Slinfold Village Hall News
Blog
(contraction of “Web-Log”)
To facilitate the easy and rapid publication of
Village Hall information, we have now set up a blog, which is accessible from
the menu on our main website or directly from blog.slinfoldvillagehall.co.uk.
The Blog will be used to publish information more quickly than can be done
through this Magazine, and to publish information and detail not appropriate
for inclusion here. It will also contain our published Magazine items (back to
early 2010).
Publication
of Trustee Decisions
In the January Magazine, we stated that “the
amount of Village Hall information [being] published … is actively being
increased when volunteer resource permits.” We are pleased to say that since
then we have published summaries of the key Decisions from 2011 Trustee
Meetings. More information on this subject, and also the Decision Summaries
themselves, are available in the Blog.
Hall
Redecoration
We are grateful for complimentary comments
received following repainting of the Entrance Hall, Main Hall and Kitchen. The
cleaning of the Entrance Hall carpet and the stripping down, re-treatment and
re-polishing of the hard floors in the Main Hall, Entrance Hall, and toilets is
now scheduled for Friday 17th February.
Cleanliness & Damage
The Village Hall is there to be used, and accidental
marks, knocks and scratches will inevitably occur during normal use.
Nevertheless, it was rather disappointing to discover crayon and other marks on
the walls only 10 ‘hiring days’ after the redecoration. It took the cleaner
more than an hour to remove these marks.
If damage of any sort should occur during your
use of the Hall, please notify the Bookings Secretary as soon as possible, so
that it can be attended to quickly.
Caretaker
We have previously mentioned the loss of several
long-term and hard-working trustees and volunteers: it is only when they have
gone that you realise how much work some of them did! Because of the increasing
burden on fewer people, we are now actively considering the employment of a
Hall Caretaker for a few hours per week. This is only in the early stages of
planning, but, depending on the person appointed, we envisage that a caretaker
would primarily assist in the day-to-day oversight of the Hall, attend to
routine jobs, and possibly help co-ordinate volunteer effort.
If anyone would be interested in discussing this
opportunity,
we would be pleased to hear from them (contact details below).
we would be pleased to hear from them (contact details below).
Volunteers
The possibility of having a caretaker, does not
affect our need for volunteers — but it should reduce the burden on all
volunteers, new or existing. We have arranged a meeting with existing, new and
possible volunteers on Wed 22nd February at 7:30 p.m. at the Hall. If
you might be interested in helping and would like to find out more — even if
you can spare only the occasional hour or two — please contact us or just turn
up.
Contacts: Neil Peachey (Chairman) -791554, Trevor Dayneswood
(Vice-chairman) – 790374
website: slinfoldvillagehall.co.uk
website: slinfoldvillagehall.co.uk
