Agenda CSCL 74th Annual Meeting
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The Canadian Society for
Creative Leathercraft
WELCOME TO THE 74th ANNIVERSARY
Saturday, May 4, 2024, 10 a.m. to noon
PROGRAM
&
TABLE OF CONTENTS
President’s Message page 1
Minutes of the 73rd Annual General Meeting in Hamilton page 2-8
Business Arising from the minutes of the last meeting page 9
2023-24 Reports from the CSCL Executive Council page 9
Council of Fellows Report - Virtual Annual Competition 2024 page 9-10
Special Presentation: Special Report page 10
2023-24 Branch Reports page 10
New Business page 11
2023-24 Financial Statements page 12
Agenda
Call to order and take the roll call
Presidents Message
Welcome to the Annual General Meeting. Although Our Society is still shrinking, we gather here in
Lindsay at the behest of the Norland Leather Guild to shake our fist at those who allow our Society to
dwindle.
We must struggle and work to pass the craft to a new generation. Our challenge will be finding a
ways to keep knowledge alive.
The Virtual Photo Competition was held a couple of weeks ago and the quality of the work was
outstanding. Please go on line and take a look at the prize winning pieces, there is some exceptional work.
I know it is tough to make the time, to do the planning, to do the work, to come to the Annual and have
your work judged. How else can we improve? I hope the pieces shown here are as bold.
The The Workshop Program will keep us busy and inspire more work in the coming year. While they
may be messy I think they will be fun.
The mainstay of our Society rests in Norland, the long standing members of this Host Guild have
been instrumental in keeping CSCL alive.
Sean Dalgetty
Business arising from the Minutes
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Number of Articles required for a Weston Trophy Entry reduced to three
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Number of Articles required for a Best of Level Award reduced to three
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Report of the Continuation/Dissolution Committee and committee participants.
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Norland Hosting the Annual
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Promotional Video and media productions
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New Branch Information and promotion
Executive and Ex-Oficio Reports as read or circulated
a. 1st Vice – Jimmy Wilkes - No Report
b. Membership Report by Barbara Chynoweth For the 2023-24 year we had 23 General members,
0 student, 0 Associates, 12 Fellows and 1 Sustaining member. Of the total 36 members we have
4 Life Members. Please remember to notify the Membership Chairman of any changes in your
contact information.
c. Library – Doug Shavo for Paul Kitchener - The Library's present home at Focused on Foods
will be closed at the end of the year. The Library will be moved to Doug Shavo house for
storage prior to disposition and dispersal.
d. Bulletin – Lauch Harrison – the bulletin has not been issued this year. No Report
e. Council of Fellows – Met three times this year to set criteria for judging the Virtual
Competition. The Virtual Judges were Lauch Harrison, Sean Dalgetty and Kim Winchester with
help from Nancy Durham. The in person judging will be done by Lauch Harrison & Sean
Dalgetty. See attached Virtual Competition results
f. Workshop Program –Lauch Harrison/Jim Wilkes - No Report
g. Web Site – Eugene Pik - No Report
h. Privacy Officer – Lauch Harrison - no report
i. Treasurer's report see below
Virtual Annual Competition
April 23rd, 2024 On Zoom at 8 pm
To the Council of Fellows -Regarding Judging the 2024 Annual Virtual/Photo Competition
Present: Lauch, Sean, & Kim,
Call to Order at 8:05 pm
The Virtual Annual Competition was opened March 28 and closed April 18, 2024. Sean, Kim & Lauch
met on a zoom call on April 23, 2024 to discuss and judge 17 entries submitted by five General Members, one
Novice Member, and two Fellows.
The judges received encouragement from the CSCL Executive Council to include Biennial Prizes with
the Annual Awards. To that end 8 Craft Ribbons and 3 Salon Ribbons and 9 monetary prizes were given.
The high quality of the entries allowed the Judges to give out Best in Show - $50, Muma Award for
Tooling and Colouring - $50, Judges Special Choice - $100, and Best General Member - $50 to Greg Belenky
for his Apollo served by the Nymphs. Greg also was awarded 3 Craft Ribbons and 2 Salon Ribbons.
Sean Dalgetty received the Michigan Soft Leather Award - $50 for his Duffle Bag and the CSCL
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Executive Award for most functional piece - $100 for Scope Case, he also was awarded 3 Craft Ribbons & 1
Salon Ribbon.
Best Belt in Honour of Jack Meharg - $50 went to Bob Richardson for his Guitar Strap, he also
received a Craft Ribbon.
Doug Tigchelar received the Betty Heacock Memorial Award for Best piece from a Novice Member -
$50 and the Woodstock Heritage Award - $50 for his Container for Leather Tools, he also received a Craft
Ribbon.
Lauch Harrison received a Craft Ribbon for Simple Bi Fold Marbled Wallet.
Scoring as follows out of 10
Apollo served by the Nymphs
10
Craft and Salon
Greg Belenky
Scope Case
10
Craft and Salon
Sean Dalgetty
La Pieta
9.67
Craft and Salon
Greg Belenky
Duffle Bag
9.50
Craft
Sean Dalgetty
Messenger Bag
9.50
Craft
Sean Dalgetty
L'amour et Psyche Wallet
9.33
Craft
Greg Belenky
Guitar Strap
9.00
Craft
Bob Richardson
Simple BiFold marbled Wallet
8.50
Craft
Lauch Harrison
The photos of the work were a joy to look and as the fourth iteration of the Virtual Annual the photos are getting
better at showing the aspects, quality and telling a story. The Judges were happy to give more monetary awards
to well deserved pieces and their makers.
Thanks
Lauch Harrison FCSCL
For Sean Dalgetty FCSCL
Kim Winchester FCSCL
Nancy Durham FCSCL for the Woodstock Award
Special Presentation
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Item 2
Item 3
2023-24 Branch Reports
Hamilton - met most months thru the year on the 2nd and fourth Wednesdays. Hamilton has one
Novice, four General, and two Fellows.
Mississagua – has not had a meeting no report
Norland -The Information Table at the Norland Farmers Market was booked for July 7 and Aug 18 for
the Norland Leather Club to hand out information on our group. We displayed some leather items that
we have made so that people see what we do. The Market was Fridays from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the
Ward Memorial Park. We do not meet in July and August. At the September meeting members worked
on projects that were unfinished. In October We made a key sleeve. We did not have meetings in
November and December. At the January meeting We made moccasins and Barbara brought beads for
members to do beading on their moccasins. For the February meeting members brought projects that
are still not finished. At the March meeting we made dragon brooches. For the April meeting we will be
finishing up the dragon brooches and making tulip brooches and getting some material ready for the
Annual Meeting.
Financial Report
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New Business
1 reduced member fees
2 rebate on meals at the annual banquet
THE SLATE OF OFFICERS FOR
2023-25
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE
Past President Lauch Harrison [telephone number removed]
President Sean Dalgetty [telephone number removed]
1st Vice President James Wilkes [telephone number removed]
Secretary Lauch Harrison [telephone number removed]
Treasurer Della Chynoweth [telephone number removed]
BRANCH PRESIDENTS
Hamilton Sean Dalgetty [telephone number removed]
Mississauga Jim Wilkes [telephone number removed]
Norland Tracey Howard [telephone number removed]
M.A.L. Appointee Doug Schavo
EX-OFFICIO
Chairman of the Council of Fellows
Teaching Standards
Editor – Canadian Leathercraft Lauch Harrison [telephone number removed]
Membership Barbara Chynoweth [telephone number removed]
Librarian Paul Kitchener [telephone number removed]
Privacy Officer Lauch Harrison [telephone number removed]
Electronic Communications Officer Eugene Pik
SPECIAL COMMITTEES
Workshops Jim Wilkes [telephone number removed]
Continuation Committee NEW! Kim Winchester,
Doug Schavo, Della Chynoweth
Motion to Adjourn
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