Report of Bude & District U3A AGM October 2011
More
than sixty members attended the October AGM of the Bude & District
U3A. The Chair, Hilary Workman, welcomed everyone
before reading her report, expressing her delight that so many were
present at an AGM. She continued, saying that the Bude group was,
indeed, growing as there were 164 paid up members. She was pleased to
say also that the
number of activity groups had increased to twenty seven, therefore
members had a greater range of interesting subjects from which to
choose in order to pursue their many varied interests. Hilary thanked
all those members
of the committee and others for the work that had been done willingly
and voluntarily that contributed to the success of the Bude U3A. She
assured them it was very much appreciated. Hilary also asked permission
from the
floor for the committee to raise the annual subscription again in 2012,
but ONLY if they deemed it necessary because of the economic climate.
This was passed.
The
chair and members of the committee were re-elected en bloc except for
one who was standing down due to other commitments. After the official
business and ‘over a cup of tea’, John Dabbs showed photographs taken
of some of the group activities, which caused some amusement!
The
meeting finished with a short entertainment called “Bits and Pieces”
provided by members of the Drama, Poetry and Creative
Writing groups and arranged by Lynda Savory. Wendy Jones read Roald’s
version of Goldilocks and the three bears; Jane Maclure read a piece
about the formidable American ladies taking on the war in Afghanistan;
Lynda read
of a family all trying to get in the “The Will” of a relative; Eve
Tilsley then read her own amusing verse about an old lady trying to
look beautiful; Lucille Opie read of a childhood memory and Jane
Maclure read Sheena
Pugh’s lovely poem “Sometimes”.
A short sketch entitled “Car Crash” ended the years AGM.
We would remind people that we have a website where the activity group subjects, photos, programme, and reports can be seen and
anyone who is interested in joining would be warmly welcomed. www.bude&district.co.uk
Eve Tilsley
