{"id":4257,"date":"2018-01-28T17:46:10","date_gmt":"2018-01-28T16:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/?p=4257"},"modified":"2023-03-28T11:16:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T10:16:01","slug":"chain-gang-lunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/2018\/01\/28\/chain-gang-lunch\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Chain Gang&#8217; Lunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 107%;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Soroptimists from across South Lancashire Region met up recently for a \u2018chain gang\u2019 lunch.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 107%;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Club presidents and their officers \u2018in waiting\u2019 accepted Region President Margaret\u2019s invitation to get together and exchange news.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4260\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4260\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2018\/01\/President-Margaret-region-lunch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4260 size-medium\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2018\/01\/President-Margaret-region-lunch-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2018\/01\/President-Margaret-region-lunch-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2018\/01\/President-Margaret-region-lunch.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Region President Margaret with (right) Federation President Susan and (left) Region President-Elect Sue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 107%;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Highlight of the day was a session led by Susan Biggs, President, Soroptimist International Great Britain &amp; Ireland (SIGBI) Federation. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 107%;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Rather than deliver an after-lunch speech, Federation President Susan posed questions on issues dominating the attention of the team leading SIGBI. These included fees\/finances and the changing nature of communications. From such routine administrative topics developed lively contributions from the floor.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 107%;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Federation President Susan then \u2018turned the tables\u2019 and asked members to direct questions to her. Again, audience participation was extensive. News teased out included updates on Soroptimist clubs in schools and on university campuses, and the current state of the proposed African Federation. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 107%;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Members also raised the need to maximise the impact of projects (by stopping the \u2018scattergun\u2019 approach, perhaps), and the practicalities of functioning as a charity (should SIGBI be granted charity status).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 107%;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201cSouth Lancashire\u2019s Soroptimists gave the Federation President a real run for her money,\u201d said Region President Margaret. \u201cOur questions were wide-ranging and pertinent \u2013 just what I would expect from a roomful of lively and committed members.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2018\/01\/region-lunch-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4261\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2018\/01\/region-lunch-4-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2018\/01\/region-lunch-4-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2018\/01\/region-lunch-4.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2018\/01\/region-lunch-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4262\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2018\/01\/region-lunch-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2018\/01\/region-lunch-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2018\/01\/region-lunch-1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soroptimists from across South Lancashire Region met up recently for a \u2018chain gang\u2019 lunch.\u00a0Club presidents&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":4259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Chain Gang&#039; Lunch | News | Blog | Events | SI South Lancashire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI South Lancashire : Blog &amp; News : &#039;Chain Gang&#039; Lunch : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI South Lancashire . 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