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Chairman's notes ♦ Newsletter submissions ♦ Cliff College information ♦ Committee vacancy Following our recent move to Cliff College at Calver we have been having record attendances at our lectures. We are so pleased that the new venue is proving so popular. Although we are, of course, very pleased to see so many of you, the room is very full and in order to give our members the benefit, we are now saying NO VISITORS for the time being. We have a waiting list of over 30 and the situation will be reviewed at the start of our new season in September.
CHAIRMAN’S NOTES The Study Day on Norman Churches in Derbyshire, arranged by Mark Hargreaves, was well attended and the visit to Melbourne an excellent follow-up to the talk by Professor John Tarn in the morning. It is now time to arrange the list of speakers for 2008/09, please let Vivienne Milburn know of any outstanding speakers you have encountered or of any topics you would like to see on the programme. Many of us will encounter our national organisation NADFAS through the excellent Journal and the Committee find the Directory of Speakers most helpful in choosing our lecturers. I have recently attended a meeting for new chairmen, nearly all ladies, in NADFAS House and found that the support available for all our activities is impressive. I did make the point that requests for information about our DFAS are numerous and sometimes duplicated by Area, however, better information sharing is promised! The Travel Grant to the Arts and Photographic Department at Derby University will continue in this season. The ‘Art in the Schools’ project is progressing and updates on these are included in this newsletter. My best wishes for 2008. KEITH LEVICK
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NEWSLETTER CLIFF COLLEGE, CALVER will be the venue for lectures for the 2007/8 I hope you are all enjoying the new venue at Cliff College, your Committee feel this has been a positive move and after one or two initial teething problems we are happy with the way things are running there. Cliff College is easy to find as it lies on the main A619 road between Calver and Baslow and is well signed. Take the main entrance and immediately turn to the right where there is ample parking along the lower driveway. Make your way up the main driveway or there are some steps (which lead up from the Playgroup area) to the Conference Hall. There is LIMITED DISABLED parking at the top of the main drive but please only use this if really necessary. Parking is proving a bit of a challenge for some of you! There is plenty of room particularly if you park considerately so that we can get two rows of cars on the hard standing. The grassed area is also quite OK but it would be wise to point downhill or at least pointing towards the driveway – just in case! We would welcome any suggestions so please approach a member of the Committee and we will try and help. Queries about the loop system for users of hearing aids, I have established that this is working and the optimum areas for best reception are on the far side of the room and across the back, in front of the big window. I hope this is helpful Coffee is 'on a help yourself' basis available in the Cafeteria from 10.30am with an 'Honesty Box' for the price of 80p for coffee and 50p for tea. I hope you are finding this convenient. Finally, please try to arrive promptly – interuptions are quite disruptive to the speaker. We are arranging for some spare seats to be ranged along the left hand side of the room (as you go in) and these can then be carried to the end of a row causing least disruption. Remember, that if you can not attend yourself, apologies are helpful as guest space is limited and your attendance slip is NOT TRANSFERABLE. Mary Marsh - Secretary Here is the map location of Cliff College PROGRAMME SECRETARY - FORTHCOMING VACANCY ON THE COMMITTEE Vivienne Milburn has advised that she will be giving up the post of Programme Secretary at the end of this season and we wish to offer this to any member of Cavendish DFAS who would be willing to come forward. Please give this your careful consideration.
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