In April there were positive
reports of several recent events including the coffee morning, first Friday
lunch and the Hall quiz. Mary thanked everyone who had taken part in the
village clean up, although there was less rubbish this year, mainly due to the very
welcome regular collecting by some villagers.
There had been some changes
to the structure of the Frome Group with both Mary and Caroline resigning from
their positions as co-ordinator and treasurer respectively. One institute had
left the group and the remaining 5 had decided to conduct matters in a more
informal way, including each choosing the format of their own group event to
host on an average once every 2 years. We are due to run the summer social in
2020.
Planning ahead, for the fete
in June we were reminded that both prizes for the tombola stall and volunteers
to staff it were needed, so do sign up to the rota if you can when asked.
Finally another reminder,
this time about the meeting in May. This is our AGM when we would be discussing
the Resolutions. One is a call against the decline in local bus services and
the other is titled “Don’t fear the smear”. Both need to be voted on, lots of
information in WI Life to help you make up your mind. This will be followed by
a “bring and tell” session, with anything interesting you would like to bring
along, the telling part not compulsory!
We then had a talk about her
work as a Registrar from WI adviser June Greenway who had stepped in when the
booked speaker had to withdraw. She told us many amusing and interesting
stories about her work including how inflexible the rules are about the right
paperwork etc., something many applicants don’t understand.
The meeting on May 13th,
Resolutions etc., see above.
