Hello all,
Please find attached AGM minutes, plus action points for individuals that I've tried to pull out from it, but I'm hoping people have fairly good ideas of what they need to do anyway!
Generally there needs to be a hand over of roles- this includes Hannah having access to the info emails and me handing over any ongoing correspondents/organising. I need to take on a lot of info regarding the dance from Katherine!
Tour organisers- plan out the next couple of months of crawls- where they'll happen and who is organising them. Maybe doodle poll potential dates for the pre-DERT crawls.
Kit- can we confirm if we have Janet's kit? Sinead if you read this does your new timetable allow you to come back? If not are we able to have your kit back until you're around to use it again? -Hannorah to find out the price of making a skirt at her local tailors - Laura S have you any thoughts on Westerhope kit? Have a lot more time at this point
Festivals- Hannah to ask re. Bromyard next year and to look into Chippenham - we can invite ourselves so think it would be a good starting point for us!
Longsword - Hannah to create a doodlepoll of potential dates for a longsword practice. One Saturday/ Sunday to give it a go and then see from there how we do
Ffion to send out an email asking inactive members if they still want to be on the email list, delete as appropriate.
My aim is to get to grips with the dance, discuss with Katherine/Ffion any ideas for how to develop Piccadilly. As well as working on the team performing a double jubilee as aim to do this at the showcase.
Westerhope- Laura S to consider plan for Westerhope - AGM discussion re. having a second Westerhoper who can continue the practice on the alternate weeks you're not there but following your plans of what you'd like to work on in the long term (please try and sort this at this coming weeks practice).
I am away for the next week and a bit so am leaving Katherine/Ffion in charge of next weeks practice (sorry Katherine, no retirement for you!) Also as long as Laura S is around I'd like the team to work on Westerhope.
Thanks all,
Becky
Howdy skaters,
Just a quick reminder to bring £13 tonight for your skating ticket. Meet at the rink by the tower at 7.45pm or in the Hung Drawn and Quartered pub if you're there earlier.
I know not everyone goes home between work and rapper but if you do I was thinking the more ravens hoodies we have out on the ice to cooler we would look in any photos we take...
See you later,
Ffion X
Really sorry everyone but can't make it this evening. All sorts of things getting in the way including phone line and Internet not working. Sorry to let you down after promising to mind bags etc. Especially Rachel. Hope you all have a great Christmas and New Year. I'll be out of action early January with family commitments but hope to be back to normal mid Jan. S x
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Hello all,
I am being a huge let down and breaking all the laws of Raven leadership by not being there tonight. My cough from Monday has developed into me feeling generally awful, currently at home under a blanket where I intend to stay all day.
This means you can't do Piccadilly which I, if no-one else, am really disappointed about when we've worked hard to push through the changes. Thank you for all that hard work at least that means we can make a strong start in the New Year!
You do have loads of people though so dance Jubilee like you've never danced her before [😊] Have lots of fun, and raise loads of cash for charity. Obviously Hannorah is crawl grand master and I have given Ffion and Katherine the lists of who knows what numbers so look to them to organise you.
If I'm still feeling like this by Monday I'll be highly pissed off, and surprised actually, so can hear all about it then.
Have fun,
Becky
Please see below.
Sorry about e-mailing again about the same thing. You can't accuse Open Morris of non-communication!
S x
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Subject: [TR Committee] Personal Accident Insurance for 2017
Dear OM Members
We have just received the attached notice from from Michael Stimpson, who coordinates all the insurance matters for Open Morris, together with the Morris Federation and the Morris Ring.
It is about PERSONAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE.
Michael stresses that we should not confuse it with Public Liability cover which is included as part of your annual subscription to Open Morris.
It is available to dancers and musicians aged between 16 and 70 who are members of an Open Morris side.
Please make sure all the members of your side are told about this as soon as possible.
The completed form and payment must be returned to the address on the form on or before 20th January 2017
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Hi everyone,
Just to reiterate Becky's thanks to everyone who came along to try out
Longsword on Sunday. Last night we decided to basically put any further
decisions on it off until the EGM after DERT. Were we to decide to do
another practice this would be after DERT anyway.
So, upcoming events:
1. Crawl
2. Christmas Party
3. Sign-ups - Chippenham and Tredegar
1.* Crawl *is this Thursday around Euston and the collections will be going
to the Trussell Trust. Hannorah has some official collecting sign things,
so we're all sorted on that front! See Hannorah's email for full details,
but basically meeting at the *Rocket* at 7 ready to dance at 7.30.
2. *Christmas Party *- we are all booked for ice-skating at 8pm, so meet at
0745 by the ice rink by the tower. If anyone is there earlier, the Hung
Drawn and Quartered will be the meeting pub. Afterwards, we'll aim to go to
a nearby pub if there's space, if not we can pop by a supermarket and
return to the practice hall. There is one spare ticket as 10 are the same
price as 9 - so if anyone else fancies joining in, now's your chance.
Please bring £13 with you on Monday, if skating, to give to Ffion (will be
less if anyone takes the last ticket). Rachel and Sue have kindly offered
to look after things while we skate, but please try not to bring the
kitchen sink with you...
3. Sign-ups - We decided to turn down Silver Flames offer to dance out in
January in Stratford-on-Avon as it's a long way to go for potentially
limited dancing. It's also quite close to a crawl and a dert practice.
*Chippenham* - we are going to apply to dance on the Saturday as a day trip
from London. *Tredegar House -* From what Ffion said on Monday, this would
involve dancing in the grounds of a stately home with potential to crawl in
Newport/Cardiff afterwards. We need an idea of whether we would have enough
dancers before applying.
See most of you tomorrow!
Hannah :)
Greetings Ravens!
Our Christmas crawl will be round Euston, starting at 7.30 at The Rocket on Euston Road.
Please be there no later than 7.15 (dressed & ready to dance).
If you have tankards bring them, although I'm also bringing a couple of Trussell Trust-branded collecting tins.
The likely route will be:
1. The Rocket - Euston Road
2. Somerstown Coffee House - Charlton Street
3. Euston Flyer - Euston Road (possibly 2 dances)
4. O'Neills - Euston Road
5. The Dolphin - Tonbridge Street (2 if we want)
6. The Boot - Cromer Street
8. Marquis of Cornwallis - Marchmont Street
9. The Harrison - Harrison Street
Shout if you have any questions. Otherwise see you there.
Hx
Hello all,
Thanks to everyone who came along to the longsword taster session, i hope everyone has a better idea as to what it involves and if they'd like to persue it.
My aim is to have a quick chat to see if we want to continue with it and if so how we would go about doing it. If you were at the practice but won't be there tonight please email me your views, otherwise we won't know what you think!
So far I think I haven't had anyone saying they can't make practice, please get in touch if you won't be there. Depending how many we have the aim is to get people ready for the crawl including getting the Piccadilly changes firmly in our heads, and hopefully have time to continue working on Westerhope [😊]
Becky xx
