President Jane Narborough welcomed members and new members - Val Evans, Marian Harris, Veronica Jones-Davies and Catherine Leigh to the first meeting of the new year.
Shirley Jones has arranged a trip for members to go and see Calendar Girls in Cardiff on 31 July - there are two seats still available. Two members will be going on a County Federation trip to the Welsh Assembly and Millennium Theatre in February.  Members also put their names down for the County Bowls tournament and Forensic Evening.
The monthly competition was a surprise and drawn from ideas provided by the committee. The choice was the most number of rings on a member's finger. The winner was Val Evans (Spar) with 6 rings.
The 79th Birthday Party will be held on 23 February and the President has arranged for a knife and fork buffet from Cambrian Catering (Andrew Lewis of the Strand). Members were reminded to be at the Wye Lounge at 6.45 as the buffet was to be served at 7.30pm.
Sue Barrett from the Elan Village was the Guest Speaker and she talked about her previous employment in the Sussex police where she was a civilian worker and also volunteered as a Special Constable. She told members many funny, unusual and sad incidents which occurred during her time with the police and showed some photos and newspaper cuttings of herself in uniform. A very sad case which happened during her time as telephonist with the police was the Sarah Pane murder. Sue had also undergone training to obtain a Wildlife Certificate which would enable her to act on behalf of the police when needed.  She told members that she had a very varied career and had enjoyed it very much. Liz Lloyd thanked Sue for an enjoyable and interesting evening