GASS
The Gentlemen's Ale Sampling Society
1982-2012 30 YEARS OF HAVING A LAUGH
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The Gentlemen's Ale Sampling Society 1982-2012 30 YEARS OF HAVING A LAUGH |
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MEETINGS for 20011-2012 The budget for the year is the fees of 22x£40x12= £10,560 FEES HAVE NOT CHANGED SINCE 2006!! This spend does not take account of guest fees or fines, both of which provide yet more funds. AS THE AGM AGREED TO LEAVE FEES STATIC - YOU MUST EXPECT THE OCCASIONAL £20 EXTRA CONTRIBUTION
Meetings are either PUBx4 (cheap and cheerful at £600), MIDDLEx4 (middling costs at about £850), or AWAYDAYx3 (over £1200)
The geographical balance is Medway 9 members, Maidstone 6 members, Sittingbourne 7 members (incl Brian & Al). The ideal balance of the 12 meetings is one AGM, three AWAYDAYS leaving 8 local, split roughly 4 Medway, 2 Maidstone, 2 Sittingbourne Meetings coloured in purple are past - those in yellow are booked - those in white are open to suggestions.
Current suggestions for meetings floating around are:
GASS DISC JOCKEYS AT OLIVER'S - CUPCAKE LESSONS LONDON DICKENS WORLD VISIT - MANSTON AIRPORT VISIT - SHEEP SHEARING HURDLE MAKING - TREASURE HUNT - BALLROOM DANCING INDIVIDUAL CARTOONS - AMATEUR DRAMATICS - WHISKEY TASTING - SIGN LANGUAGE LESSONS BASKET WEAVING - BELLY DANCE CLASS - GRASS TRACK BIKE RACING ROBOT RACING AT DIGGERLAND - CHEESE TASTING WHITSTABLE PIGEON RACING - NUDE ART CLASS - KICK BOXING - CYCLING TOUR IN LONDON AIRSOFT BATTLEGROUND AT STOCKBURY - GASS PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS CONDUCTED WALK AROUND THE GREAT LINES Plus a proposal to create a GASS "Book of Photos" going back to the start in 1982 for our 30th anniversary - £30 a head.
MEETINGS for 20010-2011 The budget for the year is the fees of 22x£40x12= £10,560 FEES HAVE NOT CHANGED SINCE 2006!! This spend does not take account of guest fees or fines, both of which provide yet more funds.
Meetings are either PUBx4 (cheap and cheerful at £600), MIDDLEx4 (middling costs at about £850), or AWAYDAYx3 (over £1200)
Because Chris has moved back to Stockbury the geographical balance is Medway 9 members, Maidstone 6 members, Sittingbourne 7 members (incl Brian & Al). The ideal balance of the 12 meetings is one AGM, three AWAYDAYS leaving 8 local, split roughly 4 Medway, 2 Maidstone, 2 Sittingbourne Meetings coloured in purple are past - those in yellow are booked - those in white are open to suggestions.
Other suggestions for meetings floating around are:
SEGWAY RIDING - CLOSE UP MAGICIAN DINNER - SHEEP SHEARING HURDLE MAKING - TREASURE HUNT - BALLROOM DANCING INDIVIDUAL CARTOONS - AMATEUR DRAMATICS - WHISKEY TASTING BASKET WEAVING - BELLY DANCE CLASS - GRASS TRACK BIKE RACING ROBOT RACING AT DIGGERLAND - CHEESE TASTING WHITSTABLE PIDGEON RACING
MEETINGS for 2009-2010 The budget for the year is the fees of 22x£40x12= £10,560 This spend does not take account of guest fees or fines, both of which provide yet more funds.
Meetings are either PUBx4 (cheap and cheerful at £600), MIDDLEx4 (middling costs at about £800), or AWAYDAYx3 (over £1200)
The geographical balance has changed slightly with Hew in Medway and Gary in Sittingbourne. The balance is now Medway 10 members, Maidstone 6 members, Sittingbourne 6 members (incl Brian & Al). The ideal balance of the 12 meetings is one AGM, two AWAYDAYS leaving 9 local, split roughly 4 Medway, 2.5 Maidstone, 2.5 Sittingbourne Meetings coloured in purple are past - those in yellow are booked - those in white are open to suggestions.
Ideas in the pipeline are:
SHEEP HURDLE MANUFACTURING SEGWAY RIDING - CANOEING ON THE MEDWAY CHEESE TASTING - SHEEP SHEARING - GASS CRICKET MATCH TREASURE HUNT - SECRET SQUIRREL - BALLROOM DANCING LESSON COOK IT YOURSELF DINNER - INDIVIDUAL CARTOONS - AMATEUR DRAMATICS BASKET WEAVING - BELLY DANCE CLASS - GASS MALE VOICE CHOIR - GRASS TRACK BIKE RACING
MEETINGS for 2008-2009 The budget for the year was the fees of 22x£40x12= £10,560 This spend did not take account of guest fees or fines, which this year raised £5 - nice one Ian!
Meetings are either PUBx4 (cheap and cheerful at £600), MIDDLEx4 (middling costs at about £800), or AWAYDAYx3 (over £1200)
Members live roughly 10 in the Medway area, 9 Maidstone area, 3 Sittingbourne so an ideal annual split is either 4 or 5 each to Medway and Maidstone, 1 to Sittingbourne and 1 London. To date the programme above is Medway 4, Maidstone 4, Sittingbourne 2, London 1 - nice planning? no just lucky! AT THE END OF THE YEAR GASS HAD THE REQUIRED £5,000 IN THE BANK AGAIN AS A BUFFER - SPOT ON ACCOUNTING!
MEETINGS for 2007-2008 The budget for the year is the fees of 22x£40x12= £10,560 This spend does not take account of guest fees or fines, both of which provide yet more funds. Meetings coloured in purple are past - those in yellow are booked - those in white are open to suggestions. Meetings are either PUB (cheap and cheerful at £500), MID (middling costs at about £800), AWAY (over a £1000) In 2007 we celebrated the 25th Anniversary with a particularly expensive AGM. This led to an excess of expenditure over income.
NOTE: In 2006/7 there were 6 Medway based meetings to 3 Maidstone, 1 London, 1 Luton, which favoured Medway quite a bit.
Members live roughly 10 in the Medway area, 9 Maidstone area, 3 Sittingbourne so an ideal annual split is either 4 or 5 each to Medway and Maidstone, 1 to Sittingbourne and 1 London.
This year it looks like 4 Medway, 5 Maidstone, 1 Sittingbourne, 1 London - which is a fair balance after last year.
Would those who have never sponsored a meeting give it serious thought please.
MEETINGS held in 2006-2007 A great series of meetings for the 25th year The budget for the year is the fees of 22x£40x12= £10,560 plus the surplus funds of £1,500, a total spend of £12,060 As this was our 25th year we spent £11,500 on meetings as opposed to £8,000 in previous years
GEOGRAPHICALLY this is 3 in Medway, 3 in North Downs, 3 awaydays, 1 in the middle and one undecided, plus the AGM . Hopefully this is a fair spread and reflects where our members live.
MEETINGS held 2005-2006
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