Last Tuesday, SI Tenby president Eleanor Parker chaired the first business meeting in her year of office. She was also pleased to welcome a prospective new member to the meeting. After the various business items had been discussed, president Eleanor was delighted to introduce SI Wales South regional president Bobby Sheldrake as the guest speaker for the evening.

Soroptimists will celebrate their centenary as an organisation in 2021 but, if they are to continue to improve the lives of women and girls at a local, regional, national and international level, they need to recruit new members. May is SIGBI’s designated month for a membership drive, so president Bobby was able to offer some very interesting ways of attracting new members to SI Tenby and District. However, president Bobby’s key message was that, as well as providing service, Soroptimists always offer friendship and fun.

SI Tenby president Eleanor then thanked Bobby for giving up her time to address the club. The club has made use of some of the suggested recruitment strategies in the past, but it is always helpful to explore new ideas. It had already been decided to have a recruitment drive on two successive Saturdays outside the NatWest bank in Tudor Square, firstly, on May 21, and secondly on May 28. A stall will be set-up, not only showcasing the work of SI Tenby, but also utilising some of president Bobby’s suggestions.

The club meets at 7.30 pm on the first and third Tuesday of every month at the Giltar Hotel. New members are always welcome, please visit our website at http://sigbi.org/tenby for further information about this year’s programme.