23 November 2003
Happy
New Year everyone! I hope you all enjoyed Christmas with your family, had a
great New Year’s eve with your friends, and all enjoyed a good break over
the holidays. Who received some nice carnival glass surprises from Santa
this Christmas? Tell us all about them. Well, that’s all over now for
another year, and now it’s time to concentrate on all our activities for
2004.
OK
folks, we’ve discovered the secret to making it rain in a particular area –
hold a carnival glass meeting! Would you believe that it rained for every
one of our meetings in 2003. That’s right, every one! So, if you want the
drought broken in your area, all you have to do is hold a carnival glass
meeting at your home. Now there’s a challenge for you all!
21
members made the trek south to Doug & Sheila Russell’s home in Kalaru for
the November meeting, and not one was complaining about the rain which we
desperately needed. It wasn’t cold, just wet. A lot of us made a weekend out
of it, and were looking forward to a sunny weekend on the coast – but it was
not to be. And Australia didn’t even win the Rugby Union final on the
Saturday night! Oh well! There was lot’s of beautiful carnival glass on
show, lots of warm fellowship shared by members, and great hospitality shown
by our gracious hosts, so none of the rest mattered.
A large
group of us went to dinner together on the Saturday night at a beautiful
gourmet pizza restaurant in Tathra. We had a great night. These Saturday
night dinners have become a bit of a tradition for the out-of-Sydney
meetings, and it gives us an opportunity to extend the meeting to the
Saturday night.
We
managed to get enough members present, and enough proxies submitted, to pass
the changes to the club’s constitution that were mentioned in the last
report. So a big thank you to everyone who took the time to send their proxy
votes in. It was very much appreciated. A minor amendment was suggested to
one of the resolutions on the day, but as the proxies were submitted for the
original resolution as published in the newsletter, it was decided to
proceed with that resolution as it stood, and to propose a resolution to
make the minor amendment at the next meeting. More about that later in the
newsletter.
On a sad
note, our Secretary, Cathy, read a letter from club member Judith Saunders
from Casino, telling us of the death of husband Les. We were all saddened to
hear of Les’ death, and we all send Judith our deepest sympathy and best
wishes. We are thinking of you Judith.
We
have had difficulties contacting the organisers of the monthly Wentworth
Park antiques and collectibles show regarding our proposed carnival glass
display in March, and with the show now filling both levels of the building,
indications are that the organisers are no longer interested in our display.
So, we are pursuing the possibility of doing the display at either the
Springwood or Gosford shows some time later in the year.
The new
rules regarding the number of pieces members bring along for show and tell
worked well at the November meeting, with much less crowding on the display
table, and a significantly reduced risk of damage. Thank you for your
co-operation in this regard. Just to clarify, please only bring two or three
pieces for the theme, and another two or three pieces for general show and
tell. Your co-operation in this regard will be greatly appreciated by all
members. We desperately want to see all the pieces you want to bring along
to show us, but unfortunately there just isn’t the room on the table to fit
them all on without risking damage to other members’ glass as the pieces get
picked up and shown.
Robin,
Neil and Roy White sent along some new newsletter cover designs with Ray and
Olive, and we thank them sincerely for their continuing support of the club
in this regard. Their designs are beautiful. Watch for the new designs on
this year’s newsletters.
A few
members who don’t come along to all our meetings, but who were at the
November meeting pointed out that it was difficult for them to remember
everyone’s names. We issue name tags to all new members, and ask that you
bring them along and wear them at meetings to avoid those embarrassing
moments when someone may not remember your name. A simple little aid for us
all. Put them in your CG meeting box now so you don’t forget for the next
meeting.
Glen
and Steven Thistlewood of the UK have
released their third carnival glass book called ‘The Art of Carnival Glass’.
It is available from Schiffer Books in the USA via their Interenet site at
http://www.schifferbooks.com/, or from your nearest big bookshop. I can
thoroughly recommend it. It is another excellent book on carnival glass
which will bring you many hours of joy as you read the fascinating stories,
and admire the fantastic photos.
Our
first meeting for 2004 is at the home of Ray & Jean Rogers in Lugarno,
New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney. The theme is ‘Imperfections’, so dig
out all those really interesting pieces that didn’t quite turn our right
(well three of them anyway) and bring them along with you to the meeting on
Sunday, 22 February. More details
later in the newsletter.
Well,
that’s it from me this quarter. If you haven’t been to a carnival glass
meeting for a while, why not make a New Year’s resolution to make it along
to at least one club meeting this year. The real joy and benefit of
belonging to the club comes from attending meetings where you can see and
handle lots of beautiful carnival glass, and talk about carnival glass with
your fellow club members. Here’s hoping to see lots of you at Lugarno in
February.
Take
care and happy glass hunting!
Wayne
Delahoy
President
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