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What
is the Young Members Task Group (YMG) and what do they
do?
The YMG was formed to campaign on
issues that affect Young CAMRA Members and to promote
and encourage the drinking of Real Ale among young
people (in this context "young" means the
18 - 30 age group).
We also encourage Young Members and
young people to join in with the numerous social activities
that are organised nationwide as well as getting Young
Members to become more involved in CAMRA at local,
regional and national levels.
The YMG has a committee, which is
made up of younger members. The Young Members Group
Committee (YMGC) have a responsibility to reflect
the interests of all Young Members.
We hold four YMGC meetings a year
), where we discuss issues that matter to Young CAMRA
Members. Our YMGC meetings always have a set agenda
and a level of business we have to get through on
matters that affect Young CAMRA Members. These meetings
are usually carried out much more quickly than most
other CAMRA meetings because we try to keep our meetings
lively and interesting and we have a deadline of 4pm.
We all enjoy the social side of the
campaign too (because it's not all work, work, work),
so we go on very informal pub-crawls of the local
city/town after each of the meetings - not always
knowing what pub we're going to next because our guides
are local Young Members. These pub crawls leave the
meeting venue at 4.30pm.
All Young Members are welcome to
attend the meeting or pub-crawl if they're unable
to make it to both and young non-members are welcome
to join us on the pub crawls. The YMG is also here
to help Young Members and young people if they want
to set up a Real Ale Society in their University or
College.
Contact details of the YMGC members
can be downloaded from the Young Members Section of
the CAMRA web-site.
How can I get involved?
To get involved with Young Members social events in
your local Branch area, and in the wider East Midlands
Region, just E-mail or ‘phone your local Branch
Young Members' Contact (BYMC) or Social Secretary
to find out what events are being organised, and then
turn up - it really is that easy.
The whole of the UK is covered by local Branches of
CAMRA, who should be in the process of finding local
volunteers to become a BYMC. This person works alongside
the local Branch Membership Secretary and Social Secretary
and is responsible for organising trips and events
for Young Members in the local Branch area.
If you're already an active Young Member within your
Branch, you could consider standing for the role of
BYMC in your local Branch. The East Midlands Region
already has 7 Branches with a BYMC, contact your Branch
Chairman or Branch Committee if you'd like to stand.
Young
Members Social Events
Details of pub-crawls, working socials and other social
events that are organised by and for Young CAMRA Members,
can be found on the 'Diary Page' in the Young Members
Section of the CAMRA web-site. Just contact the person
organising the event and then turn up - it really
is that easy!
Nottingham
Young Members officer is Kieran Atherton Email: youngmembers@hotmail.co.uk
Find
the young members section on CAMRA's main web site
by clicking
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