Introducing

Dear visitor, deliberately or not, you have reached the website of the Meijer-Houtveen family. And while you are here: have a look around; you might run into something interesting!

But, first of all, let's start with a brief introduction of our family:

Name: René Meijer.
Born: 1961.
Occupation: since 1985 employed in the IT-field, of which 12 years freelance. As of 2007, employee of RDC inMotiv Nederland; first as Project Manager, but since 2020 as Process Manager. On early retirement as of 1 July 2025 after his function was declared redundant.
Hobbies: genealogy, hiking (long-haul) holidays, crossfit, and is the administrator/helpdesk of the complete network at home... 🙄
Remark: knows since 2014 that he is suffering from a progressive kidney disease (FSGS), and is looking for a donor kidney since January 2026.

Name: Astrid Houtveen.
Born: 1964.
Occupation: after 12 years of taking care of our children, employed as a teacher since 2002, since 2010 at Taalcentrum, where she teaches Dutch to foreign children aged 13-18. Has participated from 2005-2010 in "Landelijk Platform Beroepen in het Onderwijs", an advisory board of the Ministry of Education, which is studying the implementation of various functions in education.
Hobbies: hiking, (long-hauil) holidays, crossfit, tinkering, and solving puzzles (jigsaw (Jan van Haasteren), Japanese and Sudoku puzzles).
Remark: hopes to be able to donate one of her kidneys to René, but is still in the screening process.

Name: Brian Meijer.
Born: 1990.
Occupation: has had several jobs since 2016, and is now working as a warehouse employer. Was born with a psychological (some say neurological) handicap (Asperger's Syndrome). Lives on his own not far from our place, under guidance of a specialized organisation (Kwintes).
Hobbies: working on the computer (at least the games...), listening to music and playing korfball.

Name: Davy Meijer.
Born: 1992.
Occupation: graduated from Wageningen University in 2016 (Master of Science in Biology), and received his PhD there in 2023. Is working as a teacher in Eco and Wildlife.
Hobbies: hiking, sports in general and enjoying life while living together with Wies and their son Syb ❤️.

Choose a subject from the menu on the left to proceed. And if you wonder why we call ourselves "BRAVY": BRian and dAVY... 😉

Note: As you might have guessed: English is not my native language, but hey, I am willing to learn! If you find any mistakes, feel free to correct me.