President Margaret welcomes Barbara Hall, Media & PR Advisor for Girlguiding Hampshire East, with a guiding salute and left-hand-shake.  They are standing in front of the new banner for the club, and Barbara mentioned how closely our aims are aligned: they educate the girls (through fun), often include projects related to health issues (such as supporting the Race for Life), raise money for a variety of charities, and are all about activities! Starting with a quick poll of the room, Barbara was encouraged to see that at least half had been a brownie, guide or ranger.  She also brought a gift for each of us, of a car sticker and pen! Against a backdrop of photographs, representing various events over the last year, she regaled us with a little history and the up-to-date activities.  It all started at the rally of about 11,000 boy scouts,