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Swap Meet Planning for Swap Meet in October is progressing well. Sites are still selling well, so don’t delay if you do not yet have one booked.

Best point of contact is to use the site email address: swapmeetsites@gmail.com which Neil keeps an eye on.

As I mentioned last month, because we had a list of volunteer names for the various rosters for the different tasks ready to go for the 2020 event, we decided to use these as the basis for this year. It’s by no means completely full, so you can still change your allocated time, or you can take your name off if you really need to. The roster will be at the July noggin so you can check it, and then after the noggin everyone on the roster will be contacted to confirm their availability.

I cannot stress strongly enough that this is our one and only major fundraising event for the year, and we need the support of every able-bodied member to help run it. The more volunteers we have for the various tasks, the easier it is for everyone, so please offer us a couple of hours of your time at some stage over the weekend. A special thanks to recent new member John Forster who has put his hand up to look after the ‘Cars For Sale’ area after last month’s appeal for help.

Right now we still have one immediate need - some new locations for our big signs on prominent routes around the city. If you have a property where we could put a sign up around the beginning of September for six weeks, or if you know someone who does, please get in touch with me so we can make the necessary arrangements.

Another reminder too that the informal camping areas are also going to be marked out and numbered this year. We’re aware that many of our campers have their favourite spot, so this will ensure you will be able to book it each year without the need for turning up extra-early to get your spot.

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