The U3A Corangamite Committee met on Tuesday 15th March and it was a very productive meeting. Although no longer President, Gary ably assisted by Marilyn, continues to seek out new activities across the Shire for members and you will see in this newsletter the new ones for April. This is a time-consuming job and is greatly appreciated by the Committee.
At the meeting the Committee looked at data prepared by Treasurer, Linda Castaldo on the geographic distribution of members across the Shire, the age demographic of members and membership totals for the past 5 years.
The U3A Corangamite Committee met on Tuesday 15th March and it was a very productive meeting. Although no longer President, Gary ably assisted by Marilyn, continues to seek out new activities across the Shire for members and you will see in this newsletter the new ones for April. This is a time-consuming job and is greatly appreciated by the Committee.
At the meeting the Committee looked at data prepared by Treasurer, Linda Castaldo on the geographic distribution of members across the Shire, the age demographic of members and membership totals for the past 5 years; (data shown in newsletter).
The Committee noted that the current membership is certainly Cobden-Camperdown centric (~60% of total) and it was suggested that one limiting factor in the ability to recruit new members and offer more activities in some areas of the Shire could be the lack of suitable venues. Accordingly, Gary Kimber has agreed to speak to the Corangamite Shire to investigate if venues such as senior citizen centres, halls etc. might be available to U3A in areas around the Shire, other than Cobden/Camperdown.
Having been approached by mpower in Warrnambool, an accredited community-based agency, offering programs for adults and seniors, another issue that the Committee considered was the Warm Safe Home Project 2022. This is a set of four events planned during June and July with one to be held somewhere in the Corangamite Shire. The session aims to present information, knowledge and experiences that enrich peoples’ ability to live the way they want as they grow older. In order to make sure that the series is interesting, engaging and useful, and to assist the Committee in deciding if it is worthwhile to participate in this project, some feedback about the types of things that ought to be included in such a session is being sought from U3A Corangamite members.
To assist the Committee, included later in the newsletter is a one-page list that we would ask you to complete and return to the Secretary either as a scan via e-mail to u3acorangamite@gmail.com or post to PO Box 55 COBDEN 3266 by 14th April 2022.
Finally, although the singing group coordinator Gwen Steele has not been very well, Gwen is now feeling well again and is ready to start this year’s singing group commencing on Wednesday 6th April @ 1.30pm. Welcome back Gwen!