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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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Some of the beautiful carnival glass
on display at this meeting
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Club members enjoying the convivial
atmosphere of the meeting
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