Annual General Meeting 2007 - Report
A well attended Annual Meeting took place on Saturday 30th June 2007 at
Stoke Gifford, Bristol.
The members gathered first for prayer and spent time
thanking God for all that had been achieved over the ten years of Signs of God. This included several personal testimonies
about how Signs of God had helped and influenced people. We felt that God made clear to us that we
should have an attitude that is humble – an attitude like Jesus Christ
(Philippians 2)
The Annual Meeting started after lunch with a long
agenda. Some of our business included
the acceptance of a number of policies and procedures that had been completed
during the year. These included our
reserves policy, cancellation policy, complaints procedure, fire protocol and
working practices document. This last is
the document that, along with our Constitution, governs the day-to-day activity
of Signs of God. All these policies are available from Gill.
It was a special joy to agree the election to membership of
Mrs Janice Silo from Derby. Janice has
worked with Signs of God at our
Advanced BSL course in 2005 and our Summer School last year. In addition, she was involved in the
“Christian Signs” project. Janice brings
skills as a teacher along with a lot of wisdom, knowledge and experience. We welcome her.
In the midst of so much good work, we identified some
needs. The most important one is that we
need someone (or two someones!) to take
on the production of the newsletter. The
work could be divided into two parts: gathering news and producing the
newsletter twice a year. Gill would be
delighted to hear from anyone who would like to offer their skills.
The activities of Signs
of God for 2006 are detailed in
the Annual Report that can be downloaded here |
Attractive Bags for Signs of God
Gill still has some 500 attractive conference style bags with the Signs of God logo and strapline. These are for sale at £6 each plus £1.50 postage and packing.
The bags are made by an
organisation in India called Freeset that provides work for women who
would otherwise resort to prostitution.
Our bags had their first official "outing" at the DWP Conference in London and have been very popular since then.
Buy one for yourself and help to publicise the work of Signs of God. Buy one for a friend - two friends!!
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