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Newsletter April-1 TASC Newsletter 1.4.25 Dear All, Our 13th March meeting went off very well with Anna Warrillow on “The Great Exhibition of 1851 and the Establishment of the V & A” She spoke for an hour and was exceedingly interesting. It was followed on 19th March by our Outing to the Framework Knitters Museum in Ruddington which was very successful with 15 members attending and we made a modest profit. It was rapidly followed by our Board Meeting on 21st March where the serious issues below were discussed in detail Basically, we have approximately £6,000 capital, and we are running at a regular annual deficit of just over £1,000. If our costs (mainly the speakers and their expenses) remain roughly constant and our (low) membership and guest fees continue we can continue to exist and function for several years. Closing the Society requires 6 months notice involving the Charity Commission with prior discussion with you, the members. We have decided that for 2025-26 we will cancel the January Lecture (which people find hard to attend) and reduce the Membership Fee to £70. In June we will hold a “Crunch Meeting” before the Lecture where we will discuss the options with you, the membership asking you: A; Will you wish us to continue by your making a firm commitment to pay. We will no longer allow late rejoining as this increases our costs with TAS HQ Membership Rules? B; Do you wish us to set in motion the 6 month system to wind up the Society and use our residual capital in subsidising trips, lectures, etc.? C; Do you want us to battle on for 2025-26 and then repeat the above discussions in June 2026? D; Do you have any alternative strategy that you would like to put to us? We will make sure that you are given notification of such a meeting well beforehand so that you will know that it is happening when you attend the lecture. On a positive note, our next lecture will be on Thursday 10th April when Bertie Pearce will be talking to us about “Charles Dickens, The Man & his Life through his Characters” This promises to be of great interest as so many of our embedded thoughts, words and phrases originate from Dickens’ Characters. link So, our lecture on 10th April is not to be missed let’s see if we can fill all the seats! It will be at the Woodhouse Eaves Village Hall, 50 Main Street, LE12 8RZ So do please continue to join us during the year with as many friends and visitors as you can for this lecture and also enjoy the continuing programme of booked talks ahead. 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.