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NAF Treasurer Election 2024

Following hot on the heels of the election for the NAF President, is the election for the treasurer. The current incumbent, Geggster, has opted not to stand having been in the role for several years.  The NAF charter defines the role of treasurer as: - Collects any enacted club dues - Maintains club finances - Keeps records of finances (for public viewing if requested) - Protect the organisation against fraud and theft, ensuring safe custody of money, and prompt banking - Ensure that sufficient funds are available to meet all ongoing operational requirements - Keep up-to-date records as well as an audit trail for all transactions - Present the accounts of the organisation to the committee each January - Ensure safe/secure means of payment for our membership - Ensure that the organisation’s outgoings do not exceed our subscriptions - Make sure the committee understands its financial obligations, particularly appropriate and inappropriate expenditure/revenue - Be an active member of ...

Bucks Open, High Wycombe 24th February 2024

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This past Saturday, Oli and myself took a trip to Tabletop Republic in High Wycombe to take part in the Bucks Open event, previously known as Pitch Invasion.  These events are run monthly by nonumber who manages the store, with a ruleset that remains constant throughout the year (although access to stars had recently been removed - I blame Oli for taking a broken undead roster last time he went). I'd been wanting to make one of these events for a while but this is the first time that the date worked out for me, so I was pretty excited. So much so, that I actually had 3 breakfasts rather than the 2 that I normally have pre-tournament. I have the potential to get very hangry, which can obviously affect how the games go.  I took Lizardmen, mainly so that I had an incentive to paint the team in time, and partly because I haven't played them before. I've never had much of a desire to play them previously but I've always hated playing against them and I'm aware they'r...