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Lets Talk and other matters

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Meeting our members. It's always good to meet up with members and hear from them on how the Co-op is doing. It’s also a good chance for them to question Council members, Board Directors and Executives. I was really looking forward to the Bristol meeting, over 100 members had booked, which is a reasonable number. Not brilliant, but in today’s world of fast technology, Skype, WhatsApp, Twitter (follow me@ harriotts44) and Snapchat, the fact that 100 members wanted to come out for a day and sit and participate in a meeting made giving up my Saturday worthwhile. Engagement Team Despite a fantastic venue, only 50 members turned up, but we were a merry band of travellers. We had Julian Rickman , the Regional Food Manager and four of his colleagues, three local colleagues from a great community store in Gloucester Road, representatives from Funerals and the Young Members Board, plus Matt Howells the CEO from Co-op Legal Services. All supported by the local and attracti