Minutes of Scribblers meeting held on 4 December 2018
Present: Dave, Tony, Beryl, Steve, Liz, Kay, Derek, Georgina, Hazel,
Anne, Liliane, Jane, Cathy
Apologies: Jim
Business:
Dick’s funeral is at 2pm, Walton Church, Thursday 6 December. Dick’s
nominated charities were Cancer Research UK and Each. Agreed that Scribblers
will donate £50 to each of them, with members free to make additional personal
donations if they so wish. These to be to the Co-operative Funeral directors in
Walton.
Cathy becoming third cheque signatory. She and Beryl to liaise and
organise this before the next meeting.
Request for phone numbers to add to membership details. Cathy reported a
good response from regular attendees.
Scribblers’ display in the library in the run up to the 2019 Felixstowe
Book Festival. Cathy has raised this with Steph, the library manager, and this
was the response: ‘No problem, we’ll have a big display for the Book
Festival so a Scribblers and OWL display will fit in nicely.’
Scribblers’ involvement with the FBF. Firstly, Cathy reported her email
conversation with Meg regarding the war theme mentioned in the previous
minutes. Meg really would like to pursue the Felixstowe connections to the
second would war theme in 2019 given that it will be 80 years since it started.
She would be delighted if anyone wanted to research and lead the theme. Her
idea is that the FBF could perhaps dedicate a session to the result/ have a
display over the weekend/ see if we could produce a booklet – a lady named
Julia Jones has suggested the booklet idea and she has a press (Golden Duke).
Secondly, Meg has asked how Scribblers would like to be involved with the
festival. Agreed that members will bring their thoughts/ideas to our meeting on
18 December.
Readings of homework:
The topic was ‘They didn’t even care’. Of the thirteen members present,
eleven had produced stories, and what tales they were. Funny, serious, thought
provoking, we had them all, and one or two of them elicited lively debate on
some of the tougher concerns of our time, e.g. immigration, slave labour,
homelessness.
Anne – The hayloft
Liliane – The world out there
Steve – Who cares?
Dave – Journey into grief
Hazel – Christmas Eve at about 10pm
Jane – The lucky ones
Georgina – The spice of life
Kay – Did they really care?
Liz – Struggling with thoughts
Tony – Cappa City
Derek – The hall
Post Christmas meal:
During the coffee break Liz distributed menus from the White Horse Pub
for our perusal. She has eaten there recently, and recommends it as a venue.
Our menu choices need to be sent to the pub in advance of the meal (no deadline
set at present). To that end Liz suggested that her personal email be
circulated to members so that they can contact her direct with their choices.
Final details will be given at our next meeting on 18 December.
Next meeting:18 December, when we have our Christmas party/get
together. Each of us to bring a small plate of nibbles/snacks etc. Before we
enjoy them, there will be homework readings, (short stories of maximum 500
words please) and the topic is ‘That smell reminds me of …’
