Secretary's Report

First of all I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and hope that you all had a good holiday break.

We finished 2010 on a low note due to the weather. Our last meeting had to cancelled and therefore we did not get to have our little Christmas gathering. We will have to make up for that in the New Year.

Our membership and meeting attendance fluctuated during the year with some of our members having work commitments and others having achieved success (Ruth being one) in their writing and having to devote more time to the cause.

We have had several new members join the group and stay with us but we would look forward this year to encouraging a few more of our local budding writers to attend a meeting and hopefully be encouraged to join us.

The committee will be shrinking by one and a half (the half being Ruth, who has said if no-one wishes to take on the job of Social Secretary, she would gladly work with someone).

So there it is, Peter, our Treasurer will be unable to say exactly when he will attend our meetings so will be stepping down.

We now have the task of filling that role and that of Social Secretary. This report will be going onto the Weblog, together with any names that might have been put forward at the meeting.

Dave, our Web-Scribe, is unfortunately unable to be here tonight due to ill health, so we wish him well soon. He will be carrying on the good work for 2011.

Barry