Highlights from the Minutes for the News Feed

● We held our AGM during the interval of the last concert, with coincidental record attendance... Minutes are available on the BAYOC website here.

● Di and John Fuller will retire at the end of the current school year, after over 30 years of active involvement with local ensembles. Please come along to the concert at the Anvil on the 8th May to give them a good send off!

▪ Di and John would love for ex-BAYO /BAYWO members to join this performance – if you’re interested please get in touch with them directly or via friendsofbayoc@gmail.com

● We would like ideas for how best to memorialise Lynn Hunt, who died a year ago. £1000 was collected and donated to BAYOC in her name.

▪ We have sufficient running reserves to support the ensembles’ planned activities.

▪ We maintain two ring fenced amounts for our long-term projects:

Supporting families to ensure that children aren't prevented from accessing music for financial reasons.

Promoting ensemble working by running workshops and other events

▪ We will need to invest in replacing instruments (such as the 25-year-old timpani) in the coming months

● We have decided to move the charity’s accounts from HSBC to Metro Bank, as a result of new charges and poor customer service.

● We have decided to invest in payment card readers for use at events, as fewer and fewer people carry cash.

● There was a really good response for parent volunteers at Christmas Concert – Thank You!

▪ We will need lots of helpers for the Anvil concert (sign-in, chaperones etc) in May – please keep an ear out for the call for volunteers closer to the time.

● New members may not be aware of the two ways they can support the work of the ensembles; you can either join the charity or become a member of the 100 Club.

● Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 5th April at 19:30 at QMC Conference Room, Central Studio.

● Please see our events page for details of upcoming events.