Notices
Message from Irene Orford - County Commissioner
February 2012
Firstly a Happy New
Year to you and yours........a new year, a new website and a new
county commissioner or should I say a caretaker Commissioner.
Having taken over this role now for just over a month it's been
a time to get to grips with the role, glean vital information and
mainly find out what the county team can do for the districts to
help support them in the fantastic job they do in providing first
rate scouting in West Sussex.
The launch of our new website (www.westsussexscouts.org.uk)
is all thanks to Owen Hall the new webmaster. There is still more
work to do on developing it and phase two will follow shortly. I
think you will agree Owen has done a splendid job. Now it's down to
you to keep the articles and information flowing to keep it fresh
and up to date.
Not only is the search still ongoing for the next County
Commissioner but searches are in place for three District
Commissioners as Vicki Tabrah (Adur), Vicky Hennessey (Bognor
Regis) and Brian Barker (Horsham Weald) will be stepping down on
the 31st March. A big thank you on behalf of the County for all
your hard work and I wish you well in whatever you do next.
There have been lots of requests to reinstate the All Leader's
County meetings and if a suitable venue can be found we hope to put
that in place. If you have any suggestions please pass them onto
the County Office. We need a large hall to accommodate approx 120
people, facilities to serve hot drinks and 10 breakout rooms
accommodating about 20 in each plus car parking.
2012 will be a busy year for the UK as we celebrate the Queen's
Jubilee and also host the biggest sporting event in the World, the
Olympics. 2012 will also be another busy year of scouting in West
Sussex and the one thing that I have learnt very quickly since
taking up the CC mantle is you can't do everything yourself and you
can't be everywhere and nor can you.
So make sure you share the load because I am.
Thanks for your continued support.
Irene