Diary 18th And 19th September 2018

Preston, England
September 19, 2018 4:40pm CST
Diary Tuesday 18th September 2018 Another day of voluntary work handing out leaflets to Freshers students to promote the mental health awareness 1 In 4 Movie festival. There were fewer new students around today so I got to finish earlier. I was then treated to an expenses paid lunch. With the community centre Annual General Meeting pending I popped in to find out what time it started tomorrow and came home. Diary Wednesday 19th September 2018 My third day of giving out film festival flyers, and busy again, and afterwards I went to the AGM meeting learning that the centres grants and lottery funding has been drastically reduced plunging the 26 year old centre into a crisis it might not recover from. I do hope they endure. In the evening I went to the atheist meeting which I found very badly chaired, with members interrupting one another's questions and points and that it was hard to even get points across over the babel. Some commentators went way off topic with the chair making zero effort to draw things to order or make sure everyone could speak freely. I seriously wonder if I'll bother going again. Youtube - REM - Losing My Religion Arthur Chappell
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@LadyDuck (488138)
• Italy
20 Sep 18
What a shame that the funds have been reduced. This is happening for many places and some are obliged to shut their doors forever. I would not go away to the atheist meetings.
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• Preston, England
20 Sep 18
@LadyDuck the atheist event was very disappointing
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• Preston, England
20 Sep 18
@LadyDuck some members get very rude as they obviously know others are trying to contribute to the discussion too but still hog the attention to themselves
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@LadyDuck (488138)
• Italy
20 Sep 18
@arthurchappell I easily imagine it was. When everybody tries to speak and there is not a clear order to follow is disappointing.
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@Kandae11 (56865)
19 Sep 18
Suggest that you chair the meeting next time.
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• Preston, England
20 Sep 18
@Kandae11 Their chair is an elected officer, and he may be stepping down soon. I hope so
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• Preston, England
23 Sep 18
@xander6464 hope you do get rid of Trump soon
• Preston, England
23 Sep 18
@xander6464 yes rvery day I read he news and think 'why is he still there? What are they waiting for? Hoping things speed up after the mid-terms.
@celticeagle (182554)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Sep 18
Keeping busy. That is good.
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• Preston, England
20 Sep 18
@celticeagle very busy yes
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@JudyEv (366333)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Sep 18
A badly run meeting can be bedlam. A good chairperson really makes a difference to a meeting.
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• Preston, England
20 Sep 18
@JudyEv totally agree - I have chaired events myself
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@franxav (14323)
• India
20 Sep 18
They could have agreed on at least one point they assert -There is no such thing as God!
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• Preston, England
20 Sep 18
@franxav yes that is a common ground they should agree on
@domiwla (398)
• Venezuela
19 Sep 18
You really have a tight schedule, I succeed in your work.
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• Preston, England
20 Sep 18
@domiwla yes the time pressure can be quite demanding