The meeting on the 5th May was the annual “ Resolutions “ meeting and as usual provoked a lot of lively discussion. The subject of the resolution to be debated nationally was " The mandatory clear labelling of food with the true country of origin ". Our votes on this matter are collated at National level and will be taken to the WI Annual meeting at Cardiff in June. We hope to be one of the several high profile groups lobbying the government for stricter regulation on this matter.
But first of all we had our own group business. After a warm welcome our president Jean Lewis briefed us on the Spring Council Meeting at the Hexagon attended by several of our members.
Forthcoming events highlighted included the Thames Group meeting later this month at the Soltau Centre and members were asked to make cakes for this event. Several garden visits were suggested and we hope to visit the Savill Gardens at rhododendron flowering time .
The tennis group restarted after a winter in the doldrums and a Mah Jong group recently started was reported to be going strong.
Geneviève Usher, one of our members who is an accomplished singer is to be a finalist in the Golden Jubilee Cup later this year and she urged members to come and support her.
At the coffee interval we were treated to some delicious cakes and with flowers on the tables there was a festive air.
The serious discussion of the resolution was initiated by Kath Pinto, our expert on all matters green and environmental . She handed round packets of food and asked us to comment on misleading labelling. It transpired that we are all keen to buy British products but food is so often sourced elsewhere and packaged as British. It was agreed that a change is vital even though it may lead to significantly higher prices in the shops.
At the next meeting on June 2nd we will have a talk on The Origins of Manners and Customs.
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