{"id":30696,"date":"2021-04-26T07:51:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T06:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=30696"},"modified":"2021-04-26T07:51:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T06:51:10","slug":"introducing-wames-volunteers-simon-horsman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/introducing-wames-volunteers-simon-horsman\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing WAMES volunteers: Simon Horsman"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Introducing WAMES volunteers: the treasurer<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-30715 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Simon-Horsman-3.jpg?resize=350%2C263&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Simon-Horsman-3.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Simon-Horsman-3.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Simon-Horsman-3.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Simon-Horsman-3.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 350px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 350\/263;\" \/>Early a nomad, by adoption, I\u2019m a Brummie. My school song included the worthy thought \u201cDie of service, not of rust.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0Wales is not the land of my fathers but it is the land of a grandfather, a grandmother and a mother \u2013 which, let\u2019s face it, is just hard to get into a song.\u00a0 Family connections meant that Mid and North Wales was where I went for many holidays and some Scout trips.\u00a0 I can bring to mind the wonderful Mawddach Estuary any time I want to \u2013 which is quite often.\u00a0 And I\u2019ve always supported Wales playing England at any sport.<\/p>\n<p>Though employed 50% as a university lecturer in accounting and business subjects, when in 2019 my wife\u2019s job moved us to Swansea, I cast around to offer my services.\u00a0 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scvs.org.uk\/\">Swansea Council for Voluntary Service <\/a>linked me with WAMES in late 2020 and though I know nothing about ME, CFS or anything similar I was very happy to help.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><em><strong>WAMES treasurer role is to:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><em>maintain an overview of WAMES\u2019 financial affairs and advise the committee on budgets<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>ensure that proper financial records and procedures are maintained<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Things are at their best when, with money in the bank, treasurers have little to do &#8211; which has been my lot so far with WAMES.\u00a0 \u00a0As everyone else feels they have to be optimistic, it&#8217;s normally left to accountants and treasurers to play the sceptical negative cards. Of course the converse can be the case: I have been in a position where I&#8217;m the one to say &#8220;Things are fine &#8211; spend a bit of money!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-30705 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/financial.jpg?resize=350%2C226&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"226\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/financial.jpg?resize=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/financial.jpg?resize=1024%2C662&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/financial.jpg?resize=150%2C97&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/financial.jpg?resize=768%2C497&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/financial.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 350px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 350\/226;\" \/>I see the role of Treasurer as primarily ensuring that everybody else has the maximum of information.\u00a0 \u00a0Secondarily, the Treasurer is there in a &#8220;sweeper&#8221; role making sure in an anticipatory fashion, that everything is going to turn out well.\u00a0 Formally, and in this case, I&#8217;m a Trustee of WAMES which means I share the responsibility for\u00a0ensuring the charity is run effectively and legally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introducing WAMES volunteers: the treasurer &nbsp; Early a nomad, by adoption, I\u2019m a Brummie. My school song included the worthy thought \u201cDie of service, not of rust.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0Wales is not the land of my fathers but it is the land &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/introducing-wames-volunteers-simon-horsman\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[6728,4040,2716],"class_list":["post-30696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-simon-horsman","tag-treasurer","tag-volunteers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qkYK-7Z6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30696"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30716,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30696\/revisions\/30716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}