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Hello
Everyone,
Well
here we are in 2012 – have you made any New Year Resolution? In my own WI we have a special member
who is rather elderly and (despite a friend giving her a lift to our meetings)
said last month that she would not renew her subscription. How delighted I was when I eventually
received a return telephone call from her to say she had made a New Year
Resolution and would not be downhearted but looked forward to sharing time with
us all in January. I am sure that
any New Year Resolution made in connection with a decision on our part to
further our WI commitments will be extremely easy to keep. Not so if I make the Resolution to give
up chocolate!!
Congratulations
to Woldingham, Oxshott Village and Kingswood Warren who bravely entered
National Federation of WIs Little Black Dress competition. Although they did not win, the Trustees
were very proud that they entered and I hope to have their dresses on display
at the Annual Council Meeting on 26 March.
Wendy
Davis expressed the wish to step down as Editor of Surrey WI News; but I am
pleased to say is continuing as a Trustee. I am delighted to report that Marion Taylor-Cotter has
agreed to be co-opted onto the Board and has accepted the position of Editor of
Surrey WI News. Marion would be
extremely pleased to hear from any one who would be willing to become an
Assistant Editor to share the workload.
If you would be interested in finding out more about this role, please
contact Jo at SFWI Headquarters and Marion will then telephone you.
HOT OFF THE PRESS
Surrey at Denman 13-16 July
2012
Have
you all completed your Application Forms to share in one of the seven courses
on offer for our special weekend of fun and learning at Denman College?
Please
note that there has been one course change. Sheila Webber, SFWI Denman Representative, has cancelled the
course entitle Sew an Heirloom and
this has been replaced by Exploring Quiet Cotswold Villages
with David Fielding, who I know is a favourite of many of our members. Details will be in Surrey WI News –
please contact Sheila for further information. Please see full list under Projects and Events.
I am looking forward to welcoming you
all to our College on 13 July.
I know we are experiencing a
very sunny winter; but I am imagining you all busy designing and creating a
card in any medium for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. These must be delivered to SFWI Headquarters by 2 March
2012 for a decision to be made as to which card represents our Federation
and is sent to the Queen.
I know Group entries for the
Eileen Bowler Photographic Competition are starting to arrive.
Both the cards and
photographs will be on show at our Annual Council Meeting on 26 March 2012 at
Dorking Halls.
You
will remember that to help Surrey Federation celebrate their 95th
birthday in 2013, WIs who have been formed since 1993 have
received an invitation to create a small piece of embroidery which will be
mounted and framed to join our display at SFWI Headquarters. We have a meeting to discuss this on 21
January 2012. For any WI who
missed the invitation, we have arranged a further meeting on Saturday 31 March 2012 at SFWI
Headquarters 10.30am - 12.30pm for two members to visit and view the current
wallhangings, have a chat and collect a piece of calico. Please contact Jo at SFWI Headquarters if you would like to
help with this project.
Two extra dates for your
diary:-
20 May 2012 – Surrey Federation have been
invited to participate in the first Claremont Community Day being arranged by
the National Trust Claremont Landscape Gardens at Esher. The National Trust want the emphasis to
be on local community; but hopefully
many of you will support this venture.
4 June 2012 – The Trustees are
delighted that we will once again have a presence at the Guildford County
Show. We will be running a marquee
with publications, displays and hands on demonstrations. The organisers are hoping for a Royal
visitor!!
Take
care of each other.
Elizabeth
Fisher
Federation
Chairman 
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