| 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 £12.50 for 2011 - as prudent
cost control and the income from well-supported events and our book
table has enabled our U3A to offer one of the lowest subscription
levels
in the country.
- 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 £1.15 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.
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| 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. (NB: The 2011 Christmas Lunch will be
on the FIRST MONDAY - see below.)
- 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 usually 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.
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| 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, by email to paulineannboucher@yahoo.co.uk
or phone 01623 644798.)
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| Website |
http://www.mansfield-u3a.org.uk
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| Noticeboard |
http://mansfieldu3a.blogspot.com |
Email
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mansfieldu3a@aol.com
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Summary
of Meetings and
Lecture Programme 2012
(Details
here.) |
| Date |
Topic |
Speaker |
| January
17 |
Our
interests
|
Members |
| February
21 |
Lawrence
of Arabia
|
Capt.
Dyer |
| March
20 |
The
Birds in our Gardens |
John
Barlow |
| April
17 |
A
School in Kenya. |
Simon
Brister |
| May
15 |
People,
Plants, Pleasures, Passions. |
Don
Witton |
| June
19 |
The
Secret Diary of a Deputy District Judge |
Christine
Doughty |
| July
17 |
The
Story of the Victorian & Edwardian Seaside |
Ron
Stammers |
August
21
|
Annual
Summer Party |
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| September
19 |
AGM |
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