RICS UAE Board Annual Magazine 2010-11

RICS matrics – What’s it all about?
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(kindly sponsored by Estate Master) was attended by over 80 members, and the Annual Dinner (at the time of
writing this article) was teeing up to be a great success with almost all tickets now sold.
Unfortunately though, we did not succeed with all our goals in 2010: the Networking evening in Dubai,
scheduled for February, was cancelled at relatively shot notice due to ‘Fat-boy-slim’ deciding to play a concert
that very same evening at the same venue! Also, notably the Ski Dubai race did not happen this year as a result
of the event date offered to us by Ski Dubai being set in the middle of Ramadan, and also mid-summer so a lot
of our members were away on annual leave. We also struggled again to engage with more Abu Dhabi members
in 2010, not through lack of trying, especially by Charlotte John, my Abu Dhabi Vice Chair.
So, as you can see, 2010 was an extremely busy year for RICS matrics UAE with a lot of successes. 2011 will
be an exciting year and I look forward to seeing how RICS matrics will continue to grow and act as a larger and
louder voice for the professions younger members across the UAE.
Should you wish to become part of RICS matrics UAE please contact Jenny Hopkins at jhopkins@rics.org for
further details.
Thank you again to everyone who assisted with RICS matrics UAE in 2010.
Sam Morris MRICS
Chariman, RICS matrics UAE, 2010
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