Meeting Reports - 2011
08th Nov 2011Ann Lattimore's talk at our November meeting proved to be both hugely entertaining and thought- provoking. As she said herself, she's not the sort of person you imagine to be doing a bike ride, let alone for charity, but we all agreed that what she's done is an inspiration to us all.... it just goes to show what you can do if you put your mind to it.
Our Christmas Party will be on Tuesday 13th December, at the usual time of 7.30pm. The committee will have planned some lovely festive food, and all are welcome, even if you are not yet a member. Do please though, get in touch if you'd like to come as we'll need a rough idea of numbers for catering. There won't be a meeting in January, as we will be having our Annual Dinner instead.
Don’t forget that all our meetings take place on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm in Southmoor Village Hall. We have our own website www.bagpuizewi.co.uk which has loads of information on it about what we get up to, photos of events we've been involved in, details of all our future meetings, and links to other websites which may be of interest.
Mel Gulliford
11th Oct 2011We had a real treat in store at our October meeting; Irene Tyack, who owns the Yellow Hat Tribe Gallery out near Stow-on-the-Wold, entertained us with tales from her childhood, and how she ended up painting pictures of little people wearing yellow hats! We were in stitches from start to finish of her talk, and I for one thought she was one of the best speakers we've had this year.
Our November meeting will be on Tuesday the 8th (put the date in your diaries!), when a lady called Ann Latimore will be coming to talk to us about 'Bike Riding for Charity – Life begins at 55!'... sounds intriguing. Do come along and join us if you haven't already – visitors pay just £3 on the night...we have a small raffle each month, and a book-swap stall.
Don’t forget that all our meetings take place on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm in Southmoor Village Hall. Jill Muir has been hard at work updating our website - www.bagpuizewi.co.uk which has loads of information on it about what we get up to, details of all our future meetings, and links to other websites which may be of interest.
Mel Gulliford
13th Sep 2011Many thanks are overdue to Angela and Doug Ovenden, who kindly let us have the use of their beautiful garden for our WI garden party back in July; the weather was a little chilly, but we all enjoyed a challenging gardening quiz set by Sue Melling, and a delicious spread provided by the Committee.
We had a very interesting talk at our September meeting about Papua New Guinea, and in particular about the Huli Wigmen. If you have access to a computer be sure to Google them as their way of life and culture is fascinating.
Did you know for instance that the men live separately from the women, in their own huts? I think they’re onto something there!
Our October meeting will have a slightly different slant to it, as it’s the turn of the Members to organise a speaker and run the meeting. It’s also the Committee’s chance to have a night off and kick-back and relax.
Don’t forget that all our meetings take place on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm in Southmoor Village Hall, and don’t forget to check out our very own website - http://www.bagpuizewi.co.uk that gives details of all our future meetings, photographs of visits we’ve been on, and links to the NFWI website, amongst others. You can also follow what we get up to on Facebook.
Mel Gulliford
10th May 2011We had a very varied May meeting; we discussed the Resolutions for our delegate to vote on at the Annual Conference in June, and with the formal side of things over, we sat back and listened to Julia Sharpe talk about ‘PAT’ dogs (Pets as Therapy)…. she’d brought along her golden Lab called Teddy, who wandered around our members who made a tremendous fuss of him and then proceeded to sit on their feet! I think I speak for the majority of us when I say that we all wanted to take him home.
PAT dogs (and their owners) visit people in residential homes, hospitals, hospices and even work with Psychotherapists, in this case to help people overcome their phobias. The idea is to give temporary, but consistent contact with the dog, and has been proven to help lower stress levels and blood pressure. It was fascinating to hear about the scheme, which is entirely voluntary and relies on public donations.
Our meeting in June takes place on Tuesday the 14th, and we will be hearing about ‘The Yellow Hat tribe’ which you may have heard about. Come along and find out more!
Don’t forget that all our meetings take place on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm in Southmoor Village Hall, and don’t forget to check out our very own website - www.bagpuizewi.co.uk that gives lots of details of all our future meetings, photographs of visits we’ve been on, and links to the NFWI website, amongst others. You can also follow what we get up to on Facebook.
Mel Gulliford
08th Mar 2011Our Annual Meeting took place on 8th March and we now have 3 more members on our Committee, so expect great things this year!
We’re hoping to get our programme into places like the Log Cabin, and the Post Office very soon, so watch out for that; hopefully there’ll be something for everyone, and we’re kicking off our meeting on the 12th April with a talk from a lady about house-swapping. We’re planning a big garden party in July, so keep watching out for more details nearer the time.
We will of course be planning some additional outings this year, including one to Kelmscott Manor, the country home of William Morris. We’ve had a couple of visits to Bicester Avenue too, and we may well visit there again.
Don’t forget that all our meetings take place on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm in Southmoor Village Hall, and don’t forget to check out our very own website - www.bagpuizewi.co.uk that gives lots of details of all our future meetings, photographs of visits we’ve been on, and links to the NFWI website, amongst others. You can also follow what we get up to on Facebook.
Mel Gulliford
08th Feb 2011At our February meeting we were entertained in grand fashion by Chloe Lees of The Midnight Storytellers, who told us 3 stories based around the theme of ‘Love and Chocolate’. I don’t think I’ve ever seen our members so quiet!! You could have heard a pin drop in the village hall, as Chloe literally had us in the palm of her hand.
Our Annual Meeting takes place on Tuesday 8th March. This is where members have the chance, if they haven’t done so already, to nominate their friends to stand for Committee. Its not a foregone conclusion that the current Committee will be re-elected, but if members don’t get their votes in they can’t stand for election!
The current Committee have been working very hard on the Programme for next year’s meetings, and we think we’ve got a bit of something for everyone. However, for those of you who remember the film ‘Calendar Girls’ we haven’t got any speakers talking about the history of tea-towels, or the benefits of broccoli!!
On Thursday 10th March, we’ll be hosting the ‘Big Brew’at the KBS Café - an event being organised by Traidcraft to promote Fairtrade products (taking place during Fairtrade Fortnight),which highlights the challenges faced by producers in developing countries and in particular the plight of beekeepers. This will be temporarily replacing the normal KBS Café, so it will be starting a little later at 9.30am until 12 noon. We will be having a raffle, and various Traidcraft goodies will be available for sampling! Hope to see you there!
Don’t forget that all our meetings take place on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm in Southmoor Village Hall, and don’t forget to check out our very own website - www.bagpuizewi.co.uk that gives lots of details of all our future meetings, photographs of visits we’ve been on, and links to the NFWI website, amongst others. You can also follow what we get up to on Facebook.
Mel Gulliford
