Mumsnet Village Hall - committee members and volunteers needed

[FavouriteMug]

I've got the keys and we've got the entire building to ourselves. There's a kitchenette with a large enough fridge for Gin (maybe milk if absolutely necessary).

I need committee members and volunteers to organise a packed social calendar.

On the agenda for first meeting:

The Mumsnet Play - we need to agree on the script and then we can start casting

Life Drawing Class - we need a subject and smocks of course

Cake and Gin night - cant decide which night but I think gin should be funded from play proceeds.

Hot Desk Space - those of us who work from home can come together once a week and pretend to be busy and important.

Excercise Class - but what? We don't actually need to turn up but it should at least appear on the calendar.

Book Club - I can't be arsed so someone else will need to volunteer for this.

So, whose in and what can you contribute?

@JudgeJ

I'm far too busy to do diagrams of the car park ! really !

I don't have time for this pettiness and I resign !!!

@NeverDropYourMooncup you're right about all that. But no one ever wants to be treasurer. So I've got my role without any voting or discussion. Everyone was just Jolly pleased that I'd taken it on.

@poshme

Not what I heard at the knitting circle 🤔

@BorisBooster hooray! (Carefully checks rules that treasurer cannot be in charge of anything else)

I don't knit.

We could also have a Pamper Nite, but we will need to put our foot down if Dawn wants to do her threading nasty flare up of impetigo

@MrsMoastyToasty

I'm quite good in an administrative capacity. I can type up and laminate notices. Things like "Please do not use the slimming group's skimmed milk". "Turn the tea urn off after use".

"Turn the tea urn off after use and stand upside down on the draining board' surely.

Though I might have several diagrams of the car park.
What do you need? Birds eye view? To the mm measurements?

I have the no parking cones in my garage. Borrowed them to prevent parking outside my house. The new post holder will have to come and collect them from me because I've RESIGNED !!

@pollysshoe - I'm really quite surprised nobody has mentioned a Jubbly Jubilee! Mind, after last time when some of the men asked for their money back when they found out a Jubbly was a frozen fruit juice refreshment and not...ahem...lady lumps, it's probably been pushed down the list somewhat.

@poshme

I don't knit.

I don't draw hence no car park diagrams.

MN theme song?

Fairytale of New York?

The Queens Jubilee celebration may be at risk as we have advanced warning from Cyril at the Conservative Club that the Hall is to be used as a Polling Station for the snap General Election on the Thursday!

@BorisBooster as we paid for them we should have them.
But tbh, as long we get to borrow them for Important Events I don't mind if you store them for us.

@BorisBooster

Is there a separate organising Committee for Queens jubilee events ?

Surely there's a sub-committee that deals with allocating seperate committees for specific events? Are we insured against loss of revenue in case the Diamond Jubilee doesn't happen or will we simply divert funds to a Coronation event?

@100problems

The Queens Jubilee celebration may be at risk as we have advanced warning from Cyril at the Conservative Club that the Hall is to be used as a Polling Station for the snap General Election on the Thursday!

I've heard that Cyril and WI chair are more than friends

@KingJeremyTheWickedd

Killer Queen is the theme for the Murder Mystery night next month so that’s out unfortunately

Not according to the events spreadsheet. Are you sure you put it in the latest version?

It's the one Marcella set up after needing to delete the one she accidentally shared with the list of volunteers who failed DBS checks.

@JudgeJ all jubilee fund will be diverted to coronation event. This took 3 hours to agree at the last meeting, and was not minuted due to the unsavoury language of some of the committee

[quote poshme]@BorisBooster as we paid for them we should have them.
But tbh, as long we get to borrow them for Important Events I don't mind if you store them for us. [/quote]
Ooops too late . Reserved over them. Now squashed.

We would have to just call it "Royal Event" then mo problem with diverting funds. After all the fuss when Mel from weight watchers went rogue and spent the subscriptions on éclairs we need to be careful.

@BorisBooster I'll send you a bill.
If I can make quickbooos cooperate.

Quickbooks. FFS.

@BorisBooster that ended badly when a certain WI Chair had too many gin fizzes and made an ill-advised move on Roger from the Rotary. Of course, she blamed her booster. Again.

@Impatientwino

I think there should be an extremely limited number of keys to maximise frustration between club organisers. Maybe say 2 with no locatable spare.

Also an incredibly complicated heating system to ensure maximum phone calls to the caretaker to ask how it works.

Can I offer to keep a couple of my Year 11 reprobates on speed dial in case all keys get lost? They're invaluable when my car keys go walkabout.

[quote poshme]@BorisBooster I'll send you a bill.
If I can make quickbooos cooperate. [/quote]
They were ' borrowed ' from the police station and previous post holder failed to return them.

I did mention it in meeting 12 th April. Item 2.5a on minutes refer.