The Hampshire Family Historian | Volume 51 No.4 | March 2025

HGS News

News from the HGS Office

On 5th November we moved into our extra office space on the 2nd floor of Hampshire Archives. All our sales stock is now in this office, and we have a new printer there which makes it much easier for the sales team to process orders. At other times, this room is in regular use for HGS meetings. Moving the sales stock to the 2nd floor and gaining some extra storage space in the basement has allowed us to make better use of the space available to us. We have all been keeping fit whilst moving things around between three floors. On December 11th we had our annual Volunteers Open day, which was well attended and included a brainstorming session looking at ideas for how we might develop our society over the coming year. The various roles in HGS were well represented. Aside from our office, sales and help desk volunteers, we had members and group leaders from several area groups, members of the project team, and eight of our Trustees in attendance. I do not have space to detail all the ideas that were discussed but there was certainly no lack of enthusiasm or willingness to adopt new innovations.

Aside from that, the start of 2025 has seen everyone busy gathering the information needed to prepare the end of the year accounts for 2024. In the absence of a permanent Treasurer this has become very much a team effort with everyone taking advice from Ann-Marie Shearer who stood down as Treasurer at the last AGM but remains a Trustee. The good news is that we have recently found someone who is willing to stand as Treasurer at the next AGM. Over the last two years, we have made great progress towards working more efficiently and effectively. However, you will read elsewhere in this Journal that we now find ourselves needing to elect a new Chair of our Society when we hold our AGM in June. Also, some of our current Trustees will be standing down at the AGM, so to ensure the survival of our society, we urgently need to hear from members who may be able to assume these roles. As always you can contact me for more information on our office phone number 07769 405195 or email office@hgs online.org.uk Sue Stannard HGS Office Manager

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