Ealing

INFORMATION

EALING and District U3A ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING for 2024

The Annual General Meeting of the Ealing and District u3a was held on Thursday, 21 March 2024 at Ealing Green Church and on Zoom with the following matters resolved.

1. The Minutes of 2023 Annual General Meeting held on 23 March 2023 were approved - click on the link to view the Minutes

2. Derek Atkinson, Co-Vice Chair gave the Annual Report 2023-24 (for the period April 2023 - March 2024) which was approved - click on the link to view the report

3. Liz Major, Treasurer presented the Treasurers Report 2023 and Annual Accounts for the year ending 31 December 2023 which were approved - click on the link to view the report. The Annual Accounts were available to members for the meeting; if you would like to see a copy of these, please email the Treasurer. There are also Pie charts showing the Income for 2023 and Expenditure for 2023 - click on the links to view these.

4. Colin Easton was re-appointed as Accounts Examiner for 2024

5. The Ealing u3a Committee for 2024-25 was elected and the roles of the new Committee are shown below.

6. There was no Any Other Business, as none had been notified to the Secretary beforehand.

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EALING u3a COMMITTEE for 2024-25

The Committee has now held it's first meeting and the positions for this year have been decided as follows:

  • Chair - Jill Stern +
  • Vice-Chair - Derek Atkinson +
  • Secretary - vacant at present
  • Treasurer - Liz Major +
  • Groups Co-ordinator - Sue Peach +
  • Membership admin - Lyn Duffus (co-opted)
  • Webmaster & Beacon Admin - Phil Broomsgrove +
  • Deputy Webmaster & Beacon Admin - Jurek Narozanski (special expertise)
  • Committee Member - Jenny Sturt + (responsibility for Communications/Planning and other matters)
  • Committee Member - Jim McWilliams + (responsibility for Summer Picnic and other matters)
  • Tea Parties organisation - Julia Buckland (co-opted)
  • New Members liaison - Margaret Procter (special expertise)
  • Talks Arrangement - Patricia Plummer (special expertise)

Where indicated (+) these are full members of the Committee as elected at the 2024 AGM.

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Ealing U3A Policy documents

There are a number of Policy Documents relating to the way that Ealing U3A is run; these are:

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EALING u3a NEWSLETTER

Introduced during the Covid pandemic, our u3a Ealing News bulletin is very popular and will continue as a monthly publication for the time being.

We are always looking for more members to get involved in the production of this bulletin, or to write an article for it. Anyone with appropriate experience (e.g. journalism, publicity, magazine production) would be particularly welcome but enthusiasm and a willingness to help are just as important. If you are interested, contact the Vice-Chair, Derek Atkinson as soon as possible.

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CARING FOR OUR MEMBERS

The Committee is very aware that many of our members live alone and, like us all, are ‘getting on in years’. We were very glad that, for many years, John Deighton took on the role of Almoner for our u3a and he kept in touch with members who were sick or house-bound, either by telephone or by sending a card.

Unfortunately, with John's death in 2021, this position is now vacant. If you feel you would be prepared to take on this role, please get in touch with our Vice-Chair, Derek Atkinson to discuss this.
Of course, we will not know who is sick or house-bound unless someone informs him so, if you know of any member who is in the situation, please contact Derek at the moment and he will see what can be done to help.