CLUB BULLETIN SI POOLE

OCTOBER 2017

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Dear all No Club meeting this month—but members have signed up to our Charter Dinner at Poole Yacht Club on Monday 16th October . We are looking forward to an excellent meal and the usual excellent stimulating company! This will be further enhanced I am sure by our guest speaker, Jane Walker, from the Purple Community Fund. Please start to collect up pre-loved men's ties! These will be used by the Purple Community Fund to make items such as glasses cases and waistcoats. The items are made by human trafficking survivors, giving them a skill and an income.

Jane Walker, founder and CEO of Purple Community Fund, is our speaker at our Charter Dinner so it'd be fine to bring them along then too.

Many thanks , Liz Rodgers

Birthdays

Liz—7th October . Have a fantastic

birthday weekend Liz!

As always, we welcome guests at our meetings. I will not be at the November meeting but please let Liz know if you are planning to bring anyone. Thanks Helen

No 63 Special General Meeting

Shareholders have received notification

regarding the future of Number 63

To confirm that SI Poole member and shareholder, Jacqueline de Trafford, is authorised by SI Poole to vote on

the club's behalf at the Special General Meeting on 14th October.

Many thanks to Jackie

Why are we looking so pleased?

Conference on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking

Setting up very

early on at the

Poole

Lighthouse 5th

October .

The finished

PTC Stand! -

Marian and

Juanita.

Helen—the calm before the storm at the SI Poole table!

I was delighted to be able to support this conference. What an honour to be there and also to represent SI Poole. I thought the day ran exceptionally smoothly, especially as it was mostly volunteers. Wonderful to be with so many like-minded people. who have a passion for a better future. Alison

The speakers at the conference were varied and excellent. We heard from professionals: among them Kevin

Hyland, the Anti Slavery Commissioner, Shaun Sawyer Chief Constable and lead on Slavery for the National

Police force, and Nazir Afzal , the celebrated barrister, prosecuting in high profile cases and working to

change the law in this important area. There were thought– provoking but encouraging messages.

The Natasha project—a dance group– performed a harrowing representation of human trafficking . We were

also privileged to hear from survivors whose stories went straight to the heart and will remain with us .

PTC and Poole Soroptimists, apart from promoting SI Poole and the wonderful work of the PTC, were front of

house, waitressing and collecting bras and ties from the delegates ( the ones they had brought in bags!!) .

Poole Lighthouse auditorium was pretty much full. What an excellent conference!

AOK RUCKSACK Response

Ana wanted everyone to share in this response

from AOK Rucksack.

Thank you to everyone who contributed.

Thank you to Ana and Jules who took the time out to shop

and to Ana for communication and delivery.

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EVENTS COMING UP— Can you support / take part/ help?

Note these dates in your diary:

October 6th 2.30 Book Club

All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Douerr Marion’s house

October 7th 7pm Broadstone

Gully’s Place Quiz St John’s Church Broadstone ( see attachment )

October 8th Bournemouth

SI Bournemouth water station at the Bournemouth Half Marathon, Volunteers

wanted—please ask for details at Club Meeting. November 10th

Poole Street collection day for Poole Christmas parcels

fund ( see separate note)

November 25th Poole Falkland Square

Poole Safer Partnership Domestic Abuse Awareness event ( More in next bulletin.)

Saturday 9th December The Minster Wimborne

PTC Fund Raiser, Broadstone Community Band, Wimborne Minster, 7.30pm,

REMINDER FROM JUDY

Poole Christmas Parcels Fund The Street Collection Day will be on Friday November

10th at the ASDA store Poole between 8am and 2pm

I know many people have helped before and look

forward to being alongside you again .

Online survey on Human Trafficking Awareness.

Ana has been heavily involved with this and would like you

to take time to look at the instructions on the PDF sheet

which is attached to the October Bulletin. It’s THIS WEEK!

BOOK Club Update

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!” So says Caroline Bingley in Jane Austen’s novel, “Pride and Prejudice” as witnessed on the new ten pound note! The Book Group would happily agree with this pronouncement. We have thoroughly enjoyed our reading and gatherings this summer.

Our book for July was Sue’s choice, “Excellent Women” by Barbara Pym. A great title and a really good discussion. Set after World War Two in London, it follows the fortunes of Mildred Lathbury, one of those excellent women who are often taken for granted. Perhaps dry by modern standards, the novel evokes a world which has all but disappeared. “I have to share a bathroom,” says Mildred in a matter of fact way. We all found the novel endearingly amusing in a subtle way, with many of us giving our own anecdotes and memories of family life in the 40s and 50s.

August’s choice was Carol’s, “The Essex Serpent” by Sarah Perry. This popular novel won overall Book of the Year and Fiction Book of the Year at the British Book Awards 2017. Set in the 1890s with the action taking place between London and the Essex marshes, it concentrates on the clash between science, religion and superstition – but it is written in a thoroughly modern way. All very confusing and strange to describe, although a page turner and one which has to be read to be appreciated! Recommended by practically every member

of the Book Group.

Mar chose a classic novel for September and it was E F Benson’s, “Mapp and Lucia”. Opinion was divided with some members of the group loving it and laughing out loud at the antics of the two main protagonists, whilst others found it boring and tedious. But at least this division led to a healthy debate! Social rivalry reaches

new heights when Lucia says of Mapp, “Poor Elizabeth. My heart aches for her, for I am sure all that carping bitterness makes her wretched, I dare say it is only physical: liver perhaps, or acidity.”

The seventh Bournemouth Arts by the Sea

Festival starts in one week on 14 October

and runs through to 21 October.

Don't miss eight amazing days of both ticketed

and free live performances throughout Bourne-

mouth during this year's Festival. There's some-

thing for everyone, with thought-provoking dra-

ma, challenging interactive narratives and evoca-

tive productions that are selling fast.

We are still looking for someone you might know for this– if we don’t find a volunteer we will have to

pay for it each year—likely over £100. Thanks to those who have been looking. The task detailed below

should take no longer than TWO hours each year.

Club Auditor/Reviewer - please read very carefully and consider whether you can help

From Jane Club Treasurer

We have struggled to find someone to replace Ray Baldachinno who kindly examined our annual accounts free of charge for many years. At the executive meeting on Monday it was mentioned that at least one other Soroptimist club uses their own member (s) to review the accounts. The executive committee agreed to raise this idea with the club for discussion for our own accounts. If this proposal was agreed we would be seeking a volunteer (s) from anyone who felt able to be a reviewer.

A short summary of a guideline to carrying out an examination is given below:

Receive accounts and working papers

Scan the accounts for obvious errors

Confirm last year’s figures agree to signed accounts

Check totals from cash books have been transferred to trial balance and accounts correctly

Review lead schedules, e.g. bank reconciliation and other balance sheet item and agree to rec-ords and accounts

Check a sample of receipts and payments to underlying documentation

The reviewer will sign the following statement:

‘I have examined the financial statements on pages 1 to 3 of SI of Poole. In my opinion they are properly drawn up and are in agreement with the books and records of the club.’

Signed and dated.

There is a fairly quick turnaround as the accounts have to be prepared after the year end which is the last day of

February and they need to be reviewed and signed off in time to be circulated for the AGM. As an estimate I would say we would be asking for the accounts to be reviewed over the second or third week in March.

The current year is likely to be a quiet year and so it would be a good year to begin with.

As the term ‘audit’ had professional regulations/responsibilities it is proposed that we come up with a different term to auditor. Something like reviewer may be more appropriate. Certainly similar organisations to ours have gone down this route .