Hitchin

Members Area

HITCHIN u3a committee for 2023/24 is :

Chairman - Heidi Ebrahim, contact 07974 374106
Vice Chairman - Carol Mascarenhas
Treasurer - Margaret Hughes (& Beacon)
Business Secretary - Anne Rapley
Membership Sec - Diana Lowe (& Reception)
Members -June Young (Volunteers Organiser)
.Maggie Killingbeck
.June Parker (Hall Bookings and Assistant Group Secretary)
.Maggie Bedingfield (Programme Secretary)
Co-Opted Members - Barbara Allison (Minute Taker)
.Alisa Elder-Vass (Membership Assistant)
Friends of the Committee - Steve Pullinger (Equipment Manager)
.Tony Russell
Website Editor- Carol Ingham

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STOP PRESS - Keeping in Touch
Check out the latest edition of our Hitchin u3a newsletter by clicking on the link in the right hand column.

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Membership Subscriptions 2024

For people wishing to join Hitchin u3a, please click on Membership Application Form and follow instructions on the form.
For existing members, please renew as soon as possible if you haven’t already done so. But of course we will always
welcome you back if you decide to re-join us at a later date.
The rate this year is £20 for an individual member and £16.50 for Associate members (a member of another u3a.) Please let us know the name of this u3a

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Coffee morning 2 COFFEE MORNINGS AT THE WETHERSPOON PUB IN SUN STREET Coffee morning in the Winter
These are held on the Mondays in between the Speaker Meetings and are a chance to meet up with friends or get to know other members in an informal setting. We are in the open air in the Secret Garden at the back but there is cover in case of inclement weather. If you have not joined us before, why not give it a try? Here are a few pictures to tempt you.

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Volunteers As you can see, in many cases, the members of your committee are doubling up on duties. Mary in particular would like support in managing the groups, but we are always looking for support with the Reception, Hospitality, Roadies, website support and the myriad tasks that keep your u3a running.

If you would like to volunteer in any these tasks, even on an ad hoc basis, or are able to provide specialist support to help run YOUR u3a, please let any of the above know.

-'many hands make light work’

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Group Leaders - Incidents Involving u3a Members
In the unfortunate event that there is an incident involving a u3a member in your group then this MUST be reported. National u3a has devised a standard form to report such incidents. Please use the link on the top right of this page to print off a copy of the form, complete and pass to a member of the committee for u3a records.

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COPYRIGHT
Some groups have expressed concern about the issue of copyright, particularly when it is so easy to download data off the internet. There are many copyright laws relating to, amongst others, books, journals, magazines, maps and newspapers; photographs, digital images, films and videos; recorded music, lyrics, composed music, recorded sound & artwork and sheet music.

Using includes : photocopying, scanning, downloading and public performance e.g. showing a film, singing/playing live music, performing live drama or musicals.

u3a has a number of licences which cover groups for much of the day-to-day usage of copyrighted material. For detailed information please click Copyright and Licences.

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