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The Centre's Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday
7th November at the Queens Oak in Finchampstead near Wokingham and was attended by a
small number of members (actually there was one
member !!!!!) and the outgoing committee. The formal business for the evening was completed without drama and I am pleased to report that we now have a new committee for 2006/7. Special thanks are due to all those committee members who agreed to serve for another
term, and a special welcome to Rowan Diviani and
Dennis Horner who were elected as General Members.
The full committee can be viewed on the
Committee page. Nevertheless, we have regrettably lost a few
familiar names from the committee this year. As mentioned in previous
dispatches, we were particularly sorry that Nigel
Unsworth (Chair & Director) and his wife Liz
(Secretary & Treasurer) had to step down mid term, as
Nigel's company relocated him to Perth, Australia
!!!!! Despite much pleading from the rest of the
committee, they insisted that the commute was just a
little too far. I don't recall how many years these
two have served on the Thames Valley committee, but
their contribution has been immense. I doubt if we
will ever find couple so dedicated to the club -
we'll miss them profoundly .In addition, George
Grammer stepped down to spend more time with his new
wife and new home, and Alan Cross stepped down
to spend more time with his new wife and old home.
There's a worrying trend there...the rest of the
committee better watch out.
Sincere thanks are due to all these people for their service to the club. Thank you from all of us. On the financial front, the Thames Valley accounts remain healthy, thanks to prudent control of expenditure. Next year we hope to plough back some of these funds into members' events. Membership remains fairly steady around the 200 mark. Looking forward to next year, we hope to entice more members to take part in our centre events. I have to say that we only seem to attract about 10% of our membership to our events. Where we go wrong, I really don't understand. Those who attend the events always report what a good time was had....come on...why not join us next year? The committee will be meeting again in January to plan a more detailed calendar for the year, so if you have suggestions to make, please let us know. |