:Area: Midland

Just to let everyone know that the Brean 2010 page has now been updated and includes a printable booking form.

http://www.plusgroups.org.uk/a/event/brean2010

A reminder that the Midland area elections will be held on 24 Sunday January.

Venue will be the Plough & Harrow Pub,, Slade Road, Sutton Coldfield

Remember at this conference there will be the elections for the committee
positions

Chairman

Administrator

Treasurer

Area Membership Officer

Events Cooridnator

Training Officer

Publicity Officer

General Committee positions x 2

Area Webmaster for plusgroups.org.uk website

SADY Cooridinator

Also Adam Redshaw might be presenting the following motion to the floor of
the conference concerning meetup.com

"That Midland Area spend up to $200 (US Dollars) for 18 months membership of
a Midland Area meetup group based around Coventry or Leamington Spa with
Adam Redshaw and A N Other from the AEC as moderators in order to attract
new members to PLUS"

Another motion is the Midland Area pays the day delegates fees for option two at the National AGM.

Also John Smith would like any feedback from the groups about using the
current plusgroups.org.uk website which can be discussed at this conference.

Joins us for the November 2009 regular monthly ten pin bowling game with defending October champion Matt Bonar

October 2009 results

1st Matt Bonar 304
2nd Mark Hewson 243
3rd Jamie Woodbridge 239
4th Kathy Morris 229
5th Dave Parfitt 214
6th Paul Turner 198
7th James Oliver 175
8th Mariza Brown 165
9th Mike Clarkson 160
10th Marian Clarkson 146
11th Jennifer Rowe 144
12th Richard Haydon 141
13th Mark Knight 138

29th Midland Area Conference & lunch will take place on this day, please come along to attend as either delegate or as a group observer.

Venue The Plough & Harrow Pub, Slade Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. B75 5PF

Time The conference will meet at 12.30pm for a 1.00pm start.

Extra's

Midland Area will provide everyone who attends the conference will a lunch up to the value of £5.00.

That was the campaign and well we at Sutton Plus certainly tried our hardest . . .

Our new Publicity Officer, Helen Camm, created a stirr by actually forging ahead with a major publicity drive that culminated in 11 (YES I DID SAY 11!!) potential new members visiting Sutton's venue on Thursday 10th September for our Open Evening and
B-B-Q.

The NEAT Disco is now available to members not attending the full NEAT City Break

Come to Nottingham for the day, enter the National Pool competition (advance bookings only) or visit Nottingham Castle or the world famous Nottingham Goose Fair and round your day off with a friendly, fun Plus Disco.

Come and join us for our 5th anniversary NEAT Plus Party

The venue for Saturday night's Disco is the Comfort Inn Hotel, George Street. Nottingham NG1 3BP.

Personality D J Gary Jay as seen at Brean and SADY will be playing music for us on Saturday evening.

A Treasure Hunt round historic Nottingham will take place on Sunday, please contact Robert or Alison Jones, booking officer for availability etc.

Disco only £8.00 in advance (26 September is the deadline)
Disco only £10.00 on the door

Dinner/Dance £25.00 in advance only, please contact Robert or Alison Jones, booking officer for availability etc

Meal Menu
Rose of Honeydew Melon, Served with Forest Fruits and Mango Coulis
Supreme of Chicken served with a Mushroom and Herb Cream Sauce
Fresh Vegetables and Potatoes
Passion Fruit Bavarois with Raspberry Coulis, Filter Coffee and Mints
Vegetarian Option - TBC

National Pool Competition
Entry fee £5.00 in advance only, please contact Robert or Alison Jones, booking officer for availability etc

National Football (a bit late, but better than never)

We were a bit nervous at the start of the day as to who exactly would be attending the competition, but on arrival at Rivermead Leisure Centre I was pleased to see two teams ready and raring to go. Once settled some more players arrived wanting to play.

NEAT 2009 Nottingham - Come and join us for our 5th anniversary luxury City Break

The venue for both Friday night and Saturday night accommodation and the Saturday three course evening meal and Disco is the Comfort Inn Hotel.

See poster for prices.

Personality D J Gary Jay as seen at Brean and SADY will be playing music for us on Saturday evening.