Summary for
Web of Minutes of M&MWG meeting 30/05/12
The meeting was attended by 9 members and 3 sent their
apologies. The Group’s Members discussed
charges, control, safety, liability and presentation at society meetings and also
members’ and associated societies’ privileges and charges for meeting
attendance. Some matters will be taken
to the Board and proposals will be made to this committee in June. The key
differences between SANHS and other societies were considered. Activities and plans to communicate with
prospective members and to increase membership were discussed together with plans
for SANHS’s presence at Taunton Flower Show and Dunster Country Fair –
volunteers for staffing requested. Suggestions
for a member-nominate-a-friend scheme will be compiled into a paper for a
future meeting. Progress with actions to
raise the Society’s profile was considered and members were asked to feed in
SANHS press clips. A press feature
article is planned if members supply the information needed. It is proposed
that where subscriptions have not been paid in full people should be removed
from SANHS membership records on 31 July; inactive accounts should also be
closed. Membership statistics were produced for the AGM and will be produced
regularly in future. The success of the
website was reported. Drop-in short courses on it will be held at SHC, am on 9th
June. A draft report the June Board
meeting on the group’s activities (with schedules for the future programme) for
was tabled for comment. This included the proposal that a volunteer Membership
Secretary be appointed. The next meeting is due on 27 June at SHC.
