CALDER NORTHERN GROUP
TRAIN ORDERS March 2018
Greetings,
Our February meeting was a resounding success. 29 members and guests plus 10 ladies who enjoyed their champagne, strawberries and chocolates! It was good to see so many people for this event and hopefully we can do the same next time.
I would like to thank all those who donated the wonderful prizes, spent their money buying tickets and helped make this an enjoyable day. I have received a couple of messages saying that it was good to see a Calder Northern event with an atmosphere similar to the meets held a while back at Broadheath. The raffle takings (tickets sold) amounted to £225 and Mike Lenz will give more detail on this at the AGM on 17th March. A big thank you must go to John & Mary Hey for their organising of ticket sales and the actual raffle itself. What would we do without John’s calling out the tickets!
A thank you email from Wendy Coates has been received but unfortunately I have deleted that message in error – apologies everyone. Wendy was very touched by the thought to present her with a framed photo of a loco and freight cars which had belonged to her late husband Michael and appreciated it being taken in front of the building we have named in his memory.
Our AGM is on the 17th at 11am and if you have any items for consideration on the agenda can you please let Terry know by Wednesday 14th March. In addition any nominations for committee can be sent to Terry before the same date.
If you are unable to attend our AGM meeting can you please advise Terry so that he can add your name to those who will be absent on the day?
I already have Tom Griffiths and Dave Gunn on that list !
Please note that following the AGM on the 17th there will be Railroad type Quiz organised by Len & David Ford. So get your thinking caps on see if you can win one of the prizes!
The meeting with the Trust regarding our annual rent was as previously advised completed but we needed to await formal agreement after the Trust meeting had taken place. That meeting did discuss our agreement and we understand the rent would be set at £700 for the next two years plus we would pay £50 for our Group membership. We have not received formal notification of this as yet!
Our Chairman Tony Gath has agreed to organise future clinics, presentations, “show & tell” sessions for members and if anyone wishes to volunteer to hold one of these then please do speak with Tony.
See you all on the 17th hopefully when you can hear more about our group activities.
Terry Wynne
Secretary
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