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Newsletter December-1 TASC Newsletter 1.12.24 Dear All, Our AGM on 14th November 2024 This went off very well last month as above. You will remember that it took place after, and not before, the evening’s Lecture because our speaker needed to catch a complex series of trains to get back to Oxford. As this was the first event I had attended in person for six months because of my knee injury, I was feeling my way, and the team continued to make all the arrangements for me (setting up the table, etc.). Mercifully, our retiring Treasurer, Marion Garner, was able to present a less dire financial report than might have been the case, but we are now very dependant on Visitors to help finish our year in a somewhat precarious credit (as opposed to deficit). All the remaining Officers and Board members were voted back into office unopposed. When we had closed the Meeting, we were able to make a presentation to Marion for her splendid work as our Treasurer. We gave her a house orchid and Mervyn Greenhalgh had carved a wooden bowl with the TASC details inscribed on its base. He also gave her his is own personal gift of a wooden bird box. All of these plainly delighted Marion, and we will miss her at our Board Meetings where we really do need some new, younger people to join, so please think carefully about whether you might volunteer. The November Lecture: “The Culture of Ukraine”, Rosamund Bartlett. This was a fascinating detailed journey through the travails of the area that is now called Ukraine, and it was a revelation to me: my whole ideas of the issues involved has deeply changed! Ros delivered it on time, packed up and departed exactly as planned with Vicky Dennison at 8.45pm. The AGM followed (as above) and I was safely back home by 9.15pm. Barry Venning on “Christmas with Giles, Grandma & the Family” This promises to be an engrossing, enjoyable event with our customary mince pies and refreshments link. Barry was last with us in person during the Covid epidemic in March 2020. Now, in 2024, because of Barry’s train constraints, we are expecting to have the refreshments after, rather than before, his Lecture. I have always loved Giles’ cartoons, so I am looking forward to a great evening. In order to cover our costs, we have increased the Visitor’s Charge to £12 per head, just for this Lecture. So do please join us forthwith with as many friends and visitors as you can manage at the Woodhouse Eaves Village Hall, 50 Main Street, LE12 8RZ With best wishes, Michael Kelly Chairman TASC michaeljohnkelly7@gmail.com 01509 890173 P.S. You are very welcome to reply to me about this communication, but please use the above email address and no other.