A message from our chairman, Stuart Chapman
Hi All
Well, we now have the 2021/22 under way. The first meeting rather informal was attended by Zoom. There was a fair bit of discussion the main focus raised by the members was, when will we start meeting in person? When starting to plan this year the number of cases was on the increase, especially down here, so we looked at the use of Zoom, but now the trend is reversed we can think of meeting again in person.
So to be democratic I emailed all the members for their thoughts. The response from our 41 paid up members was
Yes.....21
No .....5
Even if all those who didn't vote, voted no, it would still be a majority for the Yes vote.
So how do we put this in practise.
The hall is large enough to have chairs spaced apart, Members can wear masks and hand sanitiser will be available. For the time being we will not serve drinks so please fetch your own. The one prerequisite is that a negative lateral flow test has been done day of the meeting. All our speakers and judges for the remainder of this year are being done by Zoom, so those not attending will still be able to join in.
With these points in mind, we are going for the 4th October as our start up meeting in person. If you have any thoughts please get back by return.
Finally, also on Monday we had a showing of the International Competition which we won. Thanks to Alex for sharing this.
Next week we have a talk from Sheila Haycox. This is on Monday 27th September via Zoom.
Take Care
Stuart