The Guildford Society invites Members & Partners to its Christmas Social Evening

at the Guildhall, Guildford High Street on Wednesday 4th December 2019 Details at this link

The Society Reviews our Objectives and Scope.

The Executive of the Society has reviewed the Objectives and Scope of the society.  The Executive has felt it is appropriate to undertake this exercise to ensure the Society stays relevant and adapts to change.

After discussion the Executive have agreed to revisions to the GSoC Objectives and Scope (the full text is at this link)  which has been shared for comment with our membership.  We believe the four changes make the Society better positioned to address issues that we are interested in..

A) Although the Guildford Society has focused on the Town and Urban area, we feel we cannot ignore the wider borough in relation to major developments, as these will have an impact across the Town and Borough.  So, we have reflected this in the Objectives and Scope.

B) We have strengthened our focus on ensuring Guildford remains a centre of economic development and doesn’t just become a dormitory town.

C) We will also focus attention of the environmental impacts of developments

D) We have struggled over the years to maintain social events that have attracted good participation.  The Executive feels this is in part due to the success of other groups in Guildford e.g. U3A expanding their operations.   We will seek to continue to hold meetings and events but recognising the ‘competition’ we will be seeking partner with organisations where it is appropriate.

Collaboration is very important to the society.  We will be increasing our efforts to collaborate with other groups where we have common interests and also helping to promote events that may be of interest of members.
 
Alistair Smith
Chair – The Guildford Society