| Membership and monthly meetings Mansfield
& District U3A is open to anyone over 50 who is no longer working
full-time, subject to places being available for new members. (It may
prove especially useful to the recently retired!)
The
annual subscription for membership is £15.00 for the year 1st August to
31st July 2010 and will fall to £12.50 for 2011 - as prudent cost control and the income from
well-supported events and our book table will enable our U3A to
offer one of the lowest subscription levels in the country next year.
- Renewal
of subscriptions falls due at the September meeting but an extension to
November (only) is allowed before names are removed from the membership
list.
- Members receive a mailing of U3A News published by The Third Age Trust each quarter.
- There is no admission fee for the monthly U3A meeting but a charge of £1.00 is made for refreshments. (Please pay with coins rather than notes).
- Some interest groups charge meeting costs to cover speakers' fees, room and coach hire, etc, and operate car-sharing schemes.
Contact
Avril McGee, the membership secretary, on 452688 if you'd like to know
more, or use the 'Contact Us' link on the side bar.
The lecture list for the current year is at the bottom of this page.  |
| General Information | | Contacting in person | The
officers of the Mansfield & District U3A and the co-ordinators of
the interest groups welcome personal contact at the main monthly
meetings held in Mansfield. | | Venue for monthly meetings | Monthly meetings for all members are held on the third Tuesday of each month (except August and December) from 10.00 am to 12.30 pm at The Oakham Suite, 155 Nottingham Road, Mansfield NG18 4AE (next to The Talbot Inn) which has full disabled access.
- Doors
open at 9.45 am and meetings start with general and interest group
announcements at 10.00 am, before a tea/coffee break and a presentation
by a guest speaker at 11.00 am.
- A
bookstall for sale of second-hand books and CDs is an important feature
of all meetings as the proceeds help to keep subscriptions low.
(Donations are always welcome too!)
- Car parking at the rear of the Hall - please share cars if possible.
| | Phone enquiries | The officers have no phone or fax facilities at The Oakham Suite. At other times please telephone Carole Justice, the secretary, on 01623 491809. | | Payments | All
payments to the treasurer should be by cheque, in a sealed envelope
bearing the purpose of the payment, your name and your address. For
membership subscriptions - due in September - please ensure all
members' names and addresses covered by the enclosed cheque are written
on the back of the envelope. Envelopes can be handed to the treasurer
at the monthly meetings. Cheques should be made payable to Mansfield & District U3A unless stated otherwise.
On-line banking
Members
who use internet banking may pay their subscriptions on-line if they
wish. (Details from Pauline Boucher, the treasurer, on 01623
644798. or by email to paulineannboucher@yahoo.co.uk) | | Website | http://www.mansfield-u3a.org.uk
| | Noticeboard | http://mansfieldu3a.blogspot.com | Email
| http://www.mansfield-u3a.org.uk/contact.htm
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| Lecture List 2009/10 | | Date | Topic | Speaker | | Nov 17 | A year in the life of a wildlife photographer. | Peter Jones | | Jan 19 | Members' presentations. | - | | Feb 16 | All About Robins | David Tideswell | | Mar 16 | Story teller | Peter Davies | | Apr 20 | Pilgrim Fathers | Malcolm Dalby | | May 18 | Mystical Mauritius | Ken Whitaker | | June 15 | Lost treasure houses of The Dukeries | Philip Jones | | July 20 | Middens and muck. | Peter Hammond | | Aug 17 | Annual Summer Picnic | - | | Sept 21 | AGM | - | | Oct 19 | TBA | TBA | | Nov 16 | TBA | TBA | | December | No meeting | - |
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