On the 30th January, we held a get together and meeting for our Interest Group Leaders, Helpers and Committee Members.
With 42 people in attendance, we had some very profitable discussions.
We started with a few updates from the Committee on Guidelines for: Affiliated and Temporary Members; Data Security; Group Finances and we had the opportunity to ask Committee Members any burning questions.
The main focus of the meeting was then to think about possible new Interest Groups.
As a Committee we would like to try and introduce a few more to our list of 47.
Those who attended the meeting were very helpful and I now have a list of possible new groups. Of course, a new Interest Group needs a Leader, so we also discussed how best to achieve this and what sort of help is needed by a new Group Leader.
I will give you more details in a future Newsletter, which will give me time to consider these possibilities.
We finished the meeting with six fictional Scenarios. These created a lively end to our meeting.
Our Group Leaders and their Helpers are doing a great job and I would like to thank them all for their hard work.
Sue Tedstone (Group’s Coordinator)