September Meeting Summary

Dear Members and Followers,

Here is the latest from the committee:

CALLIGRAPHY SOUTHSCIBES SUMMARY for September 2015
Workshops: There are 5 participants in the current Rustic lettering course and 4 bookings for the Jerusalem hand on 17th October. There are no bookings at present for the next lettering course, Colour Calligraphy commencing on the 21st October, but this has not been advertised yet. Meril is away from 28th September to 11th November so Pat has agreed to take workshop bookings/enquiries for that period. (email president@calligraphysouthscribes.com.au)
Valerie will be away for the workshop scheduled for 21st November, “Pen Gilding and Other Techniques” as this was an extra workshop it was agreed that it would be cancelled.
The tutors for the for the next lettering course, Colour Calligraphy commencing on the 21st October will be Pat for weeks 1,2 and 3 and Gloria for weeks 4,5 and 6.
I do encourage you to book in for the Colour Calligraphy course, the correct use of colour is something we all need to be proficient at as it can really enhance a piece of work as well as being fun. We have two expert tutors to guide you through this 6 weeks.
Workshop Bookings: Please email your booking and payment information (including the code) to Meril Bowyer at meril@bowyer.com.au or post to PO Box 714 Caringbah 1495. Direct debit details are available if you prefer to pay electronically.
Magazine
Our first e-magazine has been sent out which has been a great success, congratulations to Pat and Cathy for a job well done. The next magazine will be in December. Penny has agreed to assist in the next one as Cathy no longer has time to do it. Please look out for any articles, good web sites etc that might be worth putting in. It is your magazine and can’t happen without people contributing. Email suggestions/articles to Penny plaver100@gmail.com
Membership: the membership remains at 24 financial members and 5 life members.
Blog: There were 710 page views this month, most being for Calliart followed by workshops. With The USA having the most viewers after Australia.
Social Activities: A tour of the QVB was held on Monday 14th with 8 people attending, it was most interesting and we had a most enjoyable lunch afterwards. Do try to attend these outings as it is a great way to get together on an informal basis.
25th Anniversary 2016. A letter and a short survey will be sent to present and some past members. This invites them to take part in our celebrations next year. If you have any contact details for any past members that you think may be interested please let Valerie know. secretary@calligraphysouthscribes.com
Joint weekend away with an allied group. Following a very productive and enjoyable weekend away at Youthworks Pat suggested that we could consider combining with this group to have a similar weekend(s) next year, as we are too small a group to do this on own. This could again be at Youthworks (in the National Park) or The Tops at Stanwell Tops.
It was agreed that this was a good idea and we will keep it in mind for next year.
Joint Exhibition with Continuum
 The venue for this is Club on East from Thursday 14th April to Sunday 17th April with no cost for hire.
 We will need to run our own roster to be present from 10am to 4pm on each day except the Saturday which is a committee meeting day and the organisers have been advised of this
 Works can be NFS, whether they must be framed is yet to be advised.
 We must organise hanging and contribute to the cost of the screens.
 There will be no commission taken by the club, just 10% by Southscribes.
 Can enter any works, there is no theme.
 The person on duty needs to count the number of visitors.
 We are able to use our own tablecloth.
 Continuum will advertise in the National Trust magazine as we are under their umbrella
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CSS We had an informal discussion as about what we would do should the Society wind up at some future date. This will be formally be discussed at the October Committee meeting with a possibility of a special meeting following the AGM 2016
Calliart: the next Calliart is 10th October “Pens and their Uses” with Valerie – a very good one to attend.
WORD OF THE MONTH FOR OCTOBER IS FRIENDSHIP – a bit of a challenge as it is a long word, start thinking, we had some great ones for rhythm.
Penny Laver
Minutes Secretary
Calligraphy Souithscribes