Application for a Free Conference Place
First of all the good news, you now have until the 31st March 2006 to submit your candidate for the free local group conference place. This is a marvellous opportunity for one member of one local group to attend conference. The applicants also need to be AAGB members, so if you need some AAGB membership forms posted out to you then you please contact the AAGB office: info@astrologicalassociation.com
Criteria for Applicants
The following is the criteria for submitting an applicant:
Firstly the group must fit the following definition of a Local Astrology Group:
The group must:
a) promote astrology in the local area
b) hold regular meetings
c) ensure meetings are open to anyone interested in astrology
d) be non profit making (i.e. all profits are returned to the group via events.)
e) have an unpaid committee who work together to run the group
f) may have a membership scheme
g) may have a constitution
Secondly the application must meet the following criteria:
The application must be
a) From a group that has been in existence for 2 or more years
b) For any one individual who is a member of the group and of the AA, both at time of application and at time of conference. (groups may use their own criteria for selecting the applicant)
c) Accompanied by a current programme of the groups events
d) Submitted via the Chair or Secretary of the group
The application must not be from:
a) any profit making organisation
b) a national body
c) a group who fielded a successful candidate the previous year.
The AA’s selection of the successful candidate will be by random selection providing all the above criteria are met. One of the applicants will be luckily enough to gain a free conference place, including accommodation, it could be a member of your group!
We are continuing to profile local groups and in this issue it is the turn of the West Sussex group. Many groups have now joined http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrogroups a mailing list where we can share ideas and support each other.
There are many groups still on the AA webpage who I have not heard from; I am assuming these groups are no longer running? The list below are the groups that I know are still active, if your groups is not listed here please contact me.
Glenda Cole
Glenda can be contacted at astrogroups@gmail.com
New Groups! There are three new local groups this month: Nottingham (contact Danielleswilliam@aol.com); Galloway Astrology Group, for SW Scotland (contact galloway.astrologers@googlemail.com); and Lisa Mehlman is starting a new Group in Loughton, Essex (contact redheartbear@hotmail.com).
There are many local astrology groups throughout the UK and Ireland and the AA directory is a great place to start for those looking to meet up with like minded enthusiasts. Check out our website too: www.astrologer.com/aanet
The directory isn't complete, if you'd like your group listed just drop an email to me, Glenda Cole, at astrogroups@gmail.com. Please include the name of your group, a contact name, an email address and web site URL if you have one and a brief description of your group and its activities.
Please note that this is a service provided by the Astrological Association of Great Britain to promote astrology. We have no formal affiliation with any of these groups and we are not responsible for the activities of any of the groups listed.
For a calender of local group meetings and events, go to the AA's Astrologer's Diary
DIRECTORY OF LOCAL GROUPS
NORTH EAST
East Yorkshire Astrology Group
Contact:Paula Garton
paulag@karma26.fsbusiness.co.uk
NORTH WEST
Bolton Astrological Society
Contact: Jennifer Miller 1 Thomas Street Westhoughton Bolton, BL5 3QF
Cheshire Astrology Group
Contact: Jane Brooks
Full Circle Astrology Group
Contact: Diana Moor, Linda Tinsley
8 Alexander Court,10 York Road, Southport, Merseyside PR8 2AD
The Manchester Astrology Group
Contact: Gary Parkinson (Chair),
Flat 1, 16 Grosvenor Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, M16 8JP
Tel. 0161 226 5481
Northern Lights Astrological Society
Contact: Kevin Rowan-Drewitt
14 Ball Street Blackpool lFY1 6HL
Tel 01253 402137
http://nlblackpool.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk
Sandbach Astrological Society
Contact: Charles Toogood
30 George Street, Elworth, Sandbach, Cheshire CW11 9JD
THE MIDLANDS
Birmingham & Solihull Astro Networking
Contact: Karon Meakin
Nottingham
Contact: Danielleswilliam@aol.com
LONDON
Astrological Lodge of London
50 Gloucester PlaceLondon W1U 8EA
Barnet Astrology Workshops
Contact: Sandie Knights
Tel: 020 8440 6262
Bromley Astrological Association
Contact: Lynne Beale & Frank Clifford
21 Albert Road, London SE9 4SW
Lynne Beale 020 8402 8948 or Frank Clifford, 0700 2 33 44 55
lynne.beale@telinco.co.uk or info@flareuk.com
EAST ANGLIA
Bedford Astrology Club
Contact: Teresa Bellmaine
Sible Hedingham Group
Contact: Wanda Sellar
Tel 01787 463459
Southend Astrology Group
Contact: Pam Hounsell
Suffolk Astrology Society
Contact: Glenda Cole
www.suffolk-astrological-society.org.uk
SOUTH EAST
Brighton Astrology Group
Contact: Paul Wade
01435-813479
Brighton and Hove Astrology Circle
Contact: Phoebe Wyss
Broad Oak Study Group
Contact: Jeannine van Dun
Camberley Astrology Society
Christine Chalklin
christine_chalklin@hotmail.com
Great Missenden Astrology Group
Contact: Debby Luxton
Loughton
Contact: Lisa Mehlman
Milton Keynes API
Contact: Ghislaine Adams
Old Windsor Astrology Club
Contact: Dawn Roffe DFAstrolS
www.oldwindsorastrologyclub.co.uk
South Coast Astrological Forum
Contact: Malcolm Cross
Malcolmdavid.Insights@btinternet.com
West Sussex Astrologers
Contact: Jennie Scott, dip WESA
West Wickham Astrology Group
Contact: Lawrie Simnett
Woking Astrology Group
Contact: Beryl McAuliffe
SOUTH WEST
Arcturus Rising - An Astrology Group for Bristol and the West
Contact: Chris Mitchell
Phone: 0117 963 6847
Aquarius Severn
Contact Andrew Sime
Exeter Astrology Group
Contact: Chair Jennie Kunzle Smith. 01392 254358
Contact: Ed Gillam, via link on website:
www.asteria.freeserve.co.uk/eag.htm
Plymouth Astrology Group
Contact: Robert Anderson
NorthNode@10thhouse.freeserve.co.uk
Totnes Astrology Group
David Matthews
Wessex Astrology Circle
Contact: Eileen Richardson
SCOTLAND
Aquarius Rising
Contact: Pamela Blair
Galloway Astrology Group
Contact: Val Dobson
galloway.astrologers@googlemail.com
Scottish Astrological Association
Contact: Caroline Gerrard