Upcoming Events:
Extraordinary Meeting
Monday 25th March 2024
At its first meeting of the new year, the Committee discussed the Books and Words Group events over the previous year – were the events interesting? were they successful? What could we do better? Events we reviewed included the Debate, a couple of ‘Meet the Author” events, and an interview with highly regarded journalist David Sly (who is appearing at this year’s Writer’s Week event). We also held an AGM and our end of year Xmas gathering.
While we agreed that generally these events had been very good, with interesting topics, very good speakers and subsequent discussions, we noted the general low attendance. In fact, at times it seemed as if we were having events for committee members and a handful of semi-regular members. Indeed, on a number of occasions committee members felt embarrassed by the low turnout – embarrassed for the presenting guests. This trend was reflected at the AGM.
Accordingly, we are calling an Extraordinary General Meeting to discuss the future direction of the Books and Words Group, if indeed we do have a future, and if we do, to find out what it is you want.
Due to people’s busy calendars at this time of the year (Adelaide Festival, Writer’s Week, Fringe, Womad), the EGM will be held:
where: Club Fleurieu, 140 Main South Road, Yankalilla
when: Monday 25th March 5.00pm
For more information email [email protected]
Monday 25th March 2024
At its first meeting of the new year, the Committee discussed the Books and Words Group events over the previous year – were the events interesting? were they successful? What could we do better? Events we reviewed included the Debate, a couple of ‘Meet the Author” events, and an interview with highly regarded journalist David Sly (who is appearing at this year’s Writer’s Week event). We also held an AGM and our end of year Xmas gathering.
While we agreed that generally these events had been very good, with interesting topics, very good speakers and subsequent discussions, we noted the general low attendance. In fact, at times it seemed as if we were having events for committee members and a handful of semi-regular members. Indeed, on a number of occasions committee members felt embarrassed by the low turnout – embarrassed for the presenting guests. This trend was reflected at the AGM.
Accordingly, we are calling an Extraordinary General Meeting to discuss the future direction of the Books and Words Group, if indeed we do have a future, and if we do, to find out what it is you want.
Due to people’s busy calendars at this time of the year (Adelaide Festival, Writer’s Week, Fringe, Womad), the EGM will be held:
where: Club Fleurieu, 140 Main South Road, Yankalilla
when: Monday 25th March 5.00pm
For more information email [email protected]