Elford Village Hall News
Honouring Two Decades of Dedication: A Thank You to Adrian
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It is with some sadness that we saw Adrian Viles step down as treasurer of Elford Village Hall at the recent BGM following 20+ years of dedicated service.
He came simply as an observer to the AGM held in 2003 and found himself immediately thrown into the deep end taking on the officers role of secretary which he very efficiently covered for some 5 years.
On Christine Corless’s resignation from the position of treasurer following the rebuild Adrian decided to change roles and has since run the village hall accounts with superb efficiency.
He would produce an amazingly accurate budget at the beginning of the financial year, monthly P & L and cash flow accounts and a final set of audited accounts at the end of the year.
He would often end a full night behind the bar at a Village Hall event by disappearing out of the door laden with bags of coins and notes to spend another few hours counting the takings.
If this was not enough he drew up the original and oversaw our health and safety policy and created our initial business plan.
A true gentleman in every sense many villagers may not even recognise him but we all owe a great debt of gratitude for his 20+ years of service to the running of Elford Village Hall
Adrian has agreed to stay on the committee for the time being to continue his wise counsel and in the meantime we welcome John Davis as our new treasurer.
Adrian was presented with a variety of gifts at the BGM by Chairman Greg Watkins in gratitude for all his hard work together with a scroll confirming his award of “Freeman of Elford Village Hall“ in recognition of his long service.