Hope this email finds you well and that the encroaching dark nights are not affecting you too much.
Our AGM is scheduled for next week and although we don't have a speaker we hope you will take this opportunity to come along and meet the Group Leaders. They are so important to the u3a.You never know you may find another activity to while away the hours.
Our meeting is at the usual time of 10.30am and doors to the Loom open at 0945am. Come along and have a brew and a biscuit. Also its FREE entry you just need to sign in. Voting is done by waving your agenda.
AGM is at the Loom on Parliament Square Oldham {usual venue}.
Looking forward to seeing you all and also looking to seeing if any other activities take my fancy.
James Royales prepares to stand for Chairman
Janice McKeown prepares to stand for Secretary
Lorna Le Fevre prepares to stand for Membership Secretary.
Graeme Horn prepares to stand for Vice Chair
Kevin Birch will continue to stand for Treasurer
Plus 7 candidates ensuring that we have our 12 members of the committee
Thank you for stepping forward to keep the u3a alive and kicking and ensuring that we all have a place to come to and enjoy the activities on offer.
After the AGM please stay around and meet the Group Leaders who do a sterling job at providing us with activities and me with my dinners.
Do any of your U3A members enjoy live Jazz music? If so, I’m sure they would enjoy a visit to the ‘not-for-profit’ Eagley Jazz Club! Located in Bolton, we’re widely considered one of the best jazz clubs in the North West, run entirely by volunteers. We specialise in New Orleans and melodic jazz styles, popular with the U3A member demographic! If any of your group leaders or members would like to organise a group visit, we can reserve block seating for them. Many of our regulars have been with our friendly community of music lovers for over 30 years and enjoy the region’s most popular jazz bands in our comfortable, recently refurbished, ground-floor venue, which has a large, free car park. We sincerely hope that some of your members would like to visit us for an exciting evening of Jazz and entertainment!
.....and here are some events you can attend on offer by Todmorden u3a
North West Region invite you to join us for…..
Manchester Geological Association Event
On Saturday September 19th the Manchester Geological Association will be holding an Introduction to Geology event.
As with the previous event, and a successful course at this year’s NW u3a Summer School, it is aimed at the amateur geologist, both the established amateur and those totally new to the subject.
It will be held at the University of Manchester Williamson Building, 176 Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9QQ.
There is no charge for the event and there will be complimentary refreshments.
Princess Grace Suite first floor - there's a lift.
Getting there- Free parking at the back of the Grand.
Local and Regional buses stop outside on Lord Street
Southport u3a members will collect visitors from Southport Train Station or 10-minute walk(Please advise if you need collecting from the station and provide mobile number)
Agenda Activities
11.00 -11.30. Welcome & Refreshments
11.30 -12.30. Outside the Box Group Activity & Feedback
1.00 - 2.00 Lunch (choice of Beef Bourguignon or Vegetable Lasagne)
2.00 – 2.30 Trust Exploration Questions & Answers
2.30 onwards Working Together & Ice Cream
Who's Invited - Valued NW Regional members who want to be involved in our future.
Cost - £21.00 a head to include lunch, tea and coffee and afternoon ice cream.
Thanks to everyone that supports the committee this is well and truly appreciated.
Our Treasurer Kevin has been working tirelessly in the background to{whilst on holiday in France) ensure that the u3a in Oldham doesn't fold. National Office have given him permission to co-opt 3 people to ensure that the meetings are quorate. However as one of the surviving members was already co-opted this means that Kevin could only co opt 2 .
Out of the others that have applied for committee through nominations they will be elected at October's AGM.
Although we have had 6 people who have come forward to be nominated for committee life this still is not enough. Ideally we need 12 members on the committee and so far once nominations are complete we will have 9.
If you have been on the committee recently and have resigned you cannot be be re-elected until a year has passed.
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Come forward and help please!!! Out of all our members and there are 670 of us surely there are a few who would like to give the committee a helping hand.
