Busy meeting

The local WI enjoyed a very busy March meeting. Gill Robinson started the evening as our speaker with the title “Don’t go breaking your heart...” She gave a lively presentation which included a guide to staying steady and useful chair exercises. It is never too soon to start. The committee revealed plans for a new noticeboard in the town, a summer barn dance and a member volunteered to hold a garden party in August. The implications on our finances of a group outing to a vineyard as this year’s Denman bursary were considered and it was decided to enquire into a course with a silversmith from Claydon which would not be so expensive and more truly educational. Ruth Wilkinson gave a brief report on the Investigation and Discovery Day which had been attended by several of the members. They had learned a lot and as usual enjoyed the day. Angela O’Dell had written a letter to the Blood Donors administration to express our doubts about the wisdom of using a drinks machine at the sessions instead of the WI serving them as it has done for years and years. Ideas were sought on the design of the BFWI pennant for 2020 and members were happy to let the Craft group make it however they liked, or words to that effect! Four members have begun to think about a WI entry to the competition at the County Show but considered the schedule very prescriptive this year. We heard about a planned Keep Winslow Tidy session in association with the Big Society and the Town Council. We voted for the NFWI trustees.
All this activity meant that we had to defer until next time Helen Zaremba’s planned introduction to the Winslow WI website. It was satisfying to think over the meeting and to realise that the members had covered all three levels of the WI in one way or another which makes one feel a part of the whole organisation.
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