Having completed three years as membership Secretary I will be handing over the records,
on December 1st, to Barbara Peel who was elected as the new Membership Secretary
at the AGM.
During the year ended August 31 2007 233 membership enquiries were received and processed
and of these 140 took up membership. Each year we lose a few of our existing members
for a variety of reasons and replace them with new members.
When I took over the role in 2004 we had 456 members. The current round of subscription
receipts is nearing completion and I anticipate that by December 1st we will have
590 to 600 paid-up members, the average increase being 45 a year. Concerns over managing
a membership of 1000+ seem to be some way in the future but I am sure the committee
will find ways of coping with this situation when it arises.
It is pleasing to note that over 40% of our members now have e-mail access, adding
considerably to our means of communication.
Betty Mallinson
After refusing a lunch stop when requested by group members, walk leader Daphne Fisher, 35, was frogmarched to Clint and held in the stocks for several hours. One member, 102, who didn’t wish to be identified said, “I think this is a salutary lesson and shows that leaders must respond to the wishes of members. We can’t have them telling us what to do and when.”
Unfortunately as lunch had already been taken there were no squashed tomatoes and rotten eggs available for the traditional fun.
After her release Mrs Fisher, 52, muttered as she walked away, “They will regret this. My next walk includes 72 stiles and an acre of mud.” One unidentified member was heard to remark, “So what’s new?”
A Staff Reporter
Daphne Fisher pleads for her release
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A Warning to Group Leaders
