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	Why We Belong to the Community Association
	Associated links: Community Association People Getting involved - One year on Outside looking in

To be honest we belong to the Community Association for what we get out of it. The past few years have been fun despite our frequent wingeing (the English are never happier than when they feel the country is going to the dogs). We have served hamburgers to the starving throngs at the firework display without even considering BSE; let off several thousand pounds worth of bangers and rockets; stood, usually sodden, behind stalls at Gala Day; ruined the village bowls green with our attempts to get near the jack; played parachute games in the school disturbing generations of spiders in the process; written immortal prose for The Bridge; sat through interminable committee meetings (and learnt what they mean by a Board meeting); delivered leaflets in the rain - and, most of all, made a lot of good friends. And that is it. As simple as that. We both work away from the village and the CA gives us the opportunity to participate in our community, to be involved, to catch up on the gossip and to meet people. It would be a very sober Christmas without the CA. Without the Community Association there is a great temptation to retire behind the front door, put the size nines up in front of the telly or weed the garden. The CA forces us to get up and do things, not just for ourselves, but for the community as a whole. Generations of slugs have survived for another year thanks to the CA. At the risk of sounding more than usually po-faced and pompous, the Community Association forms the bedrock of democracy. Unless individuals become involved in their communities, unless they are prepared to participate and become involved, our society will stagnate. The CA provides the first grounding in democracy and it is surprising how many former members sit on the Town and District Councils. Without this apprenticeship our local authorities would be even more incompetent. We don't need to serve on the local council - that's high level politics, the Big League. The Community Association are the foot soldiers, the Indians, the people who do the work and have the fun. So join us at the bottom of the democratic heap - you will get more laughs and friends than the Prime Minister! (Absolutely and positively no relation) The Heseltine's © 1996 Godmanchester Community Association


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