The minutes of yesterday's meeting (7 March) are now available from the committee. Email stokeonwriting@gmail.com if you require a copy. Briefly, the meeting agreed on a membership fee of £20 pa with a discount for the unwaged; a minimum age limit of 18 years; to investigate the costs of various projects; and voted in additional committee members. Details of the committee to follow.
We then did what we were there for: several group members read out items for comments -- a mix of short stories and poems.
Future meetings are scheduled for: 4 April, 9 May, 13 June and 4 July. These are all Saturdays. The meetings start at 10.00 a.m. at the Bentilee Community Centre.
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Sunday, 8 March 2009
Sunday, 15 February 2009
SToW -- Minutes
Here is a summary of the minutes of the first Stoke-on-Writing (SToW) meeting, held at the Bentilee Community Centre on Saturday 14 February 2009. Present were: Jan Edwards, Peter Coleborn, Gwyn Booth, Darren Buttery, Martine Iwaszko, Mel Baines, and Amy Shutler on behalf of Bentilee Library.
It was agreed that the group should be constituted so that funding can be sought.
Committee members of the group were elected: Chair – Jan (JE); Secretary – Mel (MB); Treasurer - Darren (DB)
It was agreed that a £20 per year membership fee be charged. Concessions should be available. The fees will refreshments at meetings, help towards costs of workshops, photocopying & stationary
It was decided that while the group was establishing itself the meetings will be monthly on a Saturday morning at Bentilee Neighbourhood Centre.
It was agreed that group members must be aiming towards publication. An age limit of 16 was agreed.
PC offered to create a blog for the group and look at newsletter ideas for the next meeting
It was agreed that group members submit or bring work to be read out at the next meeting; either 2000 words or a max reading time of 15 minutes
It was decided to find out if local book shops would support us.
After a long discussion discussion it was decided that the group should be called Stoke-on-Writing, or SToW for short.
Next meeting: Saturday 7 March 10am at Bentilee Neighbourhood Centre.
Email for the full transscription of the minutes, and for further details.
It was agreed that the group should be constituted so that funding can be sought.
Committee members of the group were elected: Chair – Jan (JE); Secretary – Mel (MB); Treasurer - Darren (DB)
It was agreed that a £20 per year membership fee be charged. Concessions should be available. The fees will refreshments at meetings, help towards costs of workshops, photocopying & stationary
It was decided that while the group was establishing itself the meetings will be monthly on a Saturday morning at Bentilee Neighbourhood Centre.
It was agreed that group members must be aiming towards publication. An age limit of 16 was agreed.
PC offered to create a blog for the group and look at newsletter ideas for the next meeting
It was agreed that group members submit or bring work to be read out at the next meeting; either 2000 words or a max reading time of 15 minutes
It was decided to find out if local book shops would support us.
After a long discussion discussion it was decided that the group should be called Stoke-on-Writing, or SToW for short.
Next meeting: Saturday 7 March 10am at Bentilee Neighbourhood Centre.
Email for the full transscription of the minutes, and for further details.
Saturday, 14 February 2009
First post
Today, the Stoke-on-Writing (StoW) group met at the Bentilee Community Centre, at which we discussed our future. The meeting was very production, the minutes of which will be posted at a later date. The chief actions and decisions were the election of a chair, secretary and treasurer; and of course, the naming of the group.
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