Annual General Meeting 04-Sep-2016 Festival Report
Prepared for the Annual General Meeting.
Numbers
- Thursday evening B & B × 5
- Friday pm refreshments and dinner × 53
- Friday accommodation × 51
- Saturday day × 61 for morning refreshments and lunch
- Saturday pm refreshments × 80
- Gala dinner × 96 (1 no-show)
- Saturday accommodation × 75 (1 last-minute accommodation)
- Sunday day × 76 for morning refreshments and lunch
- Sunday pm refreshments × 55
- Sunday evening B & B × 5
Or, in terms of packages etc.
- 2-day package = 54 (of which 3 non-resident)
- 1-day package = 19 (of which 5 non-resident) – highlighted orange on Kx sheet
- Additional Saturday day = 7
- Additional Gala dinner = 23
- Additional Saturday B & B =10
- Additional Sunday day = 3
Money at the Moment
- Subsidies – Committee members, tutors, helpers etc – £4,635.
- Receipts – £16,563.
- Contract costs – £14,398.06.
- Still not covered – tutor payments, gratuities, committee members out of pocket expenses (mostly Pam).
Thanks
Tutors & speakers – Stephen, Steve, Marvin, Della, Adam, Joyce, Stuart & Gervase.
UoW staff especially Sharon Smith, Phil & Mita (conference staff), Damian, Natasha & other young gophers, Aaron & Samantha & Travis (catering).
Fellow committee members – as ever Pam did a lot, but Anne liaising with tutors, Kevin updating website.
Helpers from Bardstown Writers Group, Stratford upon Avon, and The Writers' Hub, Coventry – especially Brenda Littlewood (lunchtime readings), Frances Flint (massages) & Jo Roberts (jot & swap &, along with Frances, huge amounts of running around).
You of course, for coming.
— Catherine, 4 September 2016.