Thursday, October 26, 2006
Reflection
As Chairman of Aber CF I would like to reflect on what has been an amazing first month for our society. The hard work of everyone at freshers fair paid off with the society in a position to have well over 100 members by the end of the year. I would like to thank everyone involved and especially those who signed up to take us to be the largest Conservative Future Branch in Wales.
Our membership has put us in a position to have weekly socials, the committee felt this was best to encourage members to get more involved, get to know the committee better and it also creates a rotation in attendance so that each week there are different people to get to know. It has created an active membership which we can only build upon. I would like to pay tribute to our deputy Chair Membership and Finance, Anna Booth who is still encouraging interest among students and many of these are now attending socials and wanting to get more involved.
The National CF Wales Dinner last year with Cheryl Gillan Shadow Secretary of State for Wales has clearly put Aber CF on the map and we are now able to offer a wide range of political events for our members due to the fundraising efforts of last years committee. Members have already had oppourtunities to attend events across Wales including Conservative Policy Forums, the fothcoming drinks reception with leader David Cameron in Cardiff and the lecture at the National Library on the Conservative Party in Wales pre 1998.
So where next? We have our Christmas meal with Nick Bourne in a months time, and next years National CF Dinner with Justine Greening MP (Vice Party Chair for the Youth). I would like to pay tribute to our former committee especially Rob Burgess and Richard Minshull who laid the foundations for us to already offer our membership the oppourtunity to get more involved with the party. With the website already under development as well as an Aber CF newsletter all I can say is that Aber CF will once again be on the map - Watch this Space! Paul (Chairman)
Our membership has put us in a position to have weekly socials, the committee felt this was best to encourage members to get more involved, get to know the committee better and it also creates a rotation in attendance so that each week there are different people to get to know. It has created an active membership which we can only build upon. I would like to pay tribute to our deputy Chair Membership and Finance, Anna Booth who is still encouraging interest among students and many of these are now attending socials and wanting to get more involved.
The National CF Wales Dinner last year with Cheryl Gillan Shadow Secretary of State for Wales has clearly put Aber CF on the map and we are now able to offer a wide range of political events for our members due to the fundraising efforts of last years committee. Members have already had oppourtunities to attend events across Wales including Conservative Policy Forums, the fothcoming drinks reception with leader David Cameron in Cardiff and the lecture at the National Library on the Conservative Party in Wales pre 1998.
So where next? We have our Christmas meal with Nick Bourne in a months time, and next years National CF Dinner with Justine Greening MP (Vice Party Chair for the Youth). I would like to pay tribute to our former committee especially Rob Burgess and Richard Minshull who laid the foundations for us to already offer our membership the oppourtunity to get more involved with the party. With the website already under development as well as an Aber CF newsletter all I can say is that Aber CF will once again be on the map - Watch this Space! Paul (Chairman)
# posted by Paul Rogers @ 3:01 pm 
