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Members
The home of the Cliff Villages U3A is Harmston Village
Hall, a cosy little hall in a small village situated about the middle
of the cliff villages, so that it's not too far for any of our members
to get at. It meets the requirements of our U3A admirably except in one
rather important way - it's not very big and has a limited capacity -
so, if we want all our members to be able to attend our monthly meetings
we have to restrict membership to 150.
The result of this is that ever since the Cliff Villages
U3A Group was formed there has been an ever growing waiting list to join.
In the middle of 2006 the committee decided to introduce
provisional membership.
People on the waiting list were invited to join as provisional members;
they will remain on the waiting list until they reach the top and a vacancy
becomes available when they will then be offered full membership. If they
accept they will become full members, if they decline they will be removed
from the waiting list and will no longer be provisional members.
Provisional members will pay a reduced annual subscription which includes
the contribution to U3A Head Office and will be covered by U3A member
insurance.
They are able to join Interest Groups if there is room but will not be
able to attend the Friday monthly meetings in Harmston Village Hall.
Provisional Member Meetings
Provisional Member meetings were held during 2007 on
17th January, 27th April, 24th August and 24th October
However, the interest in these meetings seems to have dwindled and it
looks like the meetings will only be held as a social get together every
six months. decision after the AGM |
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Winter Exhibition
The Neighbourhood Group, comprising Lincoln,
Branston, Cliff Villages, Welton, Gainsborough and the new Witham, combined
forces to put on a Winter Exhibition in Welton Village Hall on Saturday
16th February.
From tentative beginnings we were eventually overwhelmed by the support
we received from each U3A. Not only were the exhibits of a wonderfully
high standard but the general air of enjoyment, creativeness and friendship
pervaded the various Halls which were in use.
In one room, mahjong was demonstrated, bridge and scrabble were played
and Walking and Outings were on display for the encouragement of new entries.
In the Main Hall there were continuous Power Point presentations, featuring
Art, Church Visits, Travel and Industrial Archaeology. There was music,
embroidery, box making, parchment craft, pottery, photography and history
plus many other stalls of interest from gardening to The Lincoln Mystery
Plays.
Everything was there to tempt the eye and wonder at the incredible expertise
shown by the demonstrators and participants.
In the afternoon in a further Hall, there was a concert given by our Cliff
Villages Singing for Fun group, Poetry Reading, Old Time Music Hall Singing,
Creative Writing Story Reading and lastly Circle Dancing.
From 11a.m. until 3.30p.m. it was all GO! Thanks were given to Welton
U3A for the organisation but a most especial thanks must go to all the
six U3A's who took part so joyfully and in doing so had so much fun and
learnt so much.
With thanks to all and encouragement to other Neighbourhood Groups to
have as much enjoyment as we did.
Rosemary King
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Awards For All Grant
We were recently awarded a grant of several thousand
pounds which has enabled us to buy and install in our meeting hall, a
sound reinforcement system which has made it that we can now actually
hear what our speakers are saying without having to set our hearing aids
to squeal mode.
We have also purchased a laptop computer, projector and necessary software
and display equipment so that our groups can produce presentations for
use at group meetings.
This kit enabled us to produce presentations on our Armchair Travel, Art
and Exploring Churches groups to show at the Neighbourhood Winter Exhibition
at Welton
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