Category: TCC News

TCC members undoubtedly have the greatest shared knowledge on how to travel to the world’s most far-flung places. If you’re wondering about how to overland into Somaliland from Ethiopia, or find the next boat to Tokelau, then you should visit the TCC Forum. You can ask a question or give an answer. The Forum is…

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The new Roster of Members will be mailed to the membership by fall. As you know, the Roster is published every other year. Preliminary logistics are underway for the launching of a new TCC chapter in Naples, FL, with Dr. Marilyn Varcoe as Area Coordinator. The formal announcement is expected by the next Centurian. San…

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Just as the June 2015 Centurian was going to press, we received the accompanying photos and trip highlights from TCC Treasurer JoAnn Schwartz. On March 24, some 30 TCC members from the U.S., Costa Rica, France, Germany, Greece, Portugal and Singapore boarded the Ortelius at Ushuaia, Argentina, for a five-week cruise to the Cape Verde…

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We are aware that many TCC members do volunteer work when they travel and also when they are at home. We’d like to hear about some of your work to help others. If you’ll send a brief description of your endeavors to TCC Headquarters, we’ll write about it in the Centurian, as space allows. One…

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TCC members like to travel together and often take cruises as a group, as we have reported with photos and items in past issues — and as shown in our report about a recent attempted voyage to Bouvet. Cruises are a good way to add TCC countries and territories. Members not traveling with a TCC…

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TCC members in the Naples, FL, area met for brunch in late March to discuss the structure and formation of a local TCC chapter. The meeting was spearheaded by Dr. Marilyn Varcoe, a cognitive behavioral psychologist who is also on the staff at Naples Community Hospital. Members decided to meet monthly except in August and…

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We now have 20 TCC chapters — 16 domestic and four international — and possibly another in Naples, FL (see separate article). But some members outside the current chapter areas have expressed interest in meeting with other TCC members to share travel experiences. Additional chapters have been started in other areas of the same state,…

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A TCC Area Coordinator should be a dues-paying member for several years but even a Provincial Member qualifies. It’s a volunteer position, primarily communicating with the other members in your local area about the venue and program for the social gathering. Formats of meetings can be as simple as a discussion of past and future…

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How about extending a helping hand to the busy Area Coordinator in your area? Some of them have full-time jobs, others are traveling a lot or have other obligations. The assistance would especially be appreciated in the areas with a large number of members. You could help the Coordinator:   Line up speakers or program…

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Tim Skeet, Coordinator for Western Canada, becomes the first international TCC board member. He initiated the Western Canada chapter in Calgary, where he is based, in the summer of 2013. Meetings are also held in Vancouver and he coordinates with the Eastern Canada chapter headed by Rick Shaver. He and TCC Treasurer JoAnn Schwartz launched…

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