19 February 2006
Greetings everyone!
What an enjoyable day was had by everyone who was in
attendance at our last meeting at Cindy and Kevin Mackley’s home. We were
truly blessed with not only fantastic weather, great hospitality once again,
but I’d also say I wouldn’t be sticking my neck too far in saying that our
club had on display some of the finest 'blue' carnival glass ever displayed
in Australia in one place at one time. Absolutely magnificent!
Congratulations, to every one who contributed to this
display. In fact, if this is the standard of the carnival glass that we may
see at our future club meetings, we are all in for an exceptional visual
treat, that’s for sure! So keep up the great work everyone in bringing along
those fine examples of carnival glass.
The 'coloured' glass theme is really generating some very
positive feedback from quite a few people I have spoken with. This has been
largely due to the reason that whilst some of us in the club, myself
included, may not have a lot in a specific colour of carnival glass to show
at one particular meeting, following meetings may be 'right up our alley' in
the colour that we have more of in our own collections. It also tends to
encourage us to bring pieces that really best demonstrate the theme colour
too, which in turn makes for an amazing display for everyone to see.
Whilst I’m on the subject, the theme for the next meeting
is amethyst carnival glass. I can hardly wait to see what examples will be
on display for this one!!
Again our sincere thanks to our club Dutch Auction
auctioneer, Allan Christofferson, for conducting, quite professionally I
might add, this annual club fund-raising event. And also to those who
contributed. We should all take a bow as the money raised at the end of the
day was impressive.
I was personally very pleased to see that we, as a united
club, were able to provide some financial assistance with the production of
the club newsletter to our good friends Bob & Lesley Smith. It was unanimous
amongst club members that the 'wear and tear' factor on their own equipment
should clearly not be borne by them alone. With the continuing professional
production of the newsletter and the mounting costs of printing firms doing
it for us, not to mention the running around involved for them, it was
clearly an excellent decision that we will all benefit from.
It’s also that time of year, again, when our annual club
subscriptions are due. So can you all please ensure that you finalise this
at the next meeting with our Club Treasurer. In return, you will receive
your 2006-07 personalized club name tag (at the August Meeting) and also
continue to receive the quarterly Club Newsletter.
The next meeting will be the Annual General Meeting and
will include the election of new committee members. These positions are
important to the continued success of the club and also as I have personally
experienced, very rewarding (although not financially) to those who have
been involved.
As someone once said “Ask not what your club can do
for you but what you can do for your club” or something like that.
If you are unable to attend the next meeting, you can
still send in your proxy voting form to our Club Secretary, Mark Strangwidge.
That way your vote still counts!
The proxy voting forms can be found towards the end of
this newsletter.
The next meeting will be held on 21 May 2006 at the home
of Vicky and Mark Strangwidge at 71 Clinton St., ORANGE NSW
See you there!!!
Happy Carnival Glass hunting,
Your Club President,
Maurice Geake
P.S: Regarding the Santa photo in our last meeting
report, “Who’s Behind was Behind the Behind?”
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