SSWIGS News

• Harry Tresidder - President
• Jon Lewis - Secretary (Jon will be handing the job over to himself, so let's hope he enjoys his handover meeting!)
• Kayleigh Pratt - Treasurer
• Suzie Stephens - Social Secretary
• Ceinwen Cloney - Publicity Officer

Congratulations to you all and we hope you have an absolutely fantastic year!  Best of luck in your new roles :)

Also thanks to all of you who came along and took part in the AGM and voting!  We didn't decide on a new flag, but this will be discussed further in a more informal environment.  An email will be sent to everyone with each of the flags so you can have a proper look at them all!

Have a fantastic weekend everyone and enjoy the sunshine!!  I'll see some of you tomorrow at the minibus at 7am ready to head to Leeds  :D  Hopefully the rest of you next week for coffee on Tuesday and night hike on Thursday (an email will follow with more details on both these events). 

Hello everyone,

Hope you have all had a good weekend.  This week is an exciting week in the SSWIGS calendar so please read on!

1. Coffee
First of all we'll be meeting in JCs on Tuesday between 2pm and 4pm for our usual coffee/lunch.  Come along and have a drink or just come along for a chat!

2. AGM - YOU MUST COME!!!
Of course the excitement of the week is the AGM which will be taking place on Thursday at Bryn Road Scout and Guide HQ at 7:30pm.  Come along and have your say on the future of the society!!  Don't miss out...there may even be free biscuits!!  You will already have received an email with nominations that were submitted for President, Secretary and Treasurer which we will be voting upon at the AGM.  However, no one has put themselves forward for the roles of Social Secretary or Publicity.  Swansea University students will be allowed to run for these two positions from the floor, so if you think one of these might be for you then you must come along.  

3. SSWIGS Flag Competition
I'd also like to remind everyone that the closing date for the flag competition is Thursday at midday.  We will then be discussing the entries at the AGM and voting on the design we would like to have created into a flag.  The flag is for general use within the society...national events, freshers' fair, university events, society camps etc etc.  Don't forget the colours of SSWIGS...green, black and white.  Please also find attached a picture of Derek in case you would like to use this in your design.  So far I have only had entries from one person...which is a bit disappointing :(  Please get designing either on paper or on the computer and send your entries to me by midday Thursday.

Any questions please get in touch.  Keep an eye on your inboxs as Jon will be sending the Agenda for the AGM later in the week!

Thanks everyone and see you in the week!

Right, I know it's two weekends time, but I'm excited about the ball, so I thought I'd whizz this email out.  The plan will be to leave uni at around 7am.  I realise this is super early, but we have a long, long way to go, so at least this way we should arrive in time to chill out a bit in the afternoon before the excitement begins.  Kayleigh and Harry we realise that buses may not be an option at this time, but we figured you wouldn't mind an early morning stroll (JOKES).  Sorry, you can stop swearing now because we will arrange for you to be picked up by a lovely person with a car.

The other thing we need to sort is the picnic :D  We thought it would be nice if we all purchased some bits and pieces and shared to make a gourmet picnic for the road trip.  So I think the best plan is to decide who will buy what.  Here are my ideas of what we could have:

• Sandwiches
• Savoury goodies (sausage rolls and other bits)
• Crisps
• Cakes or other sweet things
• Fruit
• Drinks (a small selection)
• Sweeties (perhaps not for the picnic, but the driver does need these to get places)

How does this sound?  Right, now please can you indicate which thing you would like to buy! 

If you don't want to take part in the picnic that is also fine (PARTY POOPER!).  However, don't expect us to share on the day :P

Let me know your thoughts and let's all start getting excited for BALL!!!

Kate

Just a few things:

1. Socials

2. Easter Camp - PLEASE REPLY!!

3. AGM and Committee nominations reminder

4. Message regarding House of Commons Education Committee - Youth Services

1. SOCIALS

Don't forget the Ready Steady Cook social is TONIGHT. Meet outside Fulton House at 7:30pm. If you can let us know if you're coming then we can make sure we wait for you! Also don't forget that coffee is on Friday this week between 12pm and 2pm.

2. EASTER CAMP

 Thanks to those of you who have already paid the deposit. This is just a quick reminder for everyone else. Easter Camp will be taking place on the weekend of 6th - 8th May and we'll be heading to a campsite in the Birmingham area. The weekend will be full of activities from raft building to campfires and possibly even a trip to Cadbury World. I need to know numbers though and I need to know in the next couple of days. Please can you let me know if you would like to come and get a deposit to me in the next couple of days. Equally if you know you're not coming please drop me an email then I'll stop bugging you all :P

3. AGM AND NOMINATIONS REMINDER

 This is just a quick reminder to you all that the AGM will take place on 24th March at 7:30pm. Please put this date in your diary and come along to use your voting power!! If you know you cannot make the AGM for some reason then please also remember you can apply for a postal vote! Also, don't forget that SSWIGS committee nominations for 2011-2012 are still open and won't be closing until next Thursday (17th) at midday. Get those nominations flying at our Returning Officer!! Any questions on this please do not hesitate to ask!

4. Message regarding House of Commons Education Committee - Youth Services

  Hi SSAGO! As part of my work with Girlguiding UK and the British Youth Council (which the TSA also has representation at) we are continually working on the recognition and improvement in general of youth services and participation into existing organisations (ie Guides and Scouts!) The House of Commons Education Committee are therefore currently carrying out an inquiry into youth services and have launched this forum so that young people (13-25) can tell them what activities they do outside of school/work and what they think of them - they specifically mention guiding and scouting in the introduction, which is great as a start for our two organisations. It would be great if you could spend a few minutes responding to the forum and letting the government know of what opportunities we get out of Scouting and Guiding (plus anything else you might partake in too). It's always great to be able to shout out about Guiding and Scouting, and this is a fab stage to be able to do it from! This is the link to the forum: http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/wiki/Parliament_wants_your_view Thanks everyone! YiSaG, Gaenor x

Thanks everyone,

Kate SSWIGS President 2010-2011

IT'S PANCAKE DAY!!!

Remember SSWIGS social is TONIGHT. Cardiff SSAGS are coming for a Ready, Steady Cook challenge with pancakes.

Meet at 44th Sketty Scout Hut at 8pm.

We look forward to seeing you there!

YiSaG

SSWIGS