| 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.
- 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.
The lecture list for the current year is at the bottom of this page.
Membership and venue for monthly meetings
| Contacting us in person | The
officers of the Mansfield & District U3A and the co-ordinators of
the interest groups welcome personal contact at the main monthly U3A
meetings held in Mansfield. (See below for the venue). For details of membership see the business secretary or membership secretary. | | Venue for monthly meetings | Unless
otherwise indicated, the monthly U3A meetings are held on the third
Tuesday of each month http://www.mansfield-u3a.org.uk/recentevents.htm (exceptions August and December) from 10.00 am to 12.30 pm at THE MASONIC HALL, 155 NOTTINGHAM ROAD, MANSFIELD NG18 4AE (The Oakham Suite, next to The Talbot Inn) which has full disabled access.
- Doors open at 9.45 am.
- Bookstall for sale of second-hand books and CDs at all meetings. (Donations are always welcome too!)
- Car parking at the rear of the Hall - please share cars if possible.
| | Phone enquiries | The
officers of the U3A have no phone or fax facilities at The Masonic
Hall. 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. | | Website | http://www.mansfield-u3a.org.uk
| Email
| http://www.mansfield-u3a.org.uk/contact.htm
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| Lecture List 2010 | | 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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