22 February 2004
Our record of rainy
meetings is still intact.
Our meeting at the home of Ray & Jean Rogers in Lugarno on 22 February saw
the sixth wet meeting in a row, and the third wet Lugarno meeting in a row.
But the rain cleared and the sun came out, and besides, nothing was going to
dampen the carnival enthusiasm of the 29 members who attended anyway!
Once again there was
lots of nice carnival glass on display, but I will let Rhonda tell you all
about later in the newsletter. We welcomed new members Lesley and Bob Smith,
and hope that we will see them at lots of future meetings. We also held a
Dutch auction, in addition to our usual raffle, and the club’s coffers were
again topped up well. My thanks again to our raffle raconteur, Patrice
Charnay, and to our auctioneers Alan Christofferson and Maurice Geeke, and
thanks to everyone for opening your purses and wallets generously.
Unfortunately,
our plans to hold a display at one of the Wentworth Park collectibles shows
have fallen through, but we have not abandoned the idea completely, and will
now start searching for another suitable location. We will keep you informed
of our progress in this regard.
We have finally got all
the changes to our constitution sorted out and locked in. By the time you
read this the new constitution should be lodged with the NSW Dept of Fair
Trading. Thank you to everyone for bearing with us through this process. It
can be slow and painful getting necessary constitutional changes through,
but it is worth the effort in the long run.
The
May meeting is the club’s annual general meeting, and we will once again be
voting for the office bearers who will carry our club through the next year.
A number of the existing office bearers will not be standing again, so I
urge you all to consider standing for office in
your club. A nomination form is included with this newsletter.
Our May meeting is also
being held in Orange for the first time, so please make the effort to come
along and join the fun. Many of us will be making a weekend out of it again.
Mark & Vick Strangwidge will be our hosts, and they have arranged a dinner
on the Saturday night for us. Please look elsewhere in this newsletter for
all the details of the next meeting.
I am one of those who will
not be standing for office again. After three years as President it is time
to hand the reigns over to someone else. I don’t think things are in too bad
a shape after my three years. Finances are healthy, membership is climbing
gradually, the Internet site is proving popular, and people seem relatively
happy with the way the club is going. I would like to take this opportunity
to thank those members who have helped me by serving on the committee with
me over the last three years. It has been a privilege to serve you all as
President and I wish the incoming President all the best.
Take
care and happy glass hunting!
Wayne
Delahoy
President
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