Easter is fast approaching and the first quarter of this year has flown by! We held our AGM on 17 January which was well attended and the Bureau team remained unchanged. On 21 February our Council meeting was followed by a presentation by Jill Warne-Cleave, founder of the Lot of Baking cake club. Jill explained how they had set up the Cake Club Fundraising FaceBook page on which they hold regular auctions of items such as glossy cookery and coffee table books, toys and miscellaneous items. All proceeds are donated to our Association, so we were pleased to meet some of the members of the cake club and have a chat over lunch.
The highlight of the year so far was the National AGM on 13 March which we were once again proud to host, especially as our own Pat Lockett assumed the mantle of National President! A pre-AGM dinner at the Bistro de Lisa in Cahors gave delegates a chance to mingle, renew old friendships and get acquainted with new faces. The Hotel Terminus was the excellent venue for the AGM, which was ably chaired by our President, Heather Moorhead, and outgoing National President, Penny Parkinson, gave an informative review of the year, whilst Pat Lockett’s report was entitled ‘Looking to the Future’ and gave us all food for thought. Have a look at the photos in our Gallery to get a flavour of the event.
The next couple of months will be busy, with our Spring market on 27 April, an awareness-raising event at Gourdon market on 4 May and a follow-up open meeting on 22 May to explain in more detail the work of CSF and our Association. We hope you will pop back later to read how it all went.