Members, I know we would all like to thank Linda for her work as our Co- President and I, personally, give my own thanks for all that she has done in helping and assisting me to take on the role of President. Thank you to Hazel P for monthly Newsletter which she ably produced, and to Vivienne for running the raffle for a number of years. You will be missed by myself and the Committee.
Looking forward I welcome Jacqui and Su as new members on the Committee. Thank you both for volunteering and on behalf of the Committee and myself, a big welcome to you.
Looking forward, as Angie Leech, Co Chair of Surrey Federation of WIs said at our AGM in November this year, we are a lucky WI in that we have a number of you giving your time to run our Groups and get involved in our WI. I hope more of you will be encouraged to join our Groups and to get involved. We can always do with more suggestions for outings and events and do use the comments book which is out at the meetings on one of the tables at the back of the hall.
We are very fortunate to welcome 11 new members this year and as Linda stated in her Farewell, we have a new advert for our WI which we hope will encourage more to come along and consider joining us. If any of you are members of a local organisation that you think might have ladies who might be interested in joining, please get in contact with me or Lee, our website manager and we will provide you with a copy of the advert to circulate.
Looking ahead, it’s our Christmas lunch at the end of November which 34 of us will be attending and then our Christmas party on 4 December. I hope to see you all there.
Best wishes,
Carol