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24 June 2001

Sunday, 24 June saw 19 club members gather at the home of Gary and Cathy Campbell in Narellan for our second meeting of the year. We also welcomed visitors Gloria and Peter McGann from South Penrith as visitors, and by the time they left they had signed up as new members. Welcome Gloria and Peter!

This meeting was our annual general meeting, and Allan Farrell and Alan Christofferson supervised the election of the Committee of Management for the 2001-02 year. Office holders for the coming year are:

·         President: Wayne Delahoy

·         Vice President: Gary Campbell

·         Secretary: Catherine Campbell

·         Treasurer: John Westren

·         Committee Members: Patricia Nissen
                                Rhonda Delahoy
                                Jean Rogers

Allan Farrell was confirmed as the newsletter editor for another year, and Iris Westren has taken on the role of Librarian.

Both John Westren and Allan Farrell have indicated their desire to hand over their responsibilities to someone new next year, so please give some thought throughout the year to whether you may be able to take on one of these roles. The tasks are not onerous and your efforts will benefit everyone in the club.

As the incoming President I would like to take this opportunity to thank Ray Rogers for his sterling effort in steering the club through what has been a difficult period. The club has weathered the storm under Ray’s expert guidance and has emerged stronger and healthier than ever. We are deeply indebted to you Ray. I would also like to thank the outgoing Committee of Management for their efforts over the past year. Most of the members are continuing this year, but I welcome Gary Campbell to the Committee as our new Vice President, and Jean Rogers as a new committee member. A big thank you to retiring committee member Anne Tebbutt for all her efforts throughout the year.

Members were asked to bring to this meeting their first piece of carnival glass and describe how they got started in collecting carnival glass. Once again we saw some beautiful glass, and heard some interesting stories. Thank you to everyone who shared their experiences with us. Our grandmothers have sure got a lot to answer for!

Our new constitution has now been formally accepted by the NSW Dept of Fair Trading. Copies have been made available to members attending the meetings recently, and all new members will be sent a copy of the constitution along with their letter of welcome. If you don’t yet have a copy of our new constitution and would like one please contact Cathy Campbell, our ardent Secretary, and she will send you one straight away.

The Carnival Glass Collectors Association of Australia has joined the 21st Century by establishing its own Internet site.

The site is designed to publicise the existence and activities of our club, to provide a general resource on carnival glass, and (in addition to this wonderful newsletter) to enable club members who can’t make it to the quarterly meetings to stay in touch with what is happening in our club. Some of the pages it contains are:

  • What is Carnival Glass?
  • Australian Carnival Glass
  • An extensive gallery of photos showing Australian, European, American, Indian and contemporary carnival glass, along with estimates of current values in Australia
  • Club objectives
  • Club officers
  • Last meeting
  • Coming meetings
  • How to join
  • Latest news
  • Library
  • Carnival Glass acronyms
  • Carnival Glass colours
  • Club directory
  • Links to other sites

If you have access to the Internet I urge you all to take a few minutes to visit the site and check out the information available there. If you have friends or relatives with Internet access who are interested in finding out more about carnival glass refer them to our Internet site.

If you have any suggestions for amendments or additions to the site please let me know, as I would like the site to be as complete and accurate as possible. I am also always looking for new photos to add to the site, so please send along any photos you think may add value to the site.

Club members Rob & Dorothy Butler have entered the antique trade by opening their own store at Windsor. It’s called Bob & Dot’s Antiques & Old Wares, and it can be found at 394 George St, Windsor, NSW 2756. Their telephone number is (02) 4577-4055. They have done a beautiful job of restoring a run down old shop, and have a great collection of interesting old things for you to look at, so next time you’re passing through Windsor, drop in and say ‘Hi’ to Rob and Dorothy. I believe they are open Thursday through Sunday each week.

At the next meeting I would like to set the schedule of meetings for 2001, so please check your diaries in advance and come prepared to suggest dates. We also need four volunteers to host the meetings for next year, so please consider whether you can help out in that regard. We would love to visit your home, and I promise we are all house trained!

At the next meting I would also like to set the themes for each of the meetings in the coming year. So please bring along all your ideas. To get the creative juices going I would like to throw the following suggestions into the pool for consideration:

·         Starry, starry night – patterns including stars

·         Legs eleven – shapes with feet

·         Boo boos – pieces that went wrong somehow

·         Waterworld – patterns with a watery theme

·         All bottled up – bottles

·         Milk and sugar anyone? – creamer and sugar sets

·         The long and the short of it – vases of different sizes in the one pattern

·         Not a leg to stand on – pieces that cannot or do not stand on their own (ie, pieces that need support – car vases, brides vases, wall vases etc, or pieces that come with stands anyway)

The idea would be that you only bring along pieces that fit this theme, or other pieces that you need some identifying. What do you think? Any other ideas?

Our next meeting is on 16 September at the home of Iris & John Westren in Lugarno. We didn’t set the theme for this meeting, so I would like to suggest the following:

·         A rose by any other name – rose bowls and/or rose patterns

Let’s get all those rose bowls and rose patterns out of the cupboards and take them for an outing to Lugarno.

Well that’s enough from me. Here’s to another successful year of carnival glass collecting, and to the motto of our club which is:

"To provide a friendly forum for the exchange of information about Carnival Glass."

Regards

Wayne Delahoy
President

Club members enjoying the convivial atmosphere of the meeting

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