HARDINGTON AND PENDOMER WI
MINUTES OF THE MONTHLY MEETING HELD ON
11th March 2009 at 7.45 pm in the Village Hall
Present: 28 members
President Jenny Dodd welcomed the members to the meeting and informed them that the Business would take place first followed by Fun and Games, the theme of this month’s meeting.
Apologies: Mary Spilsbury, Isabel Platten, Elaine Gilmore, Audrey Marsh, June Chivers, Helen Parrott and Phyllis Leach.
Birthday Posies: Amy Knight, Audrey Marsh, Liz Brown, Gillian Bysouth, Jayne Jones and Judy Tucker.
Minutes of the last Meeting on 11th February: These were approved and signed and a copy had been put on the Notice Board for members to read.
Matters Arising:
Letters to and from NFWI regarding M&S Ladies’ Night – Jenny read out to the members the disappointingly unsupportive reply to her letter she had received from Jana Osborne, General Secretary of NFWI. She also pointed out an item from the March edition of County News written by the Somerset Federation Chairman Thelma and the Board of Trustees. In this article it was stated that a WI had recently infringed the rule regarding the organisation of fund raising events for other non related charities. It was obvious that, although not mentioned by name, they were referring to Hardington and Pendomer WI. As a result Jenny said that she had rung Jana and at the same time sent her an email with a copy of the of the County News article. Jana had been been very helpful and supportive on the phone and suggested that Jenny ring Thelma to try to come to a satisfactory solution. When Jenny spoke to Thelma she found her very conciliatory. They both made their views known and she did accept that we were doing everything correctly – it appears it is a grey area. Jenny went on to say that she felt that National had definitely intervened even though they were not telling us. They decided that it was best to leave the past behind and make a fresh start.
Jenny told the members that she felt that it would be a suitable gesture to offer two M&S Ladies’ Night tickets to the Federation and that she would write to Jana to thank her for all her help.
Treasurer’s Report:
Sally told the meeting that out of the profit made from the Village Breakfast £200 had been donated to the Village Hall and £200 to the Church Fabric Fund. Letters of thanks had been received. The remaining £156 would go to our own WI Funds.
700 M&S Ladies Night tickets were believed to have been sold. As a result of the large number attending the doors would open at 7.00pm instead of 7.30pm. Models had been asked to be at the store at 5pm on Tuesday 15th March to choose their outfits.
Sally reminded the members that out of the £29 subscription £6.12 goes to the Somerset Federation, £10.26 to National and our own WI keeps £12.62.
Correspondence:
- March County News – Hardington and Pendomer mentioned in “News from our Institutes”.
- NFWI Raffle tickets for sale or return.
- Nomination form for SCFWI Board of Trustees. Form to be returned by 30th April. Anyone interested in standing to let Rachel know.
Event Boards:
- Group Quiz – Wednesday 22nd April at Haselbury Plucknett.
- Spring Roadshows – The two nearest are to be held at Wincanton on Tuesday 28th April and Otterford on Friday 8th May
- Group Annual Meeting – Wednesday 20th May at East Chinnock at 7.30 pm
- Pot Luck Supper – 8th April Birthday Party
- Activity Groups – Ten Pin Bowling and Bridge.
Awards for All:
It was suggested that Hardington and Pendomer make a joint application with the Garden Club. However the members decided that at the moment there was not enough time or commitment to do this.
Carnival Float:
Jenny said that the Committee had thought that the members might like to do a Float again this year. The members agreed. Elaine would coordinate and Brenda Bickerton, Margaret Partridge and Joan Whiteman agreed to join the sub committee to help with the organisation.
Setting up of Interest Groups and Activity Days:
Progress was going well. The Walking Group was due to meet at 1.30pm on Friday 13th March for a walk to East Chinnock and back. The Theatre Group was going to the Swan Theatre in July and the Book Club was under way. The Lunch Bunch had had two outings so far.
M&S Ladies’ Night Update:
This had already been discussed under the Treasurer’s Report
Any Other Business:
Angela reported that she had at last secured a place on a course at Denman College.
Congratulations to Val and Peter Radford who celebrated their Golden Wedding earlier this month..
Yeovil Wraxhill WI had a spare ticket for the Ann Widdecombe evening.
The Flower of the Month Competition:
This month the competition was won by Carol Vallis
Date of the next Meeting:
Wednesday 8th April. Birthday Party.
After the business the members took part in Fun and Games organised by Jayne Jones and Carol Vallis. While enjoying the refreshments provided by Angela Brooks and Sue Phillips everyone had to guess the name which had been put on their back then find the other part of their duo. There were also two quizzes - guessing the answers to ten aeriel photos of places in South Somerset and “Name the Celebrity”.
The meeting closed at 10 pm.