03/11/2023
We, the Rothienorman Hall Committee, wish to provide you all with a status update on your local village hall:
Firstly, some things that some of you may not be aware of:
1. The hall is owned by the people of Rothienorman village and community.
2. The hall is operated by a committee of volunteers and is in no way funded or supported by the local council (some of the user groups were). This seems to be a misconception that members of the community commonly hold.
3. The hall is reliant upon income from the various user groups and event bookings to meet the on-going cost of operation.
4. Since the pandemic and the associated reduction of user groups and bookings, the hall has been operating at a loss. This had been recently recovering slightly, towards a break-even situation.
5. As things stand, this limits the possibility of any developments for the future.
Secondly, a more recent update:
6. The one remaining “core” user group, the Pre-School, has lost its committee and council funding and has therefore ceased to operate as of two weeks ago.
7. This represents a major financial blow to the hall committee, meaning that without some other income to backfill, the hall will operate at a significant loss moving forward.
8. We are open to suggestions from the community as to what this might be.
Thirdly, on the committee itself:
9. The hall has been operating mostly with only the efforts of the officers for some years now.
10. Various improvements have been made to streamline the operations and make the hall easier to operate.
11. The individuals involved have done this for several years now in the face of dwindling support and input from other parts of the community.
12. All are now intending to step down from the committee and pass these responsibilities on to others.
We plan to have an AGM in November and if a new committee cannot be formed then the hall may no longer be able to operate.
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