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Past meetings
January 2nd 2009 - Annual
General Meeting.
By it's very nature this is never one of
the most riveting evenings of the year
but active groups such as ours don't run
themselves and business has to be taken
care of!
Current members of the committee were
all prepared to continue in their posts
and were all re-elected unopposed.
Full minutes will be circulated to all
members.
We also had the opportunity to see the
new books and DVDs that have been
purchased for our library using part of
the
award we have recently received from
Awards for All Wales
The program for 2009 was
distributed (details
here) , from this you can see that
we are in for another action-packed year
so don't miss a single meeting!
February
6th
2009
:
Frances
Baines
- In
Darwin's
footsteps
A
visit
to
the
Galapagos
Islands.
This, for those who could make it, was a
really interesting evening. Sadly
though, this was right in the thick of
the snow that almost sent us back to the
ice age. This was the day that the
Severn Bridge was dropping half ton
blocks of ice on the passing motorist,
this was .... OK, you get the picture.
Understandably, this meeting was not
well attended. This is a shame because
Frances always puts a lot of work into
her talks and we all learn a lot from
them. Hopefully Frances will have the
opportunity to reprise this talk some
time in the future.
Perhaps when there's a heatwave.
March
6th
2009
:
'Bring
Something
Exotic'
night
This is a perennial favourite and there
are always some surprises. If you think
you can surprise us further why not join
us on our next one which is on 7th
August.
April
3rd
2009
:
Dave
Davies
-
Bonaire,
beneath
Caribbean
seas
Bonaire, if you're not familiar with it,
is a small island in the Dutch Antilles
just off the coast of Venezuela. Dave,
apart from being a specialist snake
breeder is also a keen scuba diver. This
evening he gave us all a taste of the
variety of spectacular wildlife that
lives just a few metres below the
surface of the Caribbean that not many
people get to see.
May
1st
2009
:
Open
Meeting
-
All
welcome
-
JungleTalk
with
Seb
Miller
This
was a follow-up to our
visit to Morrison's
in Neath. We were delighted to see
so many first time visitors at our
meeting, several of whom have expressed
an interest in becoming members. The
more the merrier!
June
5th
2009
:
Andy
Highfield - The Tortoise Trust
This evening was very well attended and
Andy gave us an in-depth account of his
work together with a lot of useful
advice on how to keep tortoises fit and
healthy.
We are also grateful to Andy for
donation one of his books, co-authored
by his wife Nadine, duly signed by the
authors. This was added to our
ever-expanding library.
You can find out more about the Tortoise
Trust at
www.tortoisetrust.org
Andy and
Nadine Highfield and friend.
July
3rd
2009
:
Jane
Drinkwater - North Wales Reptile and
Raptor Sanctuary
Jane gave us us an interesting insight
into the work of the sanctuary in Ruthin
which she co-founded twelve years ago.
You can find out more at
www.nwrr.co.uk.
Jane
Drinkwater (centre) flanked by Phill
Evans (Chairman) and Fran Baines
(Secretary)
August
7th 2009 : "Bring something more exotic"
evening
You never
know what you're going to get when you
come to one of these !
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