{"id":393,"date":"2015-12-14T18:42:49","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T17:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/scotland-north\/?p=393"},"modified":"2015-12-14T18:42:49","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T17:42:49","slug":"scotland-north-regional-meeting-perth-november-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/scotland-north\/2015\/12\/14\/scotland-north-regional-meeting-perth-november-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland North Regional Meeting &#8211; Perth November 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The November\u00a0Regional\u00a0Meeting was\u00a0held\u00a0in The Royal George Hotel in Perth. This was President Jean Campbell&#8217;s first meeting since taking office as President of Scotland North.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_395\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-395\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/scotland-north\/files\/2015\/12\/P1090188.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-395 size-medium\" src=\"\/scotland-north\/files\/2015\/12\/P1090188-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"President Jean \" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/scotland-north\/files\/2015\/12\/P1090188-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/scotland-north\/files\/2015\/12\/P1090188.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Jean and team.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There was a short change of insignia at the start of the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_394\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-394\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/scotland-north\/files\/2015\/12\/P1090178.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-394\" src=\"\/scotland-north\/files\/2015\/12\/P1090178-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"IPP Pam receives a beautiful PP brooch\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/scotland-north\/files\/2015\/12\/P1090178-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/scotland-north\/files\/2015\/12\/P1090178.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-394\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IPP Pam receives a beautiful PP brooch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Regional Council Meeting proceeded smoothly followed by a\u00a0productive\u00a0breakout session\u00a0when delegates discussed &#8216;Why they were a Soroptimist?&#8217;. Members found this a very helpful time of discussion.<\/p>\n<p>After a satisfying lunch the delgates settled down to listen to two excellent speakers:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Roddy Ross,<\/strong> a former police officer, gave a talk on &#8216;Violence Against Women&#8217;. He highlighted the changes in attitudes\u00a0towards domestic violence taken\u00a0by the\u00a0police during\u00a0his career; violence against women is now fully investigated and prosecuted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rev Barbara Ann Sweetin,<\/strong> gave\u00a0a humorous, yet serious talk, about the\u00a0social outreach\u00a0going on in\u00a0her\u00a0parish church in Forfar.<\/p>\n<p>Entertainment from<strong> Iona Brown<\/strong>, singing and playing guitar,\u00a0ended\u00a0a very enjoyable day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_396\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-396\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/scotland-north\/files\/2015\/12\/P1090192.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-396\" src=\"\/scotland-north\/files\/2015\/12\/P1090192-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"President Jean with L to R Iona Brown Rev Barbara- Ann Sweetin Roddy Ross\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/scotland-north\/files\/2015\/12\/P1090192-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/scotland-north\/files\/2015\/12\/P1090192.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Jean with L to R<br \/>Iona Brown<br \/>Rev Barbara- Ann Sweetin<br \/>Roddy Ross<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freetolivetrust.org\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Free to Live Trust:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>IPP Pam Cairns\u00a0&#8211; Co-Founder of The Free to Live\u00a0Trust\u00a0-received a cheque for \u00a3877\u00a0from President Jean\u00a0for\u00a0the Trust&#8217;s, Seema&#8217;s Project. This money was from\u00a0\u00a0Regional raffles and donations from\u00a0Scotland North members. Pam thanked the\u00a0delegates for their support and promised to update them in the months ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The November\u00a0Regional\u00a0Meeting was\u00a0held\u00a0in The Royal George Hotel in Perth. 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