WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH
Hello,
CORONA VIRUS Covid-19
We had an Ipswich Divorced and Separated Social Club committee meeting last night and we are sure that you won’t be surprised to learn that the main topic of conversation was the current Corona Virus (Covid-19) pandemic emergency.
In view of the current situation and the government advice for all people to avoid pubs, clubs and social gatherings we have taken the very hard decision to suspend all club activity with immediate effect and for the foreseeable future. It was a tough call as we know just how much our members enjoy our events and weekly dances - for many this is the highlight of the week. We are certain that quite a few of our members will have already made the decision to Self Isolate. As a consequence there will be no April programme. Many of the venues we use have advised us that they are closing their doors for the duration of the crisis.
Membership renewal: We were just coming up to membership renewal time, however we have decided that your current membership be extended until such time as things get back to normal, so you will continue to get updates from the club, with any relevant news etc. Keep hold of your old membership cards and we will go ahead with this when we are back at the dances. Our main concern is for our members. We need to limit the risk to you – whether you are in the 'vulnerable' category or not. Hopefully if this virus peaks within the next month or two as some are suggesting, we may get up and running sooner than we think and we hope you can all understand our decision.
It is important that we all stay in touch; this communication as well as being posted on our web site is going to all IDSSC members, some via email and others in the post. If you normally receive your programme in the post, but you do have an email address it would assist us greatly if we can use this to contact you, it is so much easier and faster. To receive emails from us just send a quick email to the following: idssclub@gmail.com put “your name & add me to the list” in the subject line, (those already getting e-progs can ignore this). We would like to say to all our members - that although we may not be meeting up the framework of friendship continues, we are at the end of a phone, we are here for any of you.
Finally, the IDSS Club’s Annual General Meeting was scheduled to take place on Thursday 04 June; obviously we do not know at the moment if it will be able to go ahead, we will give you 28 days notice either way.
We can guarantee that as soon as this emergency is over we will be back up and running and we will have a huge party night to celebrate - until then stay well, stay safe, stay focused and wash your hands!
Best wishes
Your committee,
Andy, Ruby, David, Marion, Mel, Carol, Eric, Gerry, Marlene, Maureen, Russell & Rodney.
I
Hello,
CORONA VIRUS Covid-19
We had an Ipswich Divorced and Separated Social Club committee meeting last night and we are sure that you won’t be surprised to learn that the main topic of conversation was the current Corona Virus (Covid-19) pandemic emergency.
In view of the current situation and the government advice for all people to avoid pubs, clubs and social gatherings we have taken the very hard decision to suspend all club activity with immediate effect and for the foreseeable future. It was a tough call as we know just how much our members enjoy our events and weekly dances - for many this is the highlight of the week. We are certain that quite a few of our members will have already made the decision to Self Isolate. As a consequence there will be no April programme. Many of the venues we use have advised us that they are closing their doors for the duration of the crisis.
Membership renewal: We were just coming up to membership renewal time, however we have decided that your current membership be extended until such time as things get back to normal, so you will continue to get updates from the club, with any relevant news etc. Keep hold of your old membership cards and we will go ahead with this when we are back at the dances. Our main concern is for our members. We need to limit the risk to you – whether you are in the 'vulnerable' category or not. Hopefully if this virus peaks within the next month or two as some are suggesting, we may get up and running sooner than we think and we hope you can all understand our decision.
It is important that we all stay in touch; this communication as well as being posted on our web site is going to all IDSSC members, some via email and others in the post. If you normally receive your programme in the post, but you do have an email address it would assist us greatly if we can use this to contact you, it is so much easier and faster. To receive emails from us just send a quick email to the following: idssclub@gmail.com put “your name & add me to the list” in the subject line, (those already getting e-progs can ignore this). We would like to say to all our members - that although we may not be meeting up the framework of friendship continues, we are at the end of a phone, we are here for any of you.
Finally, the IDSS Club’s Annual General Meeting was scheduled to take place on Thursday 04 June; obviously we do not know at the moment if it will be able to go ahead, we will give you 28 days notice either way.
We can guarantee that as soon as this emergency is over we will be back up and running and we will have a huge party night to celebrate - until then stay well, stay safe, stay focused and wash your hands!
Best wishes
Your committee,
Andy, Ruby, David, Marion, Mel, Carol, Eric, Gerry, Marlene, Maureen, Russell & Rodney.
I
