April 26, 2009
· Filed under Announcements for Members, Trading Ideas
Our new LETS Blitz-It Gang Coordinator Justin Oakley, invites you to join one or more of the LETS Blitz-It Gangs to help people tackle those jobs, big and small, that they either cannot do themselves, put off until another day or just do not have the time for. A job tends to be harder to tackle the longer that it is left. Getting these big jobs out of the way will make people’s lives that little bit more pleasurable, it may even be a turning point in their lives.
- GARDENING GANG
- DECORATING GANG
- DE-JUNKING GANG
- CLEANING/TIDYING GANG
- MOVING GANG
- CAR CLEANING GANG
- SHOPPING GANG
Please phone Justin Oakley on 01305 264543 or 07968 213833 or email JustinGMOakley@Hotmail.Com for more details or to join or book a Blitz-It Gang.
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April 24, 2009
· Filed under Announcements for Members
LETS Core Group Member Vacancies for 2009
In January 2009 we were very happy to welcome Sabine Bale to our Core Group as our new Members Support / Trading Activator.
In April 2009 we were also very pleased to welcome Julie Lloyd to our Core Group as our new Publicity / Promotion Person and in May we now also welcome Justin Oakley as our new Blitz-It Gang Co-ordinator.
We still have the following vacancies in the Core Group as of April 2009:
- Group Co-ordinator (currently being filled by our Events Co-ordinator Katy Murrell)
- Minute Taker for Meetings - would be paid 20 Marts per meeting (to take notes and type up) – there’s no need to join the Core Group officially unless you want to!
If like us, you feel that our LETS is too good a thing to let go to waste, then we would love you to spare us some time by filling one of the above remaining roles, and joining us in our monthly meetings. As a bonus, any members who host the meetings at their home get paid 10 marts and all Core Group members get paid in marts for any time we spend working for the LETSystem.
If you would not like to be an official Core Group member but think you could still help us in some way on occassional work or regular admin tasks without having to attend our monthly meetings, that would be great too!
If you would like to find out more or offer your help, please contact Katy Murrell on (01305) 262253 or email katy@dorchester-lets.co.uk .
April 24, 2009
· Filed under Events, News · Tagged Dorchester Events, Dorset Green Events, LETS, Local Exchange Trading Day 2009
We are very happy to report that our recent Local Exchange Trading Day in Dorchester on April 4th 2009 was a lively day and we had 5 new members sign up on the day there and then (some of who have family membership) which now gives us a total of 71 members, and with all the flyers and posters we have around Dorchester, Weymouth and Portland we hope to attract many more new members this year too.
The stalls and displays reflected the many skills and talents our LETS members have to offer. There was delicious vegan home made food by Sandra Hood, art and jewellery, a clothes ‘swap shop’, information on garden design, yoga and spinning demonstrations and creative art for children. Jenny Parsons was selling distinctive gifts made from salt dough and Eleanor Gallia, a medical herbalist, had a beautifully laid out stall offering a variety of herbs, teas and creams. Thank you to Katy too, for organising such a great day!
At the AGM our Constitution was formally adopted and this will now enable us to apply for
even more grant money. It was agreed that just two public Trading Days should be held in a
year. Thank you to the additional members who participated and shared their views on how our LETS is run, and look out for news on the next Trading Day which will be at our Harvest Supper in October.
