Every few weeks Reading Interfaith Group provide a treasure hunt on the website in which the prize for members of our committee members is discovery of the minutes from our last meeting! These have a slight tendency to migrate round the website in search of a more comfortable home so I gather there is something very reassuring about also receiving them as an attachment.
Yesterday I spent the morning writing up minutes from our meeting the night before and updating a planning document for the Friendship Walk which is now into its 8th edition and called (rather unimaginatively and with very little subtlety) "job list." For me this added up to rather a lot of writing because there must have been something in the air that evening. Committee members seemed incredibly energetic, full of ideas and enthusiasm with so much business covered. It was lovely to welcome two additional members who had come to join us. I was reminded how the best and most successful generals are not necessarily the strongest, bravest, cleverest or even best looking individuals around but those who just happen to have the support of an army! The support I have received over the years through Reading Interfaith has been incredible. I think this is because we all understand what the group is trying to achieve and the need for team work, rather than through any personal magnetism of the chair!
Our last meeting was focused on plans for the next two events and the issue of membership. It is wonderful to organise a Friendship Walk for this year through having sufficient funds for the necessary publicity. Our job right now is to focus on this present opportunity, making it the best and most helpful event possible for the people of Reading. I have no idea what programme our resources will allow us to provide next year.
During the evening we began to make tentative plans for our AGM. Although the annual business meetings of a group can be a gruelling test of endurance, this was not the reason why our committee opted to hold an event on death!
