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Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI)
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SI Bangor and District Diary

We meet mostly on the first and third Tuesday of the month at 7.00pm, except where the main holidays make this impractical and then it will be the second and forth Tuesday, please see below for details. We currently meet at Technium Cast, Park Menai, Bangor. Guests are welcome, please contact the President or Secretary to advise.
Tea and coffee are served.

Orchids Wild and Cultivated

Type of meeting: Speaker Meeting
Date: 11 September 2007
Time: 19:00
Venue: Techinum CAST

Nigel Brown curator of UCNW Treborth Botanical Gardens will talk on his passionate subject of orchids.

Walk

Type of meeting: Fundraiser
Date: 22 September 2007
Time: 10:00
Venue: Park Menai - Pub

Mair Jones our Regional President invites us to join her for a 14 mile walk to Caernarfon and back, option for just half. Pay £5.00 to join in.

Teaching in Thailand

Type of meeting: Speaker Meeting
Date: 25 September 2007
Time: 19:00
Venue: Technium Cast

Caroline Anderson will give us a resume of her year teaching English in Thailand.

Itala School

Type of meeting: Speaker Meeting
Date: 9 October 2007
Time: 19:00
Venue: Technium CAST

We are privallaged to welcom Albert Mwansa, headmaster of the school we have been supporting in Zambia to talk to us about his school.

Landmine awareness

Type of meeting: Business Meeting
Date: 23 October 2007
Time: 19:00
Venue: Technium CAST

We are planning a programme action evening, in preparation for our Federation Conference.

Bone setters of Anglesey

Type of meeting: Speaker Meeting
Date: 6 November 2007
Time: 19:00
Venue: Technium CAST

John Hywel will give a talk on Bone setters of Anglesey.

Remembrance Sunday

Type of meeting: Memorial
Date: 11 November 2007
Time: 11:00
Venue: Bangor Cathedral

Remembrance service and attendance at memorial.

Conference update

Type of meeting: Business Meeting
Date: 20 November 2007
Time: 19:00
Venue: Technium CAST

Busy evening with reports from conference and change of insignia, programme action update and preparation of Christmas Gifts.

Human Rights

Type of meeting: Business Meeting
Date: 4 December 2007
Time: 19:00
Venue: Technium CAST

Our member the Reverend Dr Sue Jones will lead us in our Human Rights Evening.

Christmas Dinner

Type of meeting: Social Event
Date: 18 December 2007
Time: 19:00
Venue: Tre-Ysgawen Hall

We will celebrate the festive season with a meal.

Job Talk

Type of meeting: Speaker Meeting
Date: 8 January 2008
Time: 19:00
Venue: Technium CAST

We welcome Theresa Foster - one of our new members to give us a job talk.

Bangor Architecture

Type of meeting: Speaker Meeting
Date: 22 January 2008
Time: 19:00
Venue: Technium CAST

We welcome Peter Brindley on the topic of Bangor Architecture.

Plants and medicine

Type of meeting: Speaker Meeting
Date: 5 February 2008
Time: 19:00
Venue: Technium CAST

We welcome Peter Cannon.

Trafficking of Women and Children in North Wales

Type of meeting: Speaker Meeting
Date: 19 February 2008
Time: 19:00
Venue: Technium CAST

Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom will update us on the present scale of this problem in North Wales.

60th Birthday Party

Type of meeting: Social Event
Date: 4 March 2008
Time: 19:00
Venue: TBA

We look forward to celebrating the club's birthday, details of the celebration to be advised.

Presentation Evening

Type of meeting: Business Meeting
Date: 18 March 2008
Time: 19:00
Venue: Technium CAST

Final presentations of the year, formal nomination evening and preparations for the AGM

AGM

Type of meeting: Business Meeting
Date: 8 April 2008
Time: 19:00
Venue: Technium CAST

Please not a buffet is planned for this evening.

Project Sierra

Type of meeting: Speaker Meeting
Date: 22 April 2008
Time: 19:00
Venue: Technium CAST

We welcome Ann Mcdonald OBE, to talk to us about our quadrennial project of Hope and Homes in Sierra Leone.

Wylfa: past, present and future

Type of meeting: Speaker Meeting
Date: 6 May 2008
Time: 19:00
Venue: Technium CAST

Guest speaker to outline the situation at Wylfa.

Carers Outreach

Type of meeting: Speaker Meeting
Date: 20 May 2008
Time: 19:00
Venue: Technium CAST

Mari Boyle will address us on the work of Carers Outreach

Programme Action

Type of meeting: Business Meeting
Date: 3 June 2008
Time: 19:00
Venue: Technium CAST

An opportunity to update and work on projects.

Recycling

Type of meeting: Speaker Meeting
Date: 17 June 2008
Time: 19:00
Venue: Technium CAST

Jennifer Royle will detail the most effective way of packing our recycling boxes.

60th Charter Lunch

Type of meeting: Social Event
Date: 29 June 2008
Time: 12:30
Venue: Seiont Manor

Please join us to celebrate of 60th birthday

Outing

Type of meeting: Social Event
Date: 8 July 2008
Time: 19:00
Venue: TBA