COMMENT
Sarah White, Guy Gisborne, Sarah Jackson,
John Sargent, Brian Davis, Gail Straker, Jill
Buss, Geoff Buss
Comment
The end of Village Voice
At a meeting on Monday 14th July, no-one
volunteered to take on Village Voice. There
was much discussion about what, if
anything, should replace the magazine, and
no firm conclusion was reached. Options
discussed included: a web magazine, a
printed news sheet, an e-mailed newsletter,
even to include local information in existing
publications currently distributed in the
Alresford area. Whatever form it takes,
someone will be needed to produce some
kind of publication.
It was decided to ask the Bighton Parish Clerk
(Sarah White, who was present at the meeting)
to be a point of contact for expressions of
interest from anyone in our current distribution
area i.e. Bighton, Old Alresford, Abbotstone
and Gundleton. If anyone would like to get
involved in a new publication of any kind or
format, they may contact Sarah on
[email protected]
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Protection will be maintained.
The meeting expressed its thanks to Jill and
Geoff for their work over the past 13 years
and asked for names of attendees to be
published below. Thanks were also given to
Gail Straker, who chaired the meeting both
on July 14th and at the inaugural meeting
held in 2000. At the close of the meeting Jill
and Geoff were presented with a gift by the
Old Alresford Fair Committee.
It feels strange writing my last Comment
column. For so many years everything has
revolved around the ‘Voice’. Even holidays
had to fall in between production weeks. But
the time has come, and although Geoff and
I leave with regret, it’s the right time to go.
We have loved our time at Village Voice.
Vernon Walker, Sarah Nicholls, Bob Dennis
and I formed the original committee, later
joined by Jill Davis. Kate Hancock and
Vivien Bax also spent time with us, then
Geoff joined and eventually it was just Geoff
and me.
We thank our team of distributors, which has
hardly changed in 13 years: the unsung
heroes who trudged out in all weathers to
deliver your magazine. We thank all our
writers past and present. And finally, those
without whom there could be no magazine:
our advertisers, together with all those
bodies that have awarded us funds over the
years. Again we thank you from the bottom
of our hearts. We’ve had some sleepless
nights wondering whether we’d be able to
keep the mag going, and until now,
something has always turned up.
Goodbye and thank you for reading this.
Jill Buss
Geoff Buss
And the entire Village Voice team
Those who attended the meeting: Bernard
Tucker, Mike Thwaites, Bob Ellis, Sally Ellis,
Geoffrey Beetham, Carol Beetham, Bernard
Sisk, Erica Sisk, Shirley Wyeth, Roy Wyeth,
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