Hi Maureen (and I guess this goes to All?)
I’d like to contribute something to your conversation when you discuss
the future of the group.
I haven’t been a member for very long, nor a good attendee, but I have
found most of the topics to be aspects that I don’t use and never see
myself using, or are too advanced. But I do need help with numerous
MacBook/phone things and I do like learning new or better ways of doing
the things that I do.
I appreciate there is probably a core of the group that loves learning
the latest. I don’t really know what I am trying to say except that I
would be a more frequent attendee if I knew the topic was something
that I would use.
Is it worth looking at a completely different format?
1. Public libraries have reinvented themselves over the past 10
years. I used to belong to a group that taught English to
non-English speakers and we would meet on a one-on-one basis at a
library within Melville It worked beautifully. I’m not sure how
this sort of thing is accepted now but worth looking into?
1. Perhaps some of us who have retired could meet informally at a
public library and learn from each other? Only open to members of
the group? To reduce travel it could be at various libraries
2. Or perhaps the Chairperson/President could come up with the topic
and then someone could put his/her hand up to lead that topic at a
public library? I think that is similar to what is happening now
except the venue isn’t at a library.
3. Or something like our Repair Cafes that are popping up. There
could be multiple tables and on one day in a month there could be
an ‘expert’ on a topic at each table. Hmm that may not suit the
advanced group.
I’m sure there are other models. I think it would be a shame for a
self-help community group with a very long history to die.
Best wishes
Wendy
Friends of Gabbiljee respectfully acknowledges that it is located on
the land of the Whadjuk Noongar people.
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[WAMUG] NO GENERAL MEETING this Tuesday, 2 August.
Hello Fellow WAMUGgers,
This message is to inform you that there will be NO GENERAL MEETING
this Tuesday, 2 August.
From when I started attending meetings at Curtin Uni, when we had
between 20 - 30 members and several presenters at each meeting.
Since
then, there have been changes, as one would expect, but the gradual
decline in attendance has been the hardest.
So at our July Monthly meeting, the committee decided to move from
monthly meetings to having meetings ‘as and when needed’.
We are are looking at surveying and discussing the issue with the
group at some stage soon, so keep your eyes on the list
Cheers,
Maureen
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