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21 August 2005
Hi
everyone
Well
fellow club members, things are really starting to come together with
some of the projects that we’ve had in the pipeline during the year.
Largely due to the commitment of a few club members who have poured a
good deal of time and organization into projects that clearly would not
have seen the light of day otherwise.
 These projects
include the club badge, in which an excellent design motif, the ‘Waratah
& Gum Tips vase’ was drawn up by the creative talent of our very own
Lesley Smith. It was one of several design ideas that were
considered for our club badge, and finally voted upon as the chosen club
emblem. Actually, the final product turned out way better than I think
any of us could have expected, totally professional in every respect and
no doubt a collector’s item in the making!
A
big thank-you to Wayne Delahoy for organizing the behind the scenes stuff
necessary to get this project up off the ground to the ‘polished diamond’
that you now see, as above. Incidentally, these badges can be purchased
from our Club Treasurer, Ray Rogers, for the modest sum of just $5.00,
with all proceeds going to the club coffers.
On
behalf of all of us in the club I’d like to extend our sincerest thanks
to both Bob & Lesley Smith for the outstanding, first up, newsletter
that they have produced. It was a first class effort for what is no doubt
an overwhelming task in trying to collate it all. I know I for one was
having quite a few sleepless nights wondering if the newsletter was going
to be at least equal to the excellent standard that Rhonda Delahoy set
over the past several years. My doubts were clearly put to rest when I
saw and read the August 2005 newsletter. Fantastic result guys. You’ve
done yourselves proud, keep up the great work!!!
Also,
thanks to our Club Secretary, Mark Strangwidge,
for his efforts in the organization for the printing of the club
application leaflets. Again, these have turned out exceptionally well and
present a very professional image of our club and what we’re all about.
Please avail yourselves of these club leaflets for distribution at your
local antique shops or for your travels throughout the countryside. Mark
has an ample supply left, so don’t hesitate to ask for some. The more the
merrier!
The
topic of club shirts was raised by the committee, then subsequently
brought to the ‘General Business’ part of the meeting. However, upon a
majority vote against the introduction of a ‘club shirt’ that idea looks
as if it has been shelved, at least for the time being anyway. Just the
same, a thank you to Mark for his enquiries with this suggestion.
By
now, hopefully, most of you have paid your annual club subscription and
are financial members of the club for yet another year. Also this year
you should have now received, along with your receipt, a printed name
tag/card which you can proudly wear to all of our upcoming meetings. And
it saves paying the ‘tax/fine’ for not wearing it! A thank you to Byron
Geake for his efforts in creating the tag/cards which have been well
received by most everyone I’ve spoken to.
Our
club meetings have been blessed with such a good run of weather for quite
some time now and the August meeting at Dot and Bob Butler’s home was no
exception. In fact, it’s getting hard now to remember when it last rained
at one, so there’s a trivia question for you all to think about!
Again,
all of you can take a bow for a truly outstanding display of ‘Opalescent
Carnival Glass’ on show at this last venue. All of the Carnival Glass
pieces were of an excellent standard, although several examples for
either colour, shape or both were nothing short of breathtaking.
The
‘theme’ calendar has been set again by the majority vote for all of our
meetings to come through until November 2006 inclusive. As usual, all
meetings will be on the third Sunday of February, May, August &
November.
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February 2006 at the home of Cindy & Kevin Mackley
in Tumbi Umbi,
NSW. The theme is blue Carnival Glass.
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21 May 2006 at the home of Vicki & Mark Strangewidge in Orange, NSW.
The theme is amethyst Carnival Glass.
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August 2006 at the home Iris & John Westren
in Lugarno, NSW. The theme is green Carnival Glass.
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November 2006 at the home of Dot & Rob Butler in Galston, NSW. The
theme is unusual Carnival Glass.
Our
upcoming meeting is on Sunday 20 November 2005 at the home of Lesley
& Bob Smith at Beacon Hill, NSW and of course it’s the club’s
Christmas meeting, much like last year’s meeting at Lorraine & John
Friend’s home, where Santa is going to make a guest appearance. Oh no,
not again I hear you say!!
The theme of the meeting is ‘European’
Carnival Glass.
So, again don’t forget to bring those
pieces out that are bound to impress all there!
Rumour
has it that Santa still needs help - in getting presents for all of the
good people in the club that is - so, please give it some thought in
bringing along a wrapped Christmas present for Santa to hand out at the
next meeting, as the old fellow in the red suit would be so grateful if
you did!!
You
may recall that at our November 2003 meeting we voted on two special
resolutions regarding changes to our club’s constitution. Through a
combination of members in attendance and proxy votes mailed in, both
resolutions were passed by the required 75% of financial club members.
However, time constraints and other factors beyond our control resulted
in the NSW Office of Fair Trading declining to register our amendments.
The Office of Fair Trading had no difficulty with the changes we were
proposing, just some technicalities associated with the lodgement
process. Unfortunately this means that we need to vote on the resolutions
once again, and re-submit them to the Office of Fair Trading for their
approval and registration.
The
detail of the two resolutions appears in the next section of this
newsletter. However, to enable us to put this matter to rest once and for
all, we need all financial members of the club to either attend the
November 2005 meeting to vote in person or to return one of the proxy
forms enclosed with this newsletter. If you cannot attend the November
meeting I urge you to please complete and return one of the enclosed
proxy forms. We’ve even supplied a stamped, self-addressed envelope to
make the process of returning the proxy as easy as possible. Remember,
each member has a vote, therefore each member
must complete a proxy form if they are unable to attend the meeting.
There should be one proxy form enclosed for every person at your
household who is a financial member.
As
always, I look forward to seeing you all again at our next meeting.
Happy Carnival Glass hunting.
Your Club President
Maurice Geake
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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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