42nd Annual Meeting 1992 — programme, Beacon Motor Inn, Jordan Station (Vineland)
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42ND ANNUAL MEETING
CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR CREATIVE LEATHERCRAFT
BEACON MOTOR INN, JORDON ST., VINELAND Friday 6:00 -
Registration and Set-up Display Tables April 24 7:30 p.m. Short Executive Meeting 8:00 p.m. Judging 8:00 p.m. Lois MacPherson
will demonstrate a small moulded items (card cases, etc.) using plexiglass forms. Saturday 9:00 - 10.00 a.m. Coffee,
Registration, and Membership
10:00 a.m. Annual Business Meeting Including: *
Business of the past year. * Election of Officers.
* Presentation of Fellow and Associate Award. * Branch Competition Award. * Appraisal of Weston Trophy Articles * Question Box
12:00 noon Lunch - on your own 2:00 - 3:00 pm. DEMONSTRATIONS: Jessie Little - Colourama I Cliff McTavish - Hand Stitching 3:00
- 3:30 p.m. Coffee Break and Draw Tickets 3:30 - 4:30 pm. DEMONSTRATIONS: Jessie Little - Colourama II Bill Whittingham - Tool
Sharpening 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Sale of Leather Goods in Motel Room of Bruce White and/or Joyce Scruton. 6:30 - 10:00 p.m. Annual
Banquet, Awards, and Guest Speaker after 10:00 p.m. Dismantle Displays. Hospitality Room will be open. Sunday 10:00 - 12:00 noon
Jessie Little - Acrylic Colourama III Hands on Workshop in the Hospitality Room.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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President's Message 2, 3
Minutes of the 41st Annual 3, 4, 5
* NOTICE OF MOTION * 5
Archivist Report 5
Treasurer's Report 6,7
Editor's Report 7
BRANCHES:
Hamilton 8
Mississauga 8
Norland 9
Toronto 9
Woodstock 10
Nominating Committee 1992 - 1993 11
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The President's Message Another year has passed since we last assembled. Our membership is a little like the Canadian
economy - down. Let's hope they both recover the flourish in the very near future. Just about every club has lost some special
friend this past year and they all will be missed by everyone. The Toronto and Hamilton groups have a few new members in the
past few years; Mississauga has shrunk down to the bare number to operate as a club. On a positive note Mississauga has
registered with the Mississauga Recreation and Parks board and will hopefully be getting some publicity with that group's
Bi-ennial mail-outs that go out on an EVERY HOUSE basis. M.S.C.L. have a large, well lit room, and plenty of parking for their
meetings and workshops. Just maybe this new approach will new some inquiry and inspire new members.
Internally we need more
applications for Associates and Fellows, to be in line to carry on for the future. Let's face it, none of us are getting any
younger, it's harder for us all to get around now than it was 20 years ago. It's more awkward to get supplies in some areas,
because of tore closures. There are ways around this, use the telephone more to order, or mail in orders. It can be worked out,
and we do work these little obstacles out. So why can't we work out the problem of membership and come up with more people. Age
doesn't matter, but young people would give us many more future years of attendance, especially if we can involve them in the
offices of the various clubs and eventually C.S.C.L. Executive.
Let's hope we can attract more new members, particularly
younger people. When I say young, not necessarily 20-30 year old's, they would be terrific, but maybe 30-50 year old's; age
doesn't really matter. Interest and the desire to learn are the foremost qualities. Ability with the time to do the work,
coupled with instruction form our current members could easily develop their interests and make them keen to turn out top
quality work.
We should be open to a lot of new ideas. The world around us is certainly changing in leaps and bounds. Just
maybe what was acceptable and functional a few years ago will not appeal to today's novice worker with leather. Coasters, key
fobs and wallets still have a lot of appeal to everyone and are an excellent starting spot. People try to travel as lightly as
possible these days, and even a perfect piece like a ladies' purse with gussets, clasps, and fancy tooled leather may be too
heavy, and expensive for today's housewife and mother toting a child or carrying groceries, and driving a car. Today they seem
to look for something lighter in weight, but still attractive and serviceable. They don't like moving things from one purse to
another for special events or outfits, they say they don't have time. Perhaps we should look at this and come up with something
special.
THE "I WANT ONE OF THOSE" IDEA.
Look around you, what are people doing, what are their requirements for doing it.
"I
WISH I HAD SOMETHING THAT WOULD DO THIS OR THAT."
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Page 3 We all hear this from time to time. At work, at play, in the house, just maybe the real answer is there, staring at us in
the face. Let's keep our eyes and ears open and let any and all the suggestions roll in. Get an idea, doodle it out on paper,
try and find all the flaws of construction and finishing, overcome them, one way or another. Try and come up with something new,
required in the today world, make it work. With our total club membership as it stands, we could probably come up with at least
30 to 40 bright new ideas.
Our new treasurer has finally consolidated all of our many bank accounts into two accounts. One for
Current Expenses; the other account is divided into sections, one for [the first half of this line did not print legibly] for the Jean Hunter Memorial Fund and one section
for the Library Fund. My personal thanks to Lea Love, for all the running around and for getting this matter cleared up.
I would
like to see some of these monies become fluid in the near future, to become what they were initially intended to be, a memorial
to members of the past, lets have a trophy for best piece in the show, originality of design, best club table, best novice
worker, most improved novice worker, or even members choice at an Annual or Bi-enniel; you name it, but lets give some
encouragement to the members old and new, and the clubs, and lets do it soon. Lets give the membership something special to work
for, so they can truly be proud. Respectfully Submitted, Don Macleod, President C.S.C.L.
MINUTES OF THE 41st ANNUAL MEETING
Date: Saturday May 4, 1991 Place: Beacon Motor Inn, Jordon Station, Vineland, Ontario.
The meeting was called to order at 10:00
am. by President, Don Macleod. Minutes were recorded by Kevin Armstrong. 1, Welcome: Muriel McKnight, President of the Hamilton
Branch, extended a welcome to everyone. She expressed her appreciation to the many members of her guild for all their hard work
on this Annual. 2. Minutes: Moved by Fred Brown and Seconded by Harry Wendland that the minutes of the 40th Annual Meeting be
accepted as written. Passed. 3. Attendance: Registration of 53 members.
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4. President's Message: As printed.
5. Guild Reports: Reports of Hamilton, Mississauga, Toronto, and Woodstock as printed.
Report of Norland read by the President.
6. Election of Executive: On behalf of Ruth Haig, Madeleine Mitchell presented the report of the nominating committee. Nominations for the position of Treasurer: Lea Love was nominated by Jack Meharg and seconded by Lois MacPherson. There were no other nominations. Nominations for the position of Corresponding Secretary - none. The following corrections were made to the report, as printed.
Delete Helen Wheaton as a Director. Add Madeleine Mitchell as a Director.
Carol Bromley is the new President of Norland Branch.
Moved by Muriel McKnight and seconded by Phyllis McHale that the report of the Nominating Committee be accepted as amended. Passed. The new Executive was introduced. The President expressed his thanks to Ruth Haig and Madeleine Mitchell.
7. Treasurer's Report: The statement was prepared by the Auditor, Lea Love. "Liabilities" should read as "Expenses". Workshop expenses should be $265.00 not $215.00 Moved by Jessie Little and seconded by Jack Meharg that the Treasurer's report be accepted as amended.
8. New Associate: Fred Brown introduced the newest Associate, David McPherson.
9. Weston Trophy: The history of the Weston Trophy was read by Bill Whittingham.
The results were as follows:
1. Hamilton 85.7% (Betsy Rennie, David McPherson, Ruth Haig, and Muriel McKnight.)
2. Mississauga 83.9% (Cliff McTavish, Lea Love, Lois MacPherson, Bill Whittingham, and Don Macleod.)
3. Toronto 81.1% (bruce White, Cal Lucas, Jessie Little, Fred Brown, and Jack Meharg.)
4. Woodstock 80.9% (nancy Durham, Madeleine Mitchell, Loreen Manual, Dorothy Stanton, and Buela Reynolds.)
The critiques were read by Betsy Rennie and Hilda Newitt held up each piece.
10. Life Membership: Ruth haig was presented with a Life Membership by Joyce Scruton.
11. Joyce Scruton reported 64 paid members.
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12. New Business: The meeting discussed ways and means to reduce the cost of the Bulletin and/or raise additional
revenue. It was suggested that life members either pay full membership or the cost of their Bulletins. The last time the
C.S.C.L. raised membership dues, membership dropped by 40 members. A motion to increase membership dues was tabled for further
thought. A change in the Bulletin format would reduce costs, but the new format would not be compatible with the current format
for binding purposes. No motion was made. Ruth Haig will conduct a workshop on leather mache on Saturday May 24, 1991. The
President of Mississauga, Bill Whittingham, handed out a questionnaire asking what kind of workshops the members would like at
the next Annual. He also asked each branch to prepare a mascot or insignia for the next Annual. At least 4 members of each guild
should work on it.
13. Question Box: 1 Question. Moved by Lea Love and seconded by Jack Meharg that the 41st Annual meeting of
the Canadian Society for Creative Leathercraft adjourn. Respectfully Submitted,
Kevin W. Armstrong.
NOTICE OF MOTION: Take notice that the following
motion will be made at the Annual Meeting: "That Article XII section I of the By-Laws of the Canadian Society for Creative
Leathercraft be amended to read as follows: ALL CHEQUES ISSUED BY THE SOCIETY SHALL BE SIGNED BY ANY TWO OF THE TREASURER, THE
PRESIDENT, THE RECORDING SECRETARY, AND SUCH OTHER PERSON OR PERSONS AS DESIGNATED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL."
ARCHIVIST'S REPORT
The C.S.C.L. maintains an archives, which is the memory of the organization. It contains minutes, reports, materials relating to
Annuals and Bi-ennials, correspondence, photos, etc. As with anyone's memory, it is stronger in some spots, and not so strong in
others. If you have any material, of any kind, that relates to the C.S.C.L, its affiliates, the IFLC, or individual members of
the C.S.C.L. that you do not want, please forward it to me, just in case it might be something that we have currently
"forgotten". Respectfully yours,
Kevin W. Armstrong, Archivist.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Comparative Statement of Income and Expenses for the year ending March 30, 1992.
INCOME 1992
Dues 1992 - 1993 $1432.80
40.00 $1472,80 $1449.61 $ 23.19
Annual 1991 - Income 579.16
Less Expenses 262.35 316.81 (40.00) 357.32
Donations 110.00 175.00 (65.00)
Interest 53.49 103.83 (50.34)
Gel Brigdon Estate 19.00 357.67 (338.67)
Fellow and Associate Fees 30.00 (30.00)
Ontario Craft Council 50.00 $ 50.00
$ 1972.10 $2125.68 $(153.50
EXPENSES
Bulletin $ 653.91
Less - Advertising Income 20.00
- Sales of old issues 4.00 $ 629.91 $1419.07 $ (789.16)
1992 - Annual - Advances
- Space 200.00
- Ribbons 100.00
- Report 50.00 350.00 200.00 150.00
Stationery 250.53 205.53
Miscellaneous Expenses 145.17 253.63 (108.46)
Use of Church 100.00 100.00
Workshop - Expenses 185.00
- Income 125.00 60.00 125.00 (65.00)
Membership Ont. Craft Council 75.00 75.00
Leather
'92 30.00 150.00 (120.00)
Refreshments 40.96 40.96
Advertising 16.20 16.20
1991 Awards 250.00 (250.00)
Weston Trophy 250.00 (250.00)
Gifts and Flowers 99.47 (99.47)
Income in excess of expenses 319.33 (721.57 1040.90
$ 1972.10 $2125.60 $ (153.50)Page 8
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Bank Balance March 31, 1991 -- $ 2843.63 Bank Balance March 31, 1992 - $ 3162.96 Increase $ 319.33
C.S.C.L. SPECIAL ACCOUNT
Michigan Artisans -- Capital $ 638.00
-- Interest 673.04
Jean Hunter Memorial Fund 612.58
Draw Account 596.02
Larmour Library Account 1101.99
$ 3621.63
Interest not yet posted 5.14
Balance as per Bank Book $ 3626.77General Account
Balance as per C.S.C.L. Books $ 3162.96
Cheques Outstanding
#12 $ 175.00
#13 1.74 176.74
Balance $ 3339.70Editor's Report
Lois MacPherson and I have done this job for two years now. We have been lucky enough to get enough articles for the Bulletins without delving into past issues. Lois and I have been typing everyother issue to share the job. We still do not have any articles for future issues, but we are getting just enough to cover the present Bulletin. At least we know the government is interested because we got a notice from them asking for the second copy of certain issues.
This past year, we've had several good articles: David Windeyer had an article on the Portmanteau; David and Dorothy McPherson gave us an article on their coverage at the Niagara Guild; Ruth Haig sent me an article on A Busman's Holiday from Arts Beat; Betsy Rennie wrote an article on Machine Garment Sewing; Muriel McKnight wrote a Page
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good article on Hamilton's 35th Anniversary; Don Macleod wrote an article on a Personnel Card Case. Lois and I would like to
thank all the people who contributed to make this year easier for us. Thank You! Respectfully Submitted, Betsy Rennie, Editor.
BRANCH REPORTS HAMILTON
The first meeting of the new season, the guild did Trays as a mini workshop. At our November meeting,
Ruth haig held a full day workshop on Credit Card Holders using blocks of wood or plexi-glass. The leather was moulded over the
form onto the back piece of leather. It was a successful event with 12 members present. Three of these were from other Branches.
At Christmas, Hamilton Leathercraft Guild celebrated their 35th Anniversary. This was well attended with nine former members
such as Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wilson and Winnie Comfort. There were slides shown of last year's Annual and some older slides. The
Birthday/Anniversary cake was cut by Betsy Rennie. For the next three months, the group worked on Lasted Boxes. Ruth Haig took
us through this project. In January we started on a wood form block, putting our design in it. David Windeyer showed us how to
make Mukluk Moccasins. In December, Muriel McKnight and Betsy Rennie sat for a day at the TerryBerry Library with a table full
of display pieces and some work which was for sale. There were many interested people that came by to look at our work. The
Guild had two Library Displays, at the TerryBerry Library in January and at the Ancaster Library in March. June Sommerville
writes to the local papers and cable network for free media coverage. * Respectfuly Submitted, Betsy Rennie, FCSCL, President.
MISSISSAUGA
In the Fall of 1991, the Mississauga Guild was saddened by the passing of Bob Myles. Bob was originally a member of
the Barrie Guild. He then joined the Mississauga Guild early in it's development. His humour and friendship are greatly missed.
In our continuing attempt to gain new members, we have registered the guild with the Mississauga Recreation and Parks Department
and hope that this new exposure will garner some interest from the general public. This year has been dedicated to the planning
of the 92 Annual, but it has been decided that next year we will meet on the third Wednesday of every month, instead of our
traditional bi-monthly schedule.
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We look forward to an active and productive year. Executive 1992-93 President: Don Macleod; _ Vice President: Lois
MacPherson; Treasurer: Lea Love Secretary: Kevin Armstrong Membership/Program Convenor/Librarian: Bill Whittingham. Respectfully
Submitted, Bill Whittingham, President. NORLAND
After the convention in 1991, the members of the Norland Branch decided they
should put more effort into working with leather. We had our election of officers at the April meeting. Our past president Hilda
Chynoweth, who was one of the original organisers of the Norland Branch was given the job of program co-ordinator. A program was
set for the coming year, These along with the patterns and instructions which would be needed were given to the members. The
members were given scrap leather at the first meeting in the fall and instructed on the use of their swivel knives. Material was
bought by the club and kits made up, this way each member had what was required to complete the project for that meeting. This
has really been working well. This past year we had four people who wanted to try working with leather. They have attended our
meetings, so far one has decided to join the C.S.C.L.. As club members we hope we can encourage more people to come out to our
meetings. This year we rotated our meetings, having a meeting at each member's home. This seems to have worked well, too. The
two full day workshops were held at Hilda's. All in all, we the Norland Branch have seen a productive year. Respectfully
Submitted, Phyllis McHale. TORONTO Our theme for this year was Back to Basics! Finishing edges, dyeing, embossing, moulded
gussets. Jessie Little led us through change purses with and without gussets. Jessie also did an excellent demo on splatter
dyeing. Bruce White did a demo on hand sewing. We also had a talk on Pricing and Selling by harry Wendland. Next year, we hope
to continue our Back to Basics theme. Good Luck and Have a good summer. Respectfully Submitted, Bruce H. White, President.
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WOODSTOCK The Woodstock Branch of C.S.C.L. had an interesting year, meeting the 4th Thursday of the month. The Program
for the year was: June - Potluck picnic hosted by Edith Melchior-Hawkins, FCSCL, of Tilsonburg. September - Planning meeting at
Buela Reynolds to set program for the year. October - Tool Sharpening, hosted and demonstrated by Edith Melchior- Hawkins.
November - Attended at St. Margaret's Anglican Church, Hamilton for a workshop on Lasted Credit Card holders by Ruth haig,
FCSCL. December - Pot Luck, Christmas party and gift exchange, hosted by Beula Reynolds. January - Ring Binders, Part I Group
project at Nancy Durham's. February - Ring Binders, Part II, Group Project at Madeleine Mitchell's. March - Weston Trophy
selection and election of officers, at Loreen Manuel's. April - Completion of projects and work on Logo/Mascot for the Annual.
Further plans are for a may workshop on Bracelets with Lois MacPherson, Date to be set later. Our Executive for 1992 - 1993 is:
President - Nancy Durham:
Past President - Madeleine Mitchell
Secretary - Beula Reynolds
Treasurer - Loreen Manuel
Librarian - Nancy Durham.
Respectfully Submitted,
Nancy Durham, President.
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NOMINATING COMMITTEE 1992 - 1993
The proposed slate of Executive Council for Canadian Society for Creative Leathercraft is:
OFFICERS
President | Don Macleod | 416-277-2058
Past President | Ruth Haig | 416-525-0780
1st Vice-President | Jack MeHarg | 416-439-5873
2nd Vice-President | |
Recording Secretary | Kevin Armstrong | 416-278-4666
Corresponding Secretary | Lois MacPherson | 416-842-1383
Treasurer | Lea Love | 416-276-7340
DIRECTORS
1. Fred Brown ................ 416-626-3184
2. Jessie Little ................ 416-445-3618
3. Gladys Riddell ................ 416-762-7466
4. Madeleine Mitchell ................ 519-537-7821
5. Bea Austin ................ 416-522-8282
6. Muriel McKnight ................ 416-529-9149
7. George McPhail ................
8. David McPherson ................ 416-835-2576
9. Harold Brister ................ 416-279-0333
10. Richard Fielding ................ 416-486-8109
11. Laura Bush ................ 613-392-1475
12. Jim Edwards ................ 416-699-8214
13. Art Cousins ................ 705-454-1013
14. Hilda Newitt ................ 519-756-3848
BRANCH PRESIDENTS
Hamilton | Betsy Rennie | 416-639-0771
Mississauga | Don Macleod | 416-277-2058
Norland | Carol Broumley | 705-454-1801
Toronto | Bruce White | 416-755-4464
Woodstock | Nancy Durham | 519-458-4533
EX-OFFICIO
Chairman Council of Fellows | Dorothy Muma | 416-654-5635
Teaching Standards | Bob Muma | 416-654-5635
Archivist | Kevin Armstrong | 416-278-4666
Librarian | Alan Foss | 416-284-5036
Membership Chairman | Madeleine Mitchell | 519-537-7821
Co-Editor | Lois MacPherson | 416-842-1383
Co-Editor | Betsy Rennie | 416-639-0771
Respectfully Submitted
Ruth M. Haig, FCSCL, Past President.
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