Meeting Reports - 2007
08th May 2007
In May our meeting was open to visitors for our evening with Korky Paul, the children's book illustrator. He is such a lively and enthusiastic speaker which made his presentation about his work very interesting and enjoyable.
He explained how he works on the illustrations for a new book and used his latest Winnie the Witch book - Winnie's New Computer as an example. Detailed slides showed his techniques, the materials he uses and the whole process from start to finish.
Our next meeting on 12th June at 7.30pm. in Southmoor Village Hall is an Open Meeting. There is a charge of £2 for non-members.
Everyone is very welcome to come to hear Chrissie Harper from Stonesfield who works for The Owl Trust. Chrissie will be talking about Owls, Their History, Behaviour and Conservation.
Pat Dando
12th Jun 2007
The meeting on 12th June was an open meeting and as a result was very well attended. We were pleased to welcome some new visitors and quite a large number of members' husbands too.
Our speaker was Chrissie Harper from Stonesfield. Chrissie is the Membership Secretary for the International Owl Society and runs her own owl charity called Chrissie's Owls.
Everyone thoroughly enjoyed a most interesting and entertaining talk about her work by Chrissie who is not only passionate about her work but combines her depth of knowledge with a great deal of humour.
She has a varied collection of hand reared owls and brought three to show us- a Canadian Great Horned Owl, an English Barn Owl and a Little Owl. Each of these had been rescued and taken to Chrissie to be hand reared. As well as taking in injured wild owls and caring for them until they can be returned to the wild, her charity also takes in captive bred owls that need re-homing.
Our next meeting is on Tuesday 10th July at 7.30 pm. in the Village Hall.
We have a speaker coming from TV Energy to talk about Renewable Energy. The theme of this talk will be how making the change now to the increased use of locally derived renewable energy offers the best long term solution to protect our communities and businesses.
Visitors are always very welcome at our meetings.
Pat Dando
09th Oct 2007
Our meeting in September was listed as a ' Surprise Evening ' so no one knew quite what to expect. However, we all enjoyed a most interesting and informative talk by Mary Storrs from Abingdon about the health benefits of the Alexander Technique.
She informed us that the technique is a simple and practical method for self-improvement and self-help from which anyone can benefit. Pat Smith agreed to be Mary's patient for the evening so that we could be shown how the technique and movements work
Hilary reported that 34 shoe boxes have now been filled and wrapped up for Operation Christmas Child and will be despatched in October.
The W.I. made £55.80 for the funds by providing the refreshments at the Gardening Club Annual Show in August. Sue Weaving and Pat Smith are running the cake stall for the Sobell House Gift Fair on 3rd October at Kingston House. Any contributions will be gratefully received by Sue and Pat.
The hand made card competition was won by Edwina Brown and Gita Glidden came second.
The next meeting on 10th October is the Members meeting. A committee lead by Joan Weaving has arranged a complete surprise. New members are always very welcome so do come along to find out more about what our W.I. has to offer. The meeting will be in Southmoor Village Hall at 7.30pm.
Pat Dando per pro Kathy Fletcher
The first meeting of 2007 is 13th February. When the subject is 'Painting on Glass'