
{"id":9068,"date":"2024-11-08T12:04:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T12:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/?p=9068"},"modified":"2024-11-08T12:04:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T12:04:47","slug":"main-meeting-oct-2024-agm-and-lostock-ukes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/index.php\/2024\/11\/08\/main-meeting-oct-2024-agm-and-lostock-ukes\/","title":{"rendered":"Main Meeting &#8211; Oct 2024 &#8211; AGM and Lostock Ukes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our November meeting was the AGM, where we received reports from our Treasurer, Secretary, and President. Pat reported a healthy financial position, albeit slightly down on last year&#8217;s balance because of increased costs and our commitment to subsidising events for our members. Susan gave us an illustrated talk reminding us of the very varied activities we offer to members, including each of the main meetings, the subgroup activities and our many successes in county events. You can browse through this website to see how busy we have been.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:34% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/presidents-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9066 size-full\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/presidents-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/presidents-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/presidents-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/presidents-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/presidents-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/presidents.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Melanie spoke about how much she had enjoyed being our President for the last 3 years with the support of a strong committee and is now passing the role on to another committee member. Members voted, and our congratulations and thanks go to Susan who will be our new President. Sue R thanked Melanie and the committee for all their hard work.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The evening ended with entertainment from &#8216;Lostock Ukes&#8217; who distributed the words to the many songs they played, so that we could all joined in with the singing \u2013 and the actions! A lovely trip down memory lane for many of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-9067\" style=\"width: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ukes-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ukes-1.jpg 2000w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ukes-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ukes-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ukes-1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ukes-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ukes-1-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-9063\" style=\"width: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dancing-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dancing-4.jpg 2000w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dancing-4-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dancing-4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dancing-4-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dancing-4-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dancing-4-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-9064\" style=\"width: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dancing-all.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dancing-all.jpg 2000w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dancing-all-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dancing-all-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dancing-all-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dancing-all-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dancing-all-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><br><br>There were some unusual entries in the competition &#8216;A musical object&#8217; and the winner was Susan, with her cross-stitch picture. We also displayed all the pictures that our Art group entered for the Cheshire art exhibition, with Chris&#8217;s award for the Cheshire president&#8217;s favourite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"wp-image-9065\" style=\"width: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/musical-item.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/musical-item.jpg 1632w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/musical-item-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/musical-item-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/musical-item-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/musical-item-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/musical-item-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"wp-image-9062\" style=\"width: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/art-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/art-1.jpg 1632w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/art-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/art-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/art-1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/art-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/art-1-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our November meeting was the AGM, where we received reports from our Treasurer, Secretary, and President. Pat reported a healthy financial position, albeit slightly down on last year&#8217;s balance because of increased costs and our commitment to subsidising events for our members. Susan gave us an illustrated talk reminding us of the very varied activities we offer to members, including each of the main meetings, the subgroup activities and our many successes in county events. You can browse through this website to see how busy we have been. Melanie spoke about how much she had enjoyed being our President for\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/index.php\/2024\/11\/08\/main-meeting-oct-2024-agm-and-lostock-ukes\/\">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-9068","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\/9068","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=9068"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9070,"href":"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9068\/revisions\/9070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.whitleywi.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}