The sixty-seventh Annual General Meeting was held at Hamilton over 5–7 May 2017, with the Hamilton, Mississauga and Norland branches represented along with the Members-at-Large. Mississauga Branch won the Weston Trophy for the third year running. The Society's newsletter for Spring 2017, pages 1, 8 and 11–12.
A woman works on small pieces of leather at a long tableA man tools a small piece of leather at a table while a woman watches, a quilt of leather tiles behindA man looks at a small tooled leather piece in his hands in a meeting roomA woman sits at a meeting table with leatherwork displayed on a table behind herA man carves a piece of leather with a swivel knife at a table, leather shavings around himThree women at a table watch as one stamps leather with a mallet and toolMembers work on small leather projects around a table, a quilt of leather tiles on the wallA woman stands holding a cup beside a display of leatherwork including a saddle and bagsA man and a woman look at a leatherwork display table with a mannequin head wearing a hatTwo men sit in chairs in a meeting room, one looking at a phone and one at a laptopA woman in an apron strikes a stamping tool with a mallet on leather at a tableA woman smiles holding a mallet while another member stamps leather at the tableA smiling woman stands holding a bottle in a meeting roomA woman watches as another member works on a small leather piece at a tableThree members sit at a head table reading papers during the annual meetingA woman stands reading from a paper at a head table beside two seated membersFour members hold awards: a shield-shaped plaque, a framed tooled bull skull, a picture and a carved boxMembers seated in rows of office chairs listen at the annual meetingWeston Trophy display: a shield plaque, a framed carved bull skull, a picture, a holster and a carved bagA barrel-shaped tan leather bag with four dark straps, brass buckles and a shoulder strapA framed carved and painted leather picture of a tortoise in a red desert canyon under a treeA burgundy leather tankard with a black shield bearing a cream monogramA framed panel of textured red leather with a carved tan bull skull in reliefA black leather hinged box below a Members at Large guild signA black leather box with its lid open in front of a Members at Large signGuild display under a Fellows sign: a tooled book cover, a carved box, a red box and a large two-tone bagHamilton guild display table with a gun case, tankards, gloves, a belt and a tall leather bootClose view of the Hamilton guild table: a carved box, a black belt, cream gloves and holstersA glass bottle wrapped in leather carved and painted with a hula dancer and letteringA tan leather box carved and painted with a green winged dragonTwo tall leather gaiters, one dark brown and one tan with dark leaf-shaped inlaysFour leather tankards and cups in brown tones on a patchwork leather tableclothA brown leather pouch with a coin concho closure beside a tooled armbandA leather wallet with a cream panel tooled with oak leaves next to a crocodile-pattern walletAn open gun case of crocodile-pattern leather lined with red feltClose-up of the gun case's brass lock, leather handle and red felt liningThe lid of a crocodile-pattern leather case with a strap, buckle and brass corner guardsMississauga guild display table with a saddle, framed pictures, boots, belts and small leather itemsA tan leather folio with a blue-dyed panel carved with a celloA black English saddle on a stand beside a carved leather folioA red leather zippered pouch with a strap beside a carved Haida-style cuffA leather panel carved and painted in red, black and white with a Pacific Northwest style totem designA wide blue leather belt with a braided ring buckleA tan leather tankard with a carved monogram medallion and stitched handleA carved burgundy guitar strap with a tan fish skin inlay and painted fish skeletonsA burgundy guitar strap with slotted ends and carved red letteringA leather pouch with a carved Celtic knot medallion on its flap and whipstitched edgesA light leather panel carved with an ammonite shell, hanging on a wire grid displayA framed orange leather panel with a figure of a dancer drawn in fine incised linesA reddish-brown leather case with straps, its side carved with a horse's headA black wet-moulded leather flask hanging on a tan hideThe storefront of Tundra Leather, a leather shop with open doors and window displaysShoppers browse inside a leather supply shop among piles of hides and racks of hardwareInside a leather shop, stacks of colourful hides on red shelving while customers browseA dark brown moulded leather pitcher cover with a looped handle on a wooden counterA Tundra Custom Leather sign of carved floral tooling around a cowhide panelMembers chat and work around tables in a meeting room set up for a workshopTwo women talk beside a table of leather supplies in a meeting roomA workshop leader explains a step to seated members as a woman leans in to helpA man and a woman stand by a table of members working on leather projects
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Two members seated at a table work on small leather pieces with mallets nearbyA woman looks at her phone beside a man working on a small leather pieceA man in a cowboy hat works on a small piece of leather at a tableA woman leans over to work on leather at a table beside another womanA man stands talking in a meeting room as other members work on leatherA man strikes a tool with a white mallet on leather at a tableA man in a magnifying visor works on a leather strip at a table with toolsA man in a Hawaiian shirt looks at a tablet at a workshop tableA man carves a small piece of leather at a table in front of a display of leatherworkA man in a cap leans over a table to tool leather beside other membersMembers work on small leather pieces at a crowded workshop tableTwo men at a table, one drawing a pattern on paperA man sits with a piece of red leather in front of the Hamilton and Fellows guild display tablesTwo men in caps work on leather pieces at a table near the Hamilton guild displayA young woman cuts a leather pattern piece at a table beside a manA man in a red shirt works on cut leather pattern pieces at a workshop tableA man in a grey hoodie traces a pattern onto leather at a tableA man photographs a red leather piece with his phone over a table of tools and pattern piecesA smiling woman holds a small leather piece at a workshop tableA man in a Hawaiian shirt works over a padded bag at a table as a woman looks onA man in a cowboy hat works on a small leather piece at a tableA woman in a quilted jacket works a small leather piece with a toolA woman holds small leather pieces at a table beside a man in a cowboy hatA woman looks at a folded piece of leather at a workshop table near the Mississauga displayA man works on a leather pattern at a table in front of the Norland guild displayA man in blue gloves handles jars of dye on a cardboard-covered table as a smiling woman watchesGloved hands work over bagged jars of dye and stained leather scraps on cardboardHands cut a tooled leather panel with a knife on a green cutting mat beside a ruler and squareA man in a white t-shirt works on a leather piece while members look onA man and a woman each hold a kestrel perched on a leather falconry gloveA man and a woman hold two kestrels on leather gloves in front of a quilt of leather tilesMembers talk in a meeting room, one man carrying a baby in a carrierTwo men in caps work leather strips with their hands at a workshop tableTwo men in caps hold small pieces of leather they are shaping at a tableA woman demonstrates a step to members seated at a workshop tableThree women sit at a table, one holding a tablet, as members work in the backgroundA woman in glasses examines a small leather piece in her handsA man and a woman talk in a meeting roomLeather tools on a table: edge bevellers, an awl, scissors, a ruler and a stitching grooverA woman works on a small piece of leather with a tool at a cluttered tableTwo smiling women chat while seated in a meeting roomMembers stand and talk around tables of leather projects in a meeting roomA smiling woman sits in a meeting room in front of a display tableA seated woman holds a mallet while another woman shows her a small leather pieceA man points to a leather piece as a woman works on it at a tableA man in a cap sits holding a leather piece he is working onA man in a cap bends over a leather piece in his lap at an empty tableA man stands talking to a seated man with folded arms in a meeting roomA woman holds a kestrel on a leather falconry glove in front of a quilt of tooled leather tilesA kestrel perched on a gloved hand in front of tooled and painted leather tilesTwo men and a woman share a laugh standing in a meeting roomA woman bends close over a small leather piece at a table beside a man in a capA man in a ranger hat and khaki shirt chats with members near a display tableA man in a ranger hat leans down to look at something a woman holdsA man in a ranger hat and khaki shirt laughs in a meeting roomA man in a ranger hat stands smiling beside a seated womanMembers dine at round tables with white cloths and wine at a banquetMembers eat and talk at banquet tables in a meeting roomMembers eat dinner at long tables during the banquet, one man in a straw cowboy hatA man in a cowboy hat and red shirt holds up a small leather piece before a quilt of leather tilesA man in a cowboy hat hands an award ribbon to a woman beside a display of leatherworkA smiling woman holding a red ribbon stands with a man in a cowboy hat and red shirtA man holding a red ribbon poses with a man in a cowboy hat in front of a leather tile quiltA young woman with a ribbon poses with a man in a cowboy hat in front of a leather tile quiltA woman poses with a man in a cowboy hat holding a clipboard during the awardsA woman holding a ribbon stands beside a man in a cowboy hat with a clipboardA woman in a safety vest holds a red ribbon beside a man in a cowboy hat with a clipboardA woman in a safety vest laughs holding a red ribbon beside a man in a straw cowboy hat reading a clipboardTwo smiling members, one holding a red award ribbon, the other in a cowboy hat with a clipboardA smiling man poses arm in arm with a man in a straw cowboy hat in front of a leather tile quiltA woman holding a red ribbon smiles beside a man in a cowboy hat with a clipboardA man holds up a red award ribbon beside a man in a cowboy hat reading from papersA smiling man stands with a man in a cowboy hat who points at a ribbon during the awardsA woman holds up a red ribbon as a man in a cowboy hat puts his arm around herA smiling woman poses with a man in a cowboy hat and red shirt at the award presentationA man in a vest holding a red ribbon stands arm in arm with a man in a cowboy hatA man in a straw cowboy hat and red shirt reads from his clipboard beside a display tableA man in a cowboy hat hugs a woman in a plaid shirt at the award presentationA smiling woman in plaid poses with a man in a cowboy hat in front of a leather tile quiltA man holds up yellow award ribbons beside a man in a cowboy hat with a clipboardA smiling woman poses with a man in a cowboy hat in front of a quilt of leather tilesA woman holds a yellow ribbon beside a man in a cowboy hat and red shirtA man holds up an envelope beside a man in a cowboy hat with papersA woman faces a man in a cowboy hat as he reads from a clipboardA man in black and a man in a cowboy hat with a clipboard face each other during the awardsA woman smiles at a man in a cowboy hat as he looks over papers on his clipboardA woman in a safety vest is hugged by a man in a cowboy hat in front of a leather tile quiltA man shakes hands with a man in a cowboy hat holding a clipboardA laughing woman in a safety vest stands beside a man in a straw cowboy hatTwo men hold a carved leather award beside a man in a cowboy hat and red shirtA man in a plaid shirt poses with a man in a cowboy hat in front of the leather tile quiltA man in a straw cowboy hat and red shirt raises a sheet of paperA man in a cowboy hat holds up a tan crocodile-pattern leather caseFive members stand behind a seated woman, one man holding a shield-shaped trophy plaqueA man in a cowboy hat shakes hands with a man in a ranger hat and khaki shirtMembers seated at banquet tables smile toward the camera, one woman in a black hatMembers seated at banquet tables listen to a presentation in a large meeting roomA man speaks to the room with a hawk perched on his leather falconry gloveA woman holds a dark hawk on her gloved hand in a meeting roomA brown hawk with yellow feet perches on a tooled leather falconry gauntletA man in glasses strokes a hawk perched on his gloved handA man talks beside a hawk perched on his leather gloveA woman smiles at a hawk spreading its wings on her tooled leather gloveA woman holds a hawk with half-open wings on her leather falconry gloveClose-up of a hawk's head with a yellow beak base and dark eyeClose-up of a dark brown hawk's head and hooked beakProfile of a dark brown hawk with rust-coloured shoulder feathersA man in a khaki shirt holds a colourful box at a prize draw in a meeting roomA man hands a woman in a safety vest a bundle of yellow leather beside a colourful draw boxA laughing woman in a safety vest draws from a colourful box held by a manTwo men stand at a table of prizes, one holding a blue and red leather pieceA man looks at a leather prize while a woman draws from a box held up by another manA man holds a colourful box above a woman's head as she reaches in to drawA woman reaches up into a colourful box held by a man in a khaki shirtA man in a red shirt holds up a colourful draw box at the prize drawA woman and a man in a khaki shirt look at a rolled poster tube prizeA surprised woman holds a poster tube as a man holds a colourful draw boxA laughing woman holds a small gift as a man in a khaki shirt holds the draw boxA man in a straw cowboy hat draws from a box held by a man in a khaki shirtA man in a khaki shirt holds the draw box up to a smiling man in a hoodieA laughing woman stands beside a man in a khaki shirt holding the draw boxA laughing man lifts a colourful box as a woman beside him reaches inA woman raises her hand to draw from a box held high by a man in a khaki shirtA man in a red shirt draws a ticket from a colourful box held by a man in a khaki shirtA man stands showing a seated man how to thread a needle at a workshop tableA woman and a man in a magnifying visor work on small leather pieces at a tableA woman talks and gestures with her hands in a meeting roomA smiling woman gestures beside a table of leather supplies and a press as a man looks onA man sets snaps with a hand press at a table covered with leather pieces and toolsA woman traces a pattern onto leather at a table beside dye bottlesA man bends over a leather piece at a table while a woman holds a tooled leather boxA woman sits at a table as another woman holds a tooled box and a man works beside themA man looks down at work on a table in a meeting roomA man and a woman work on small leather pieces at a cluttered tableA man in a leather jacket sits at a table holding a phone to his ear
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