Review of the AGM

This weekend saw a small group of people meeting at the Barton Camp centre for the SWAN AGM and training weekend

The centre is set in beautiful countryside and the view from the dinning room was spectacular. The weather held long enough for people to enjoy a walk on Saturday afternoon.There was plenty of indoor space to for our morning workshops and the AGM itself. Sunday was wet but the sports hall was great for the games workshop.

We were joined at the AGM session by several people from the Coop, who were very positive about what we have achieved in the last year.  Looking forward to the year ahead we already have a training weekend booked in Golant YHA in March, and the Bushcraft groups who started with the autumn session last year have got 3 more weekends to look forward to.

Debs Mccahon, came to join is and let us know of the positive developments at the Wilderness Centre in the Forest of Dean. While not technically in the SWAN area it is a centre we have used several times for events and we were very sad to hear of it's closure. A group of people, including Woodcraft have been working hard to try and buy the centre and run it as an outdoor centre once again. It's sound like things are going well,  you can keep up with the latest developments on the Firends of the Wilderness Centres website.

There are also positive signs of group development, with a group opening in Weymouth and another couple of clusters of people working on starting new groups in the area.

After our elections there are some changes to the SWAN committee, we say Goodbye to Amy, our outgoing chair, and Mike who has been our treasurer since the committee formed. Both have worked hard for SWAN for several years now. We also welcome Eric who is joining this year, Jenny will become the new chair. We still have a couple of places on the committee to fill, so if you think you would like to be involved please let us know.

Hopefully 2012 will be a great year for SWAN.