We welcomed Archie Fineberg, a member from the early ‘90s who came out last Monday.

Talk to somebody about barbershop this week! Our target for members this year is for a 7 member NET INCREASE by the end if 2006.

Remember: If you recruit 5 members this year, your International, District and Chapter dues for 2007 are 100% fully paid!

On June 12, 2006 and September 11, 2006 we are going to have Guest Nights, where we will be making an effort of attract a larger group of guests than usual. We will learn a new song, and try to make our evening unforgettable.

Start thinking about people that you might want to invite. Past members are a good source of ideas. Either they are still interested, or they know people who might be.

We have fun every week, so let’s share!

This years show is only 9 weeks away! That means we have some new music to learn, tickets to sell, and advertising to sell for the show program.

We have budgeted to make a profit on this year’s show – something we haven’t done for the past four years. One way we can do that is to sell enough advertising that we pay for the costs of the show. Flyers are available.

It can be done, and there is no time like the present to start. See Murray or Steve! We will have tickets available by the beginning of April. Talk up our show with your friends and acquaintances. The price of the tickets will be $25.00 CDN or $21.00 US.

There are only 3 more Mondays until Division, and we need to organise carpooling to get us to the contest and back.

Please let Murray Phillips know how you plan to travel, and how many others you can take with you, so we can make sure we all have a ride to Colchester VT and back.

Those who owe Chapter Dues, please pay them tonight. We need the cash to operate the Chapter. If you aren’t sure if you owe, you probably do. You can check with Murray or Ray Watkins if you want to get the exact figure.

Those with March 31 renewal dates for their International and District Dues must pay them before Friday to avoid a late fee. You can pay online, or you can send a cheque by mail to Headquarters. The amounts are $87.00 US ($100.55 CDN) for International and $25.00 US ($28.89 CDN) for District. If your dues are not paid, you will not be able to sing at Division.

If you have a project that would raise funds for the Chapter, please let one of the members of the Board know. It may be the one that makes our budget sing for 2006.

All ideas will be examined, and even if they aren’t implemented right away, they may be later in the year.

Alan Kenley has a supplier that has sent us coffee and hot chocolate on consignment. We sell the units at $5.00 each and we make $2.50 per unit for the Chapter. It is good quality coffee and hot chocolate, too

It may be worth some money to the Chapter. Alan Mackenzie has a list of eligible brands and phones, and there is a box to put them in. Clear out the junk, and help the Chapter. What a deal!

We are registered in the ThinkGreen printer cartridge-recycling program. We have shipping boxes and all you have to do is make sure the cartridge you are bringing is eligible, and then put it in the box.

There is also promotional material available (posters, etc), so you can advertise our program at work, church, bowling league... you get the picture.

Your goal in all of this is to keep Alan busy packing and shipping cartridges!

The chapter can benefit from your car repairs, your groceries, your clothes, even lunch and coffee! … all you have to do is get the cards to buy at the outlets from FundScrip.

Loblaw’s and its associated store, Maxi & Cie are back. They were inundated with emails, and revised their position, and you can buy cards through FundScrip.

The weekly deadline to order is on Monday and you receive the cards or certificates the next Monday. It is easy to sign up, and now you can charge the orders to your credit card, although the Chapter only gets half the amount, but it is still better than nothing!

Here is our current repertoire list: [mp3] means that the mp3 file is on the Members' Only web site

Practice is something we do at home, every day, between rehearsals!

Rehearsal is where we reinforce what we have been practising every day!

Our Chapter was 56 years old on March 13, 2006!

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