Wednesday 7th January: The first business meeting of the new year at a new venue, The Railway, the back room and a very good turnout of 31 members. The room is dark and dingy, but the hospitality is welcoming and the beer is a lot cheaper than The Whipper.

The food is basic pies, peas and chips, but the apple pie and custard is very good. Overall assessment, glad we tried something new, but not for speaker/guest meetings, fine for a fun evening; anyway god the Programme have tried something new.

A good meeting with a good atmosphere, and a return to each Officer giving their report, which meant plenty of comment. Toward the end of AOB, Peter hems asked if we were to have a Fundraising report, poor old SuperSec had missed him off the agenda.

Interestingly, most of the members dress reflected the downbeat room, not many ties.

One vote took place and we will now allow prospective members to attend business meetings.