ON May 4 the monthly meeting was held as usual in the community centre, Margaret Wainwright, the president, conducting the business.

After business, the VE Day Celebrations were discussed, it was agreed there are too few members to staff a stall of irreplaceable WI memorabilia, and as no other help seemed to be required we decided just to go and enjoy the festivities. There was a considerable amount of correspondence, and interest was shown in the Christmas cards produced as a result of the WI art competition. Some members hope to join the group outing to the Royal Show at Stoneleigh in July.

The regular meeting was then closed and reopened as the resolutions meeting.

Three members had attended a briefing session at Powick, and the resolutions were presented by two of the members. Brenda Clarke presented the Devonshire resolution, urging members to raise public awareness of the discrepancy between the price paid for milk, and the sum actually received by the farmers. There seems to be a black hole where a proportion of the retail money disappears, and official agencies have been unable to determine where the money goes. On a vote, members decided in favour of the notion.

Mary Twigge spoke on waste management. Every three months everyone throws out the weight of their own body in waste. We import cans from continental Europe yet 75 per cent of our waste cans go into landfill. It is more expensive to import than to recycle those cans. 150 million plastic bags are taken from supermarkets every week, and only one in 200 is recycled, and some five million tonnes of paper is not recycled each year.

The west comprises 20 per cent of the world's population, yet use 80 per cent of the earth's resources.

On a vote the motion to take further action to reduce waste was carried by a majority vote. The resolutions meeting was then closed. There was a cake stall in aid of St Richard's Hospice, and tea and cake were enjoyed by members, the ginger cake having been donated by Yorkshire Tea.