drinks, dinner and Sunday program will be paid at the time with credit cards or cash. 

The Boissevain Foundation only charges a basic amount–10 (ten) euros per participant, which includes tea/coffee at 1 PM and drinks & bites after 3 pm on Saturday. Children up to 12 years old are free. 

This is because we want as many relatives to be present for as many events as possible, even if they can come just for a short time.

Registration

Registration has started. Please let us know which part of the program you will attend and how many people.

Contact

E: avivaboissevain@hotmail.com

T: +31.20.62.26.594

Annemie, Aviva, Barbera and Charles Boissevain

BOISSEVAIN | Reunion 2016, April 16-17 - Second Notice

Aviva Boissevain, February 2015. Photo by JT Marlin.

Second reunion notice

November 1, 2015

Dear Relatives,
After our first message about the Reunion, we have already received twenty applications, mainly from abroad.

We received many new addresses, but we can always use more. So, could you please be so kind to pass the reunion date on to your (grand)parents, (grand)children, brothers, sisters, cousins that might not know yet about the reunion and ask them to send their address to:

avivaboissevain@hotmail.com

What will we be doing in the program?

Some short speeches, network meeting for family members, an exhibition to identify mysterious family members at pictures from long ago, drinks & bites. Of course children are welcome as well.

After the reunion we will have dinner together. People who have any other good ideas or would like to participate in the program, please let us know.

Please sign in for the reunion as soon as possible with mention of:

• How many persons you would like to come with, 
• Whether you would like to join the wining and dining on Saturday evening, 
• Whether you would like to participate in the program on Sunday. 

The sooner we will be able to calculate the exact number of people, the better. On December 1, new information will follow in our third reunion notice.

Annemie, Aviva, Barbera and Charles Boissevain

Boissevain Reünie 2015 Amsterdam, 16 en 17 april
Tweede reüniebericht 

Lieve familie,
Na ons eerste bericht over de familiereünie 2016 ontvingen we ruim twintig aanmeldingen, vooral uit het buitenland. Ook ontvingen we veel nieuwe mailadressen: geef de reüniedatum door aan (groot)ouders, (klein)kinderen, broers, zussen, neven en nichten van wie je vermoedt dat ze nog niet op de hoogte zijn en verzoek hen hun mailadres door te geven aan: avivaboissevain@hotmail.com
Programma.

Het programma zaterdagmiddag zal worden gevuld met o.a. korte voordrachten, een netwerkbijeenkomst voor zzp-ende familieleden, een tentoonstelling van zoekplaatjes en foto’s die de eigenaars niet meer kunnen thuisbrengen en een borrel. Kinderen zijn welkom: voor hen is een aparte ruimte beschikbaar waar oppas aanwezig is.

Na afloop van de reünie wordt ’s avonds gezamenlijk gegeten.

Het programma voor zondag is nog niet in de maak. Wie suggesties heeft of zelf een bijdrage wil leveren: laat het ons weten.

Aanmelden

Wie van plan is te komen, willen wij verzoeken zich zo snel mogelijk op te geven, o.v.v.:

1. het aantal personen,
   
2. of je behalve zaterdagmiddag ook ‘s avonds van de partij bent (wining and dining),
   
3. of je ook het zondagprogramma wilt bijwonen.
   

Op 1 december volgt nieuwe informatie in ons derde reüniebericht. 
Tot dan! 
Annemie, Aviva, Barbera en Charles Boissevain