Changes to Club Meetings – Official & Social meetings explained in detail

At the AGM on 24th January it was agreed to change the way we hold meetings due to the drop off in numbers of members attending.
Meetings will still be held fortnightly but they will be Official and Social meetings alternately. The next meeting on 7th Feb will be a Social meeting, the following one, on 21st Feb, will be an Official meeting. The dates of each are on the Meetings page of the website: https://pam.bmfa.club/meetings/
So what is the difference?
Official meetings be be exactly as we are used to, at Buriton Village Hall and will include formal business, minutes etc followed by a talk, presentation, quiz, discussion etc.
Social meetings will have no formal business or minutes and the venue will vary. During the winter months the venue will be in a pub, initially the Seven Stars in Stroud GU32 3PG. This might change to a different pub later in which case members will be emailed in advance and a notice put on the website. During the summer months the venue will be the flying field for evening flying, quiet models only, no EDF or I/C. Obviously flying will be weather dependant and it might mean that at short notice flying is curtailed or cancelled. In that case we might adjourn to the Rising Sun in Clanfield PO8 0RN. Again, members will be kept informed via email as early as possible.
There is now a PAM Flying Group on WhatsApp. This is a much easier way than email to keep in contact and, if you haven’t already done so, I would urge you to download WhatsApp to your mobile phone and join the group (ask Andy to add you once you have the app). It’s totally free to download and use.