Happy Holiday Season to all!
We have just this last Saturday been to the December National Council meeting in Leeds (see us having fun there in the pic). What's this? We'll, it's one of the four meetings every year that representatives from each senior branch, the chairman, secretary, treasurer, trustee, NJRs (that's us) and minutes person who run CISV Great Britain get together to sort everything out.
This time, some quite important stuff went down, we elected a new trustee Nic Hargreaves to start a 3 year term in September - well done mate, though our current trustee Laura Green isn't done yet! The places for 16+ programs were also decided, so if you applied, you'll be hearing from your branches soon. We also discussed things like recent events, safeguarding and how new child protection laws will affect us, how to solve our over 21 problems and the budget. Interesting times, and gave us a lot to think about.
In other news, we hope to be seeing you soon at some of our brilliant upcoming weekends:
-Mancfield/Shefchester minicamp, 23rd-25th January
-NJBF - 31st Jan - 2nd February, probably Bramhope, TBC
-Year 9/10 - 13th - 15th February, TBC
-17+ Weekend - 20th - 22nd February, Hebden Hey
Very importantly, if you think you're over 16 and think you'd like to staff the year 9/10 minicamp, definitely let us know, and if you'd like any info about any of the weekends, please email us at njr@gb.cisv.org
What else is cooking? Well the merchandise is coming along, and we'll soon be able to release a sneak preview of what's to come, the national website is also finally happening (if you have any ideas of what the JB page should include, please send us your suggestions), and we're also thinking about the upcoming international events that we might just be going to - who wants to come with us to EJBM (European Junior Branch Meeting) in Austria, or IJBC (International Junior Branch Conference) in Guatemala?
Otherwise, we send you seasons greetings, and hope you're buying Leeds' Christmas puddings in preparation for festivities!
Love, Lou & Jam
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