Hello everyone
   .It is with mixed feelings I have to tell you this is the last edition of your magazine that I shall be producing, and I will be stepping down from the committee at the AGM. It has been five years now, and I feel it’s time for someone new to bring along a fresh approach.
   I hope you will all welcome Sheila Callaghan who has kindly volunteered to take over my responsibilities, although initially I will continue to maintain the website.
   Not surprisingly, this year it has been impossible to maintain the level of advertising we normally enjoy, and which pays for the production of the magazine. Not only is it a difficult time financially for most businesses, but with competition such as The Local, and other similar publications, unless we, the members, can convince advertisers that their input is worthwhile we will be lucky to have any advertisers at all! Please make sure you tell advertisers that you are responding to their advert in OUR magazine—even if it just an enquiry and you do not eventually use the service or product.

     All contributions for the magazine now to Sheila please, by e-mail to sheilacallcap10@yahoo.com, or at our weekly Wednesday meetings. Next deadline will be Wednesday 21 March.

   It only remains for me to wish you all the very best for 2010, and look forward to seeing you on Wednesdays.


 Celia
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