The Somerset Spring Newsletter, which is always a sure sign that the new season is just around the corner, will be sent out to all members early next week, and will be read no doubt from cover to cover by everyone.

The actual logistics of packing and sending out the newsletter and the other enclosures to all of the membership is a well oiled machine which has been set up and running very successfully for several years.

Chris Bass, who operates the scoreboards for the club during the summer has sent across the following information about the mail out which I am sure everyone will find enlightening.

"A group of volunteers, normally around seventeen of us, gather in the Colin Atkinson Pavilion every September, November and March. The office staff produce the computer-generated envelopes which must be literally "stuffed" with the various articles members are to receive, often as many as fifteen separate items. Some need to be folded, but all must be bundled together into individual envelopes - yes - over 7000 of them!

The envelopes are then counted religiously into Royal Mail boxes. There is no production line, no machine, just honest human endeavour and concentration from the volunteers involved.

Many of those involved have been carrying out this task for years, uncomplainingly. No doubt fuelled by the players' success and the spirit prevailing within the club at present- our team is growing.

The forthcoming mail out is on Monday march 11th and the norm is to draw stumps around mid afternoon. Any fellow members wishing to join us are most welcome. Please give your contact details to Chris Bass who can be contacted before the season by leaving a message at the ground.

The Club provide an excellent lunch, drinks, coffee and tea. The banter enjoyed by all is superb, so why not offer your services to help with this very worthwhile activity."

Thanks Chris for putting us in the picture. Perhaps now when all of the members open their envelopes next week they will know better what effort has gone into to getting them posted out.

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