Public Notice No. 003/2026 — Regulation of Wedding Committee Invitations

The Association has reviewed the practice of adding men to wedding committees without their knowledge, and finds it incompatible with the principles of consent, budgeting, and friendship.

A man who attends one meeting on a Sunday afternoon, principally because there was food, has not thereby agreed to attend eleven further meetings, to be listed in a printed programme, or to be described in the group chat as “our brother who will handle the tents”.

The Association therefore directs that no member may be counted toward a pledge unless he has stated a figure himself, aloud, in the presence of two witnesses who are not related to the bride.

The phrase “we are counting on you” is not a figure. The phrase “anything you can manage” is not a figure. A figure is a figure.

Chairpersons who continue to read out unconfirmed pledges will be referred to the Wallet Protection Unit, which has no enforcement powers but does maintain a list.