Showing posts with label Council Meeting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Council Meeting. Show all posts

Monday, 28 October 2019

CALEDONIA COUNCIL - Saturday 26th October, 2019.

 Members of Caledonia Council met in the Doubletree by Hilton, Westerwood, Glasgow on Saturday 26th October, 2019.  The first item on the Agenda was a business meeting which was chaired by President Iris.    
(President Iris with workshop leader Ruth).
 Following the business meeting there was a very useful workshop by Ruth on "Personal Style"   This was a lively and enjoyable  session with members contributing. 
 The Second session in the morning was by Nancy "Using Words Creatively".    This session involved the members being given some words and asked to write a poem showing the meaning of the words.   this was enjoyed by all.

A delightful lunch was served by the hotel and after lunch there was a "Lifeboat Debate" chaired by Liz.   Six members were given characters (Robert Adam (Carole), John Logie Baird (Roz), David Livingstone (Elizabeth), Ian Rankin (Terry), Robert Burns (Margaret) and Joseph Lister (Laurence)
This was an excellent debate and was very closely run with the winner being Joseph Lister.

Following the Lifeboat Competition there was a short session where members had the opportunity to complete Evaluation Forms.

The Vote of Thanks was by Margaret and the meeting closed at 3.30pm.

The next meeting of Caledonia Council will be the Speech Contest on Saturday 28th March, 2020.

Monday, 25 March 2019

CALEDONIA COUNCIL SPEECH CONTEST.

The Annual Speech Contest of Caledonia Council was held in the Doubletree by Hilton, Westerwood, Glasgow on Sunday 24th March 2019.


President Iris opened the meeting.
The First item on the Agenda was the Speech Contest

Nancy was the capable Chairman of the Contest.


The timers were Roz and Brendan

The winners were Iris and Diana with Terry and Grace as runners up.

Following lunch there was a short Business Meeting and the final item on the Agenda was an illustrated talk by Iris on Madeira.  The meeting closed at 3.30 pm. and all agreed that it had been a most enjoyable day.

Thursday, 8 November 2018

CALEDONIA COUNCIL MEETING.

Caledonia Council met on Sunday 4th November, 2018 in the Doubletree by Hilton, Westerwood, Glasgow.
President Iris welcomed members and chaired the Business Meeting.

Members enjoyed three excellent workshops
"Oral Reading: Science or Art" by Rosemary

"Evaluation - What I Meant to Say" by Ruth and

"Get Inspired!" by Carole.

This was a very happy and most enjoyable day with an excellent attendance by members.

The next meeting of Caledonia Council will be on 24th March 2019 in the Doubletree by Hilton, Westerwood, Glasgow and will be the Speech Contest.