
{"id":7611,"date":"2023-11-04T16:10:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T16:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/?p=7611"},"modified":"2023-11-05T19:32:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T19:32:51","slug":"november-main-meeting-agm-and-bauble-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/index.php\/2023\/11\/04\/november-main-meeting-agm-and-bauble-making\/","title":{"rendered":"November 2023 Main Meeting &#8211; AGM and Bauble Making"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The first part of the meeting was our AGM.  Pat presented the financial position and Susan gave us the Annual Report, illustrating her talk with various pictures taken during a busy year of activities. Melanie was confirmed as our President for 2024. On behalf of our 56 members Helen H thanked Melanie, the committee and the subgroup leaders for everything they do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:21% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/annette-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7603 size-full\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/annette-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/annette-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/annette-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/annette-113x150.jpg 113w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/annette.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Annette, our craft guru, then showed us how to make a Christmas Bauble. With the help of Craft Group members she had prepared individual &#8216;kits&#8217; with a polystyrene ball, pre-cut fabric pieces and other accessories. There was a real &#8216;buzz&#8217; in the room as everyone set about making their own bauble<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-kit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"7609\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-kit-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7609\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-kit-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-kit-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-kit-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-kit-113x150.jpg 113w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-kit.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-busy-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"7605\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-busy-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7605\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-busy-3.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-busy-3-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-busy-3-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/helen-busy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-id=\"7610\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/helen-busy-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7610\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-busy-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"7604\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-busy-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7604\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-busy-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-busy-2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-busy-2-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-busy-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-busy-2-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-busy-2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Remarkably almost everyone was able to complete their bauble before our refreshment break. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-fin-3-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"7608\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-fin-3-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7608\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-fin-3-rotated.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-fin-3-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-fin-3-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-fin-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"7606\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-fin-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7606\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-fin-1.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-fin-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-fin-1-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-fin-2-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"7607\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-fin-2-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7607\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-fin-2-rotated.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-fin-2-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bauble-fin-2-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This was a real fun and productive activity, many thanks to Annette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 15%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>After tea Jean reminded members about our website, and the wealth of information available. With Melanie&#8217;s help she gave a live &#8216;demo&#8217; on how to access and find the way around it \u2013 information has been sent out to all members for reference.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"981\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WWI-Guide-Icon-1024x981.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7582 size-full\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WWI-Guide-Icon-1024x981.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WWI-Guide-Icon-300x287.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WWI-Guide-Icon-768x736.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WWI-Guide-Icon-150x144.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WWI-Guide-Icon.jpg 1144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first part of the meeting was our AGM. Pat presented the financial position and Susan gave us the Annual Report, illustrating her talk with various pictures taken during a busy year of activities. Melanie was confirmed as our President for 2024. On behalf of our 56 members Helen H thanked Melanie, the committee and the subgroup leaders for everything they do. Annette, our craft guru, then showed us how to make a Christmas Bauble. With the help of Craft Group members she had prepared individual &#8216;kits&#8217; with a polystyrene ball, pre-cut fabric pieces and other accessories. There was a\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/index.php\/2023\/11\/04\/november-main-meeting-agm-and-bauble-making\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7611"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7644,"href":"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7611\/revisions\/7644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}