In reverse order of how near they are:

Rotaract National Conference 2009
Next year's Rotaract Conference is in Cardiff over the May Day bank holiday weekend and I know it's going to be great fun because they always are and because I'm on the committee that's organising it. Although I don't expect non-Rotaractors to come (although you're welcome!) the part that I'd love people to come to is the Gala Dinner on Saturday 2nd May. For those that can remember back a month, that's my birthday weekend, and next year I'll be turning an age ending in a 0...

The Gala Dinner is a black tie do, although really couldn't be said to be posh. Well, ok, so it's in a 4 star hotel and there'll be a few courses, so you get to grapple with cutlery etiquette. But there are always all sorts of toys on the tables, such as party poppers, bubbles, those balloons that you blow up and let go around the room and try to hit people with them.

The dinner is £36, but if you pay £99 you can stay in the nice hotel on the Saturday night too and have a weekend in Cardiff. And you can pay by standing order and spread the payments out, so you only have to pay a bit per month. There's more information on the website, including booking forms and no photo of me.

Eggheads quiz
This is a fundraiser for the Conference. The Conference itself gives its profits to charity (although we're having trouble trying to decide which of the many worthy causes to support), so in order to make the biggest profit without charging too much and making sure we are covering our expenses, we have a few fundraising things going on.

The quiz is on Saturday 12th July in Theale and costs £10 including a fish supper. I am told my sofa is very comfortable if anyone wants to stay over.

Knickers 4 Africa Launch party
This is a new charity being set up by a friend of mine who went to Sierra Leone last year and discovered that many people there have no knickers or have to wear second hand knickers. The launch party is in Marlow on 14th June. For more information and tickets see their website. The sofa offer goes for this one too.

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