25 May 2003
Eighteen
members gathered on a cool and wet day on 25 May 2003 for the club’s annual
general meeting at the home of Gary and Cathy Campbell in Narellan. But
despite the weather it was another great meeting.
Once
again, members brought along lots of nice glass for the ‘Show and Tell’
table, with the theme being vases. Please take a look at the photos at the
bottom of this page. I do need to say that, while Gary showed us a beautiful
vase, he does need some lessons in caring for flowers! See the photo below
to see why.
There
was also some nice glass on the ‘For Sale’ table, but the table was looking
a little
on the thin side. People don’t seem to be bringing along many pieces to sell
lately. Is there a reason for this? I’m sure you are just forgetting aren’t
you? So, please dig out those pieces you have been meaning to sell for a
while, and bring them along to the next meeting so that someone else can
have the joy of taking them home for a while.
Being
the annual general meeting we did lots of official things like vote in a new
Executive Committee for the coming year, and review the club’s finances.
A photo
of the new committee appears below, and I welcome them on board for the next
12 months, and thank the outgoing committee for all their hard work during
the last 12 months.
On the
financial side I am happy to report another healthy year for the club. Our
finances are once again firmer than they were 12 months ago, this time by a
healthy margin. I think we can attribute this to three main things: the
efforts of our raffle raconteur, Patrice Charnay, in separating you all from
your loose change for the regular raffles (see photo below), and the
generosity of those bringing contributions for raffle prizes; the generosity
again of both donors and buyers at the Dutch auction; and the efforts of our
Newsletter Editor in reducing
the cost of producing and despatching the club’s quarterly newsletter. Don’t
forget that if you are happy to receive the newsletter by e-mail instead of
in hard copy, please let our newsletter editor know by e-mailing her at
rhonda_bradford@yahoo.com.au. This will help to
further reduce our newsletter costs.
The cost
of our public liability insurance is remaining the same for at least another
12 months, so we should be able to consolidate our financial position even
further in the next year.
Our
membership continues to grow slowly, thanks largely to new members joining
via the club’s Internet site. The Internet is doing a great job in raising
the profile of our club. Since the last newsletter, the Internet site has
moved to a new location. Please see elsewhere in the newsletter for details
of this move, and don’t forget to update the bookmark in your Internet
browser.
We are
still working towards holding a display at the antiques and collectibles
fair at
Wentworth Park sometime next year. A number of us are going to the fair on 3
August to see a display by the Winton club. Why don’t you join us? We will
then discuss our next move in the planning process for our own display at
the August meeting.
On
behalf of the club, Rhonda and I gave two presentations on carnival glass at
the Dubbo Antiques and Collectibles Fair on 6 July. A lot of interest was
shown in the presentations, and many club flyers were taken. We hope to see
a few new members joining our ranks as a result. We both thoroughly enjoyed
the show, and giving our presentations. If you know of any other
opportunities we could take advantage of to raise the profile of both
carnival glass and our club please let someone on the committee know, or
just mention it at one of our meetings.
The
year ahead is shaping up to be another great year for carnival glass and for
our club, so why not come along and join in the fun at one of our meetings.
Don’t forget our club’s mission statement – to provide a friendly forum for
the exchange of information about carnival glass. That’s what we are here
for, and that’s what we try to do.
I
hope you are all surviving winter OK. Why not join for us for some warm
hospitality at the home of Ray and Olive White in Bathurst on 24 August. At
this meeting we will also be setting the calendar for next year’s meetings,
so give some though to possible dates and themes before then. We would love
to see you all. Until then, take care and happy carnival glass hunting! :-))
Wayne Delahoy
President
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