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6th November 2009
From Ruth: Lorraine, Gillian and I met at Gillian's last week to discuss our merchandise choices. We think you will be pleased with the things we are going to be offering. There may be news about them in the January Chronicle, but if not, watch this page - and there will certainly be an order form in next May's issue.
I am spending November doing NaNoWriMo - for anyone who doesn't know what this is, follow the link. My progress is on a special NaNo page I've added to the site temporarily.
14th Sept 2009
From Ruth: Pictures from the Cleeve Gathering in June this year are now on the Picture Gallery page - thanks to Peter H and Ros Bayley. On the Picasa site itself, the people are named, so if you prefer to go there directly, then either click here, or follow the link that shows when the slideshow on our page has finished running.
I have just reinstated the link to the film Morris; a Life With Bells On, which has just started to be shown again in selected cinemas! UPDATE 27 Sept - it was lovely. A Morris club from the Isle of Wight were dancing outside when we got to the cinema in Southampton, and just before the film started they all trooped in. There was a men's' side and a women's side, taking it in turns to dance.
18th July 2009
From Ruth: Just to let everyone know that Lorraine's email/internet is down. If you need to contact her and don't have her phone number, you may phone [01794 517149] or email me and I will either pass a message on, or let you have her phone number. BT tell her that the new 'hub' will be with her next Friday, but we can't say when she'll be 'live' again until it actually arrives safely, and there may be problems with installing it, so I'll keep you informed here. Up and running again on 24 July.
11 June 2009
From Ruth: Well I think the Cleeve Weekend can be considered a success, and we have a date [17-20 June 2011] for the next one. As soon as possible we will get some photos up here, so that you can see what we got up to. The weather was probably the worst we have had at Cleeve, but it didn't prevent us dancing on Friday evening at the Abbey, although the Maypole dancing that was originally planned was impossible, as the maypole is a fixture on the front lawn [i.e. outdoors] at Halsway Manor. The official photo was also of necessity an indoor event, on the Halsway stairs. The raffle raised £120 which was donated to the library funds at Halsway itself.
20 March 2009
From Ruth: Just a quick entry to tell you all about the new pages on this site - look at the headings: EJO's Locations, EJO's Characters. EJO & Guiding, EJO & The Peace Egg. When you get to these, there is a tremendous amount of information that Fiona has uploaded, and some headings have sub-pages as well, as you'll find when you get to them. I've also added a link page to Morris: A Life With Bells On, the new film about Morris Dancing - this takes you to the trailer and a list of venues that you can go to see the film, which is not on general release. The basic Article Archive Index to the first 9 Chronicles is now completely transferred from the old site, which is now totally defunct. I have just left a marker page with a link to this site.
Finally, if you have any points or articles that would be suitable for the next issue of the Chronicle, please let our new editor, Lorraine have them as soon as possible, and certainly by 15 April.
19 February 2009
From Ruth: An apology! You should all now have received your Chronicles - that bit is good. The bad bit is that the renewal form - which I spent some considerable time and effort trying to simplify and clarify - has been pared down to the point that it doesn't have an address to send the renewal form and cheque back to!
I am really sorry to have missed out this obvious part - and have amended the 'master' so that next year's doesn't repeat the error. My address, for anyone not clear where to send her/his renewal, appears inside the cover of the magazine itself, under Membership Secretary/Treasurer, and on the 'order form' part of the outer cover, underneath Gillian's name and address. Once again, very many apologies for this - as you can imagine I am gnashing my teeth (at myself!) as well as grovelling to everyone.
7 February 2009
From Ruth: I've just started a Google Discussion Group - do come and join - I've sent out some invitations, but do email me if you haven't had an invite and want to join in. There is a question to answer to filter out 'nasties' but which should be very easy for anyone who has read the books.
11 January 2009
From Ruth: The News page on the old website was very out of date, and I could not find anything from it worth moving over. Once everything is up and running here, I hope it will be kept more current.
The January 2009 Chronicle is currently in preparation, and the renewal form for 2009 membership will be included with it. Subscriptions for UK members have been held at £7.50, but we have tweaked the overseas membership amount to be £10.00 wherever in the world outside the UK you live. I'm afraid this means a slight increase for European members, but this is the same as before for North America, and a reduction for Australia and New Zealand. A standing order mandate will also be included, for those not already using that method of payment. This is not in any way meant to push people into paying by S/O if they do not wish to; the Membership Secretary is happy with cheques, PayPal, postal order and standing order in equal measure. It is just to make this method easier if anyone does want to use it.
There are pages on Wikipedia about EJO and her books. The Abbey Series has its own page, as do the Connectors and the Non-Connectors.
Please also note that the GO discussion group often mentions EJO and her books. You need to register on this, but you can opt for 'no mail' and just look at the archive site if you don't want to be troubled by emails arriving at all hours! |
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