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March 2010 Newsletter
The March Meeting was also the
Annual General Meeting of the club and therefore there was no speaker. However
before the AGM the members enjoyed an excellent lunch before undertaking the
usual activities.
Annual General Meeting.
The annual general meeting was
chaired by the Vice-Chair, Maureen Vickers, as Maureen Heads, Chair of the club,
was recovering from an operation to replace her shoulder joint.
The picture below shows the
current committee members (with the exception of Maureen Heads), namely: Derek
Relf, Irene Johnson, Sylvia Black, Maureen Vickers, Elizabeth Stevens, Rosemary
Bruce and Joyce Lynch.
The meeting included discussions
on the following topics:
- Chair’s Report (presented
by Maureen Vickers on behalf of Maureen Heads)
- Treasurer’s Report
- Social Secretary’s Report
- Health Walks
The result of the monthly
competition was as follows:
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1st Place Eileen Clarke
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2nd Place Lesley Tusley
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3rd Maureen Heads
Eileen was presented with the competition cup and her prize
by Maureen Vickers:
Eileen and Maureen.
The committee for the
forthcoming year was elected. Sylvia Black decided to stand down from the
committee and in her place Dorothy Bird was elected. The positions which each
committee member will hold will be agreed at their first committee meeting.
Dorothy Bird.
Sylvia was presented with a
thankyou gift by Elizabeth Stevens and their picture is below.
Finally it was announced that
Vivian Jackson, who was a founder member of the Welcome Club, was leaving
Spaldwick and moving to Peterborough she would be resigning as a member , but
she wished to remain a “friend” of the club so that she would be able to keep in
touch with all of her old friends. Everyone wished her the very best in her new
home.
 
Sylvia Black and Elizabeth Stevens Vivian
Jackson
Date of Next Meeting.
Due to the Easter break the
school would be closed and therefore there would not be a meeting in April but
this would be replaced by the Mystery Trip.
Forthcoming Events.
23rd March – Health Walk - Brampton riverside.
7th April – Mystery Trip
4th - 8th October - Club Annual
Residential Holiday - Shropshire.
WELCOME CLUB
Newsletter by Mike and Helen Gunn
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