{"id":278,"date":"2017-10-07T11:02:55","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T11:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nethergatewriters.org\/?p=278"},"modified":"2021-03-07T11:12:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T11:12:46","slug":"chattering-from-the-chair-4th-october-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nethergatewriters.com\/?p=278","title":{"rendered":"Chattering From The Chair – 4th October 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our chair, David Carson, is back with his round-up of our jam-packed last meeting.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n

1. Present:<\/strong><\/p>\n

10 regulars Ray, Abby, Craig, David F., Sue, Roddie, Colin, Rosie, Aileen, David C. And we welcomed two new faces – Scott and Linden.
\nApologies from Richard.<\/p>\n

Abby in the chair<\/p>\n

2. Business:<\/strong>
\n– venue for Zoe\u2019s classes – Abby will email her for details.
\n– David C. to email Scott\u2019s and Linden\u2019s email addresses to group.
\n– we will meet next Wednesday 11 October, and Rosie will find a room and inform.
\n– congratulations to Roddie on his latest successes. In the Broughty Ferry poetry competition he gained joint second and a highly commended; he has also had a poem accepted by Lallans; and in Open Mouse.<\/p>\n

3. Discussion of writing:<\/strong>
\nThis was almost entirely devoted to 50 Shades pieces. It consisted of review of new pieces submitted in
\nthe past fortnight. Authors will make the appropriate revisions.<\/p>\n

4. Preparation for next week\u2018s meeting:<\/strong>
\n– members who have not produced much for 50 Shades are invited to submit some by next week.
\n– members who have produced 5 or 5 plus pieces to self select favourites
\n– Abbey will bring together all of the 50 worders to facilitate selection and editing (55 at the latest count, so bravo Abby!).
\n– subsequently, all members to review for balance, breadth and any obvious omissions.<\/p>\n

5. Agenda for 11\/10 to include:<\/strong>
\n– starting to identify the definites for publication.
\n– identifying gaps and suggesting remedial action.
\n– working out next steps and agreeing meetings as necessary.<\/p>\n

Finally, there was time for David C\u2019s graveyard story part 3 to get a brief outing, but no time for discussion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our chair, David Carson, is back with his round-up of our jam-packed last meeting. 1. Present: 10 regulars Ray, Abby, Craig, David F., Sue, Roddie, Colin, Rosie, Aileen, David C. And we welcomed two new faces – Scott and Linden. Apologies from Richard. Abby in the chair 2. Business: – venue for Zoe\u2019s classes –… Read More »Chattering From The Chair – 4th October 2017<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meeting-archive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t