SCHOOL HOLIDAYS-But no rest for us at Parramatta Compals

MONDAY June 30
Today was Strategic Planning Day meeting. headed by our very busy and capable
 President Deborah....

.....and a small group of committee members, trainers, assistant trainers and an office assistant.who spent some hours discussing strategies for achieving our objectives, and reviewing progress so far.

I utilised some of the time after the meeting to finalise the club's cash receipt books and to bank the last of our monies for the financial year end 2014.

TUESDAY July 1

I spent the morning entering final data our club's financial income and expenditure for the end of the financial year, and then reconciled the bank and register figures, first time again for about the 20th time in a row. Now to find time to prepare the club's financial year ended 30 June 2014 accounts and to prepare annual financials and have them audited.

WEDNESDAY July 2

Another compals meeting, this time for a Course Review Day, with Trainers and Asst Trainers all participating in discussions to review the name of all the courses that the club conducts, and deciding which courses we should be offering, and how to structure the Beginners/Beyond the Basics courses in 

particular.

 Deborah, as usual, had control of the meeting and kept the group working on outcomes that would benefit our members and trainers.
Course descriptions will be compiled into a Course Handbook, with one A4 page per course. It will be kept at Reception and will be available to enquirers, and also be used to update descriptions on the website.
It was agreed that we try to cover too much in many of our courses, and there should be less content and more time for learners to practise. So we will split existing courses into Beginners and Beyond the Basics.

Thursday July 3
I started working on the financial papers, getting them ready for the auditor, and eventually for inclusion into the club's Annual Report and AGM. Spent heaps of time researching expenditure on Grants.

Friday July 3
A club social event for members, better than working on financial balancings and reports!
Kathryn Akhurst had  organised another Club social lunch for today, from 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm at the Sicilian Restaurant, 292 Church Street, Parramatta.  We had good reports from people who went to lunch there last time.  The Lunch Special included many choices for $14.90 and also included a free glass of red/white wine or soft drink.

Nineteen members turned up to enjoy word fired pizza, and to socialise with fellow club members

Boy, am I glad this week of Compals is over!