2025 has begun well for U3A Benalla. Congratulations to Deidre Clarke for being the 400th member enrolled for 2025. Among these 400 members we have 66 members who have enrolled for the first time with U3A Benalla. So, we really are a growing organisation.
Due to excellent enrolment of members, we now have Wait Lists for three courses: Mahjong, Colour Mixing and Watercolour Technique – Botanical and Family Research- Getting Started. In each case there is a limit to how many members each Convenor can comfortably impart knowledge to, and it is better for those in the group to come to understand fully what the course is about, than to only get partial knowledge about the course.
U3A Benalla are pleased to offer their members a meeting with Inland Rail on Tuesday 4th March at 10am in Room 1. Inland Rail are planning on commencing the Benalla Station Redevelopment in mid-2025, and wish to share their recent designs of the redevelopment with the Benalla community. The presentation team which are coming to U3A will include a member from John Holland, the contractor. The community is being invited to have their input on seating, landscaping, lift shaft decoration design and the position of the signal box. Please come along and ask any questions you may have about the redevelopment.
Our AGM will be held on Wednesday 19th March 2025 in the Auditorium of the Benalla Seniors Community Centre. Guest speaker will be Bill Sykes who is going to talk about Agriculture in Northern India. There will also be election of U3A Office Bearers and the U3A Committee for the 2025-2026 year. Members may nominate for any of these positions and a nomination form is included at the end of this Newsletter.
We are pleased to report that the lost box of archive material has been found.
U3A Benalla are doing a presentation to Benalla Rural City Council Councillors on Wednesday 2nd April 2025. Accommodation at the Benalla Seniors Community Centre if extremely tight this year. U3A hope to inform all Councillors about U3A, and see if the space at the Seniors Centre can be better utilised.
On Thursday 20th February I was the guest speaker at the Rose City Probus group who meet at the Benalla Bowls Club. The topic they suggested was “my life experiences” which naturally included a good segment on U3A Benalla. My thanks to Bev Lee for her assistance with the slides for this presentation.
Finally, U3A Benalla have been thinking about succession planning for our growing organisation. We are looking for someone to be a “back-up” for our Newsletter Editor, Heather Wallace, and also a “back-up” for our Website Manager Bev Lee. If you are interested in knowing what either backup position would entail, please contact Heather on 0418 353 244 or Bev on 0478 607 838.
Margaret Jenkins
Due to excellent enrolment of members, we now have Wait Lists for three courses: Mahjong, Colour Mixing and Watercolour Technique – Botanical and Family Research- Getting Started. In each case there is a limit to how many members each Convenor can comfortably impart knowledge to, and it is better for those in the group to come to understand fully what the course is about, than to only get partial knowledge about the course.
U3A Benalla are pleased to offer their members a meeting with Inland Rail on Tuesday 4th March at 10am in Room 1. Inland Rail are planning on commencing the Benalla Station Redevelopment in mid-2025, and wish to share their recent designs of the redevelopment with the Benalla community. The presentation team which are coming to U3A will include a member from John Holland, the contractor. The community is being invited to have their input on seating, landscaping, lift shaft decoration design and the position of the signal box. Please come along and ask any questions you may have about the redevelopment.
Our AGM will be held on Wednesday 19th March 2025 in the Auditorium of the Benalla Seniors Community Centre. Guest speaker will be Bill Sykes who is going to talk about Agriculture in Northern India. There will also be election of U3A Office Bearers and the U3A Committee for the 2025-2026 year. Members may nominate for any of these positions and a nomination form is included at the end of this Newsletter.
We are pleased to report that the lost box of archive material has been found.
U3A Benalla are doing a presentation to Benalla Rural City Council Councillors on Wednesday 2nd April 2025. Accommodation at the Benalla Seniors Community Centre if extremely tight this year. U3A hope to inform all Councillors about U3A, and see if the space at the Seniors Centre can be better utilised.
On Thursday 20th February I was the guest speaker at the Rose City Probus group who meet at the Benalla Bowls Club. The topic they suggested was “my life experiences” which naturally included a good segment on U3A Benalla. My thanks to Bev Lee for her assistance with the slides for this presentation.
Finally, U3A Benalla have been thinking about succession planning for our growing organisation. We are looking for someone to be a “back-up” for our Newsletter Editor, Heather Wallace, and also a “back-up” for our Website Manager Bev Lee. If you are interested in knowing what either backup position would entail, please contact Heather on 0418 353 244 or Bev on 0478 607 838.
Margaret Jenkins
