Fortnightly News 14/3/2025
Issue 05 of 2025
14 March 2025
Dates to Remember
BOOK FAIR
The Book Fair is just three weeks away!
We have closed off receiving donations for this year’s Fair and will open up again on 1 May.
We will need lots of helpers to set up on Thursday 3 April and to pack up on Sunday 6 April. Please think about this and watch out for more details of times and how to sign up in the next Fortnightly News.
In the meantime, take some posters and/or bookmarks to distribute. There is a good supply of these at Polly’s counter. Posters can be put up on poster silos in shopping centres, on supermarket notice boards eg many IGAs have noticeboards and are happy to oblige, on church noticeboards and other community noticeboards, in libraries (just ask) and so on.
Our Book Fair is the Club’s big fund-raising effort for the year.
Pick up some posters from Polly and help spread the word to family, friends, neighbours and to the wider community.
MORE BRAGS FROM THE CARD MAKERS
Such great results from the beginner card makers!! There is always room for more to join this fun and obviously productive group.
Thursdays 12.30-2.30pm.
ITS HAPPENING AGAIN
Thanks to our generous donors, we have the fabulous quilt, the lovely framed long stitch flower picture, and the gorgeously gift-wrapped resin bathroom set – all the items are hand-made – as prizes for our new raffle.
Tickets are $1.00 each and are available from Polly now, individually or in books of 6. to buy for yourself and/or sell to the aforementioned family, friends, neighbours….. The raffle will be drawn on Friday 9th May at the Club.
Don’t miss your chance to win one of these beauties or just think of the massive brownie points you could earn by selling the winning ticket to a friend.
OUR PARKING PROBLEM
Our new regime for control of unauthorised parking at the Club, as outlined in our Newsletter of 28 February, is almost ready to roll out………………..
We very much do not want to cause a problem for members when this gets under way.
SO…. IT WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT THAT
1. MEMBERS ENSURE THAT THEIR MEMBERSHIP AND PARKING STATUS ARE CURRENT, AND
2. THAT THE INFORMATION REGARDING THEIR NUMBER PLATE DETAILS HELD IS CORRECT.
Polly can check this for you immediately if you aren’t sure!!
For the first couple of weeks, we will be focussing on putting the “first and only” warning notices on the vehicles which are parked in the very early part of the day, well before members start arriving for activities. These vehicles are the ones which cause us most problems and hopefully the possibility or actuality of being towed away will quickly result in a big change to the space in our carpark.
If you occasionally come to the Club in a different car – no problem. Simply ask Polly to add that car’s number plate to your membership info. People dropping off members to the Club (partner, friend, carer, Uber…) are of course welcome and permitted to drive into the carpark as are people bringing books or otherwise visiting the Club for any reason.
It will be very helpful to the volunteer ‘spotters’ if you display your Club parking permit when parking at the Club. If you have lost yours or don’t have one for any reason, Polly will be happy to provide you with a new one.
If by some chance you receive a warning notice in error, please just take it to Polly and she will check that your details and car rego are correctly listed and ensure that no further action is taken.
Note that there is no cost to the Club for the service – the tow operator charges the owners as and when a vehicle is towed.
If you have any questions, concerns or issues now or in the future about any of this, PLEASE do get in touch with me (contact details in the Newsletter). The whole purpose of the exercise is to ensure that members are able access a parking space at their own Club, it’s only the freeloaders we want to target!
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Jenny Gregory
President
Woden Seniors Inc.
PO Box 345, Woden ACT 2606 Tel: (02) 6282 2573
Email: president@wodenseniors.org.au
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A prattle of podcasts
A mispronunciation of scones
A clique of photographers
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A pile of haemorrhoids
A condescension of mainsplainers
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A spot of adolescents
A collection correction of pedants.
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