Introduction We have reached an important stage in the development of SUES. The Society has been kept going throughout the months of Covid restrictions by means of this FORUM and several Zoom meetings. Recently we ventured out for a face-to-face gathering – in the open air. You will find a report on this below. We…
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Introduction We are reaching the end of what has been a strange year, with an Annual General Meeting looming, which will confirm the administrative and policy basis for the coming year. Information concerning the AGM is given below, and as it will also contain a social element we hope members will feel encouraged to attend.…
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Introduction In this edition we hold out some prospects for future face-to-face meetings, while at the same time maintaining the online links that have kept us alive as an organisation in the last year. If it is to be ‘business as usual’ from September onwards, the underpinning administrative structure will be endorsed at our proposed…
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Introduction Welcome to edition number 18 of SUES FORUM. As the signs of Spring are here amongst us, perhaps we can assume a feeling of optimism; that the restrictions, which have so much limited our lives and activities, have an end in sight. We are daring to hope that we may be able to arrange…
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Present – Alan Potter (Chair), Peter Firth, Roger Mitchell, Bob Neate, John Sharp The meeting took place via Zoom. Minutes The minutes of the Committee Meeting on 12th February were approved. Matters Arising The Secretary reported that, as agreed at the previous Committee meeting, Peter represented the Society at Hazel’s funeral, a tribute to her…
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Present – Peter Firth, Bob Neate, Roger Mitchell, Alan Potter, John Sharp The meeting took place via Zoom. Death of Chairman The Committee and indeed the whole membership of the Society were deeply saddened by the sudden and unexpected death of the Chairman. Hazel’s funeral will take place at St Helen’s Church Crosby at 11.30am…
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Present – Hazel Fort (Chairman), Peter Firth, Bob Neate, Roger Mitchell, Alan Potter, John Sharp The meeting took place via Zoom. The Secretary apologised for the failure to produce and circulate an agenda but thanks to better organised members, an effective agenda was produced at the meeting. Website Update Alan reported that he had sufficient…
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Present – Hazel Fort (Chairman), Peter Firth, Bob Neate, Roger Mitchell, Alan Potter, John Sharp The meeting took place via Zoom. Minutes from previous Committee Meeting on Tuesday 13th October were corrected and approved. Matters Arising Headed Notepaper – In the short term, the Society will continue to use John Sharp’s stencil, but as part…
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Introduction We are grateful to Peter Firth for representing SUES at the funeral of Hazel Fort and include in this edition his report on that event. Roger Mitchell’s six-session course on Travellers was completed on 7th March and it followed the third of our Friday afternoon meetings. All these have been delivered by Zoom and…
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Introduction The recent death of Hazel Fort, chair of SUES since 2016, is a huge loss to the society. We begin this edition with tributes to her. As she would have wished, our scheduled meetings have been and are continuing, as described below. The committee made a unanimous decision to appoint Alan Potter as chair…
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