Minutes of Meeting 10 October 2016

Leigh on Mendip WI Meeting:  Monday 10 October 2016 at 7.30pm in the Memorial Hall

Barbara welcomed all present including Sandra Ford from County.

Apologies: Anne W, Liz, Gwen, June, Val & Marguerite.

Minutes of Sept meeting:

The minutes having been read by members, were agreed and signed by Barbara as a true record.  

Matters Arising:

Denman Fund Raiser.  Barbara confirmed she will host a Continental Breakfast at her house on Friday 13 January 2017 at 10am – to include coffee, fruit juice, croissants, etc.  Price £5.  Please book in advance.

County AGM – 22 October.  Caroline & Shelagh will attend.  Caroline has received many donations for the shoebox appeal – thank you.  £1 each for Denman dip and Quiz if you want to take part – 4 quiz sheets to be ordered.

Food Waste.  3 members took part in the on-line questionnaire.

Fete Rep.  Hazel confirmed the first meeting is in November and will report back to members afterwards.

Dorothy House.  Following on from the Charity walk (and the talk last month) Caroline confirmed that those taking part gained a Guinness World Record Title  for ‘the largest gathering of people wearing boas’.

Feedback:

Defibrillator Training.  Some WI members attended this village event.  There will be a follow-on meeting giving more ‘hands-on’ training with the defibrillator and using CPR.

Bunting Workshop.  Caroline & Sue R attended.  Enjoyed themselves.

Programme Planning Meeting.  Only Committee members were present.  Hopefully, have put together an interesting Programme for 2017. 

Monthly Coffee and Lunch.  Both of these had been enjoyed.

Group Meeting.  Caroline reported that unfortunately the Hall at Beckington had a power cut so the meeting was conducted by candle light!  There were about 35/40 people and it went very well and members were able to produce some nice food.  The Town Crier from Frome was the speaker.

County News:

Members would like to continue receiving this monthly magazine.

Middle page – photos from our Fashion show.

Christmas Craft Day at Long Sutton on Sat 26 November.

Proposed visit to Houses of Parliament (p6).

Forthcoming Events:

ACWW Coffee Morning.  19 October at Binegar.

Monthly Lunch – Friday 4 November at The Bell.

Coffee Morning – Monday 7 November.

Bishops Palace Craft Days – 4-6 November. £6.

Group Carol Service.  Kilmersdon on Friday 2 December.  Names needed by November meeting.

Christmas Meal – The Bell on Thursday 8 December.  3 courses £19.95, 2 courses £15.95.  Menus and lists available tonight.

Correspondence:

Speakers Preview meeting nr Chard on 31 October.

County Open Gardens next Summer

Leaflet from The Hive in Shepton.  They will be coming to our meeting in November 2017.  Please visit and support them.

Treasurer’s Report:

Bank £1582.98.  Petty Cash £9.77.  This includes the payout from the Fair (£493).  Also includes holding £155 for the Community Coffee Morning and £150 towards a Denman Bursary for any member.

Arrangements for November:

Speaker on ‘Power of Laughter’.  Refreshments:  Sue V & Shelagh.  VOT: Sue R.

Birthdays:

Gill was on 1 Oct.  Margaret 7 Nov and Shelagh 11 Nov.

AOB:

Tree Festival – 10/11 December.  Ideas and volunteers please.  Sue R offered to lead on this project.  CH/MM/SH offered to help.

December Meeting – we will be making Christmas cards.  If anyone has some green material please bring to the November meeting or drop it in at CH or MM’s houses.

Harvest Supper – Sunday 16 October.  Auction to follow supper.  Tickets from Margaret Loten.

Murder Mystery Supper – Saturday 29 October.  Please see Caroline for tickets.

Barbara then introduced our Speaker, Mr Shepherd, who gave a very interesting and amusing talk about his life and his passion for collecting any items ‘that shouldn’t be thrown away’.  He incorporated a fun quiz into his talk and members had to guess singers, music and the cost of some items.

Signed by:             _______________________________________     Date:      _________________