69th Annual Meeting — Reports

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69th Annual Meeting

The Canadian Society for Creative Leathercraft

May 3rd to May 5th, 2019

Friday May 3rd
Check in after 3 p.m. - dinner on your own
Branch’s set up their tables 4:00 to 8:00 pm
Registration 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
7 p.m. Workshop – Making a Hat Band. Instructor Richard Borrow. Needed: scissors, soft tape measure, needles, hat to put the band around. If people are quick with a simple three strand braid, then they may want to braid two and spot stitch two together to make a wider band.
Meet and Greet 8 p.m. to?
The Display Hall will be closed from the time the Judges start judging until 8:00 am Saturday.

Saturday May 4th
8:00 to 9:00 am Continental Breakfast for those staying at the Hotel
Registration / Sales of Draw Tickets
Full Day Unlimited Coffee/tea Service
Annual Meeting 9:00 a.m. to 10:30
Demonstration – 10:30 am to 12:00
Lunch 12 to 1:00 p.m. on premises
Draw Ticket Sales 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Workshop – How to Antique Patina an Embossed Wallet back material cost $10.00 - 1:00 to 2:45 p.m.
Coffee Break 2:45 to 3:00 p.m.
Workshop – Bike Belt Bag – Please bring your lacing stitch punches, hammer, pound-o board and saddle stitching needles – 3:00 – 4:30
Draws 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Visitors to View Displays 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Banquet 6:30 pm. with Bar
Draws during Dinner – President Draws
Ribbons and Awards Presentation
Entertainment

Sunday May 5th
8:00 to 9:00 am Continental Breakfast
9:00 am to 12:00 noon Workshops
Workshops – 9 a.m. to 12:00 noon
You can make a head knife cover - bring your head knife– material cost $12.00 OR learn how to braid a bolo tie material cost $12.00 bring lace cutters, harness stitching tools (prickers, overstitchers, awls, dividers, clamps etc.).
Take down Table Displays

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Index
President’s Message - page 2
Minutes of the 68th Annual General Meeting - page 3 to 10
2018 - 2019 Reports from the CSCL Executive and Committees – pages 11
1st Vice President
Membership Report
Library Report
Editor’s Report
Council of Fellows Report
Workshop Report
Web Site Report
Privacy Officers Report
Treasurer’s Report
Branch Reports - page 6
Hamilton Branch Report
Mississauga Branch Report
Norland Branch Report
MAL Report
Financial Review Report
Financial Statements for 2017 – 2018 – page 14 and 15

Invitation to the 70th Annual Convention

President’s Message

Welcome to the Norland Annual General Meeting. It's nice to be back in Lindsay, at the Howard Johnson Motor
Lodge on a Sunny Weekend in the North. What a great change, no snow in the forecast.

The past year has gone by very quickly, it seems so little time has past since we met in Acton. The Society grows smaller each year so as we gather I'm wondering if there is a will to continue. The will is here in this room, we will continue until our membership or our funds are gone.

New Members are the life blood of a Society and we can't get new members and can't retain the ones we have.
Our ability to pass along the craft to a new generation has been usurped by the internet and the myriad sites with information, patterns, videos and chat rooms that are free and easy to use. Our challenge is finding ways to remain vital, offering workshops is one avenue. This year there were no workshops developed or given. We can't sustain interest in the Society unless we can draw outside interest for two reasons; income and introducing the
Society to potential members.

Two members have applied for advanced levels of membership, it's great to see new and old articles brought forward and displayed for judgment and our enjoyment. If it is old time carving you like have a good look at
Lester's work on his Fellowship Entry.

Please remember to personally thank the Organizing Committee for their efforts. So let's get ready to see the demos, do the workshops and enjoy the camaraderie that springs from our Craft.

Lauch Harrison FCSCL

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The Canadian Society for Creative Leathercraft

68 Annual General Meeting Friday April 28th, 2018

Those in attendance: Exec – Jim Wilkes, Della Chynoweth, Barbara Chynoweth, Lauchlan Harrison, Tracey
Howard, Sean Dalgetty
Regrets: Paul Kitchener, Eugene Pik

Call to order: Jim Wilkes called the meeting to order at 10:10 am. Welcome to the new members to the CSCL.
Nice place to have an annual, lots of room.

Tracey Howard moved that we accept the minutes of the meeting as circulated. Seconded by Lauch Harrison.
Carried

Jim Wilkes read out his president message.

Slate of Officers: The Slate of Officers was presented for 2018 – 2020.
Lauch Harrison is the new President at this time there was no one for Secretary but we are happy to report that
Richard Borrow stepped forward and took the secretary position.
Lauch motioned slate be accepted. Seconded by Nancy Durham. Carried

Business Arising from the last meeting
1. Number of Articles required for a Weston Trophy entry: Motion by Sean Dalghetty that the Fellows,
Associate, workshop and Weston Trophy entries be changed from 5 articles to 3. Seconded by Karen Webber.
Carried.

Reports

1st Vice: Lauch Harrison
Nothing to report for this year as 1st Vice.

Membership: by Sheena Burger
In 2016-17 we welcomed 6 new CSCL members to our Society. For the 2016-17 year we had 33 General members and 1 students which included 4 Associates, 8 Fellows and 1 Sustaining members. Of the total 34 members we have 5 who have been presented with Life Memberships.

Please remember to notify the Membership Chairman of any changes in your contact information.

Library Report: by Paul Kitchener “The library is up and running and can be found on our website.
Ordering is simple and orders are filled quickly.
Kim is presently inputting a number of leather related books that recently surfaced.
She is also scanning a number of designs from those books and will be added to the Library.
I have also donated a number of books on art and teaching art that will soon be listed.

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The library, at present, is being used very little and we hope that it will be used more frequently next year.
We will try to high-lite some books each month on the website. So, keep checking.”

“Canadian Leathercraft” Newsletter: by Barbara Chynoweth, Editor
The “Canadian Leathercrafter”, the quarterly Newsletter of CSCL, features our Guild’s news and events, how-to projects, and even some tips and ideas from CSCL’s past. Most issues have articles either from one of our
Branches, or our Members-at-Large. As always, these contributions are welcomed.

The Spring 2016 issue covered the 66th Annual CSCL Convention hosted by the Norland Branch. We were pleased to have David Trotter as our guest presenter talking on colouring, finishes and texture. Madeleine Mitchell and
Dorothy McPherson were welcomed as Honourary Life Members.

In the Summer 2016 issue we highlighted the Workshop on sewing a Leather Bag in June, the history of the CSCL
Quilt was outlined. Our MAL contributed articles for this issue

The Fall 2016 issue we covered the Leather Waxed Mug Workshop and the Hinged Box Workshop. The first part of the CSCL Annual Awards was listed. Hamilton contributed this issue with information on Forgotten Tools of the
Harness Trade.

The Winter 2016-17 issue covered the second part of the CSCL Annual Awards. Mississauga contributed information on making an Embossed Eagle Head Flask. A book review was contributed by Lauren an MAL. Lauch
Harrison from Hamilton Branch submitted information on Tips for Use of CSO #84 Splitter/Skiver.

I am always looking for articles and ideas for the Newsletter.

Council of Fellows Report- Sean Dalgetty, FCSCL
The fellows met at the residence of Paul Kitchener, on Sunday April 23rd, 2017. We judged the Weston Trophy pieces, and it is noted that only one guild had the requisite number of pieces in order to be judged. The trophy is currently being engraved. We also received one fellow entry for judging. We only had two fellows and one associate present for judging, due to scheduling conflicts, but were able to proceed regardless.

Workshop Report - Lauch Harrison, ACSCL
The Committee was pleased to present the workshops in a couple of venues, the Norland School Hall Community
Centre and Focused-on-Foods. These workshop spaces have allowed our presentations at a minimal cost. Thanks to Paul Kitchener and the dedicated Norland Executive for their support and co-operation.

We were able to hold duplicate workshops at both locations, this duplication gave members the choice of attending the workshop in the vicinity or travelling. Some members went to both, this gave them more experience and hands on work.

Hinged Boxes and Blackjacks were held in Mississauga and in Norland. The two-part Branch Meeting project done by Paul Kitchener for the Eagle Embossed Flask was held in Norland.

Attendance was good at all the workshops and overall there was a profit returned to the CSCL.

The Hinged Box Workshops had 16 attendees and returned $170.15 profit to the CSCL. Lauch Harrison led both workshops and was well pleased that every participant finish their boxes. The Blackjack Workshop had 14 attendees and returned a profit of $202.40 to the CSCL. Lauch Harrison led both workshops and though they were long and arduous but everyone finished their Mugs.

Please consider the workshops on the list and comment on the ones you would like to do next year.

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Thanks for making the Workshops a success this past year.
Lauch Harrison ACSCL

Web Administrator Report: by Eugene Pik, ECO, FCSCL
In past, our website canadianleathercraft.org was hosted for free by Tundra Leather. Due to the web hosting support issues Tundra moved to another hosting provider, and we had to find a new hosting provider too. The best option was to move canadianleathercraft.org to Wordpress engine located on Google Cloud Platform.
Eugene migrated canadianleathercraft.org to the new hosting.

As part of the website redesign,

• Created 7 new posts with the information about our workshops, newsletter and the Annual meeting.
• Edited and uploaded all the images received from Kristi and Paul.
• Added text to the "Library" page - it was written by Madeleine for Canadian Leathercraft newsletter.
• Re-made the CSCL logo in higher resolution
• Added social share buttons for images and posts. Added "find us on Facebook" button next to posts.
• Combined "About us" and "Guilds" pages together to save space on the menu and to make the combined page more informational.
• Removed multiple contact addresses from the website and created a 'contact us' form that sends an email to the address [email address removed] monitored by Eugene.

MailChimp email distribution system should be used to send mass emails about our workshops and newsletters.
We can grow the list of subscribers up to 2000 emails for free. There are MailChimp subscriptions forms located on our website and on the Facebook page. We already have 23 subscribers.

We will pay for the basic Wordpress hosting plan between $6-$10 per month. First year is free. Every year we also pay for the domain registration, about $35/year tax in, but the exact numbers may slightly fluctuate depending on the usage and on the USD/CAD rate. Eugene will provide bills to get the reimbursement.

I'd like to propose to:
- Add more website editors and FB page admins. They could create posts about their local activities. We need editors from Hamiltom, Norland and MAL
- Add all existing members into MailChimp list and send the Newsletter through MailChimp
- Post clear instructions on the website how to become a member. We may create a form to gather the necessary information and to accept an electronic payment.
Regards,
Eugene

Privacy Officers Report: by Lauch Harrison
Nothing new to report for this year.

Treasurer’s Report: Della Chynoweth
See pages 9 and 10

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2017-18 Branch Reports

Hamilton Branch - Respectfully submitted by Sean Dalgetty, FCSCL
In the last year, Hamilton branch has begun meeting on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at Colin and Tammy Paddon’s house in Grassie, Ontario. We have been covering a range of projects from leather boxes, trap shooting pouches, leather mugs, and some rawhide work, as well as individuals working on their own pieces/projects.

Mississauga Branch – Respectfully submitted by Jim Wilkes
September -- tour of Paul's workshop and Karen Weber making a bracelet.
October --- finishing off the making of a bracelet and lacing it.
November -- Bob Pfister showing how to make Christmas tags for gifts and etc.
December -- Pot luck Christmas dinner at Paul's location.
January -- Kim Winchester in making a leather pot holder without any stitching.
February – Karen Weber in making a 3 zipper coin purse.
March -- Eugene Pik teaching how to round/ Mexican braid on a belt strip.
April --- Review of articles for the Weston Trophy and make suggestions for articles to be judged at the Annual.
May --- Plan on doing a carving and stamping for bracelet or coasters.
June --- Plan on showing finishing techniques for the bracelet and coasters.

Norland Branch - Respectfully submitted by Tracey Howard
On Labour Day weekend members of the club demonstrated doing leather crafts and explaining about some of the leather items on display at a booth in the Pioneer Building at the Kinmount Fair.

Some of the Norland members had indicated that they would like to learn how to do embossing so after some investigating and questions about where we could get information Paul Kitchener offered to come to our meeting in September and teach us how to do the embossed eagles head that was on the Winter edition of the
Newsletter, the effort proved to take longer than one meeting so Paul returned in October to finish up.

In November we had a CSCL Workshop to make a hinged box with instructor Lauch Harrison and nobody left till they were completed.

In January the members were shown a leather object from the Tandy catalogue and were instructed to create their own pattern and then create the object from the pattern that they made. Members were learning how to figure out patterns and assembly of their item. This project carried over to the February meeting.

In March we had some fun creating different coloured leather fish which we are using to decorate our table.

On April 8th we had another CSCL Workshop making leather mugs lead by Lauch Harrison. The 29th of April we got together to finalize things for the convention and finish up any items.

For May we still have to determine what we are going to do and in June we have a BBQ at one of the member’s homes.

MAL Report - Respectfully submitted Lauren McPherson, MAL Representative
Continuing the MAL tradition to contribute to the Summer Issue of CANADIAN LEATHERCRAFT, our 2016-17 CSCL
Library Review of 8 books exceeded last year’s coverage.

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The Thorndale Fall Fair, Community Centre was the site for a third consecutive year of leather demonstration. On
Saturday, September 24, 2016 Lauren (MAL 2006) demonstrated Single, Double, Triple and Quadruple Cordovan
Lacing, with respective instructional displays and finished examples. Other crafters demonstrated pottery, weaving, sewing, coin collectibles, woodworking, alpaca farming and tatting.

I know of one enthusiastic MAL who had mailed his leather item to meet the judging deadline. Good luck to all
MAL participants whose work comprises this 67th Annual Convention MAL Display Table.

Remember, whenever you win a ribbon or an award be sure to jot down the particulars: Date, Location, Item,
Title, Description, Type of Ribbon or Name of Award. Now is a great time to update bio’s for advance preparation of future resumé requirements.

MALs are happy when they are able to attend CSCL workshops throughout the year. Some MALs are among
CSCL’s official judges and serve as members of the Executive Council. When distance prohibits attendance, as
MAL Representative I often revisit any yearly Annual Report, especially to read a welcoming address (‘President
Message’) made at an Annual Meeting.

I heard a quote recently that is well worth repeating. “Diversity: the art of thinking independently together” describes my diverse CSCL year. I received website updates from our newly appointed Electronic Communications
Officer (ECO), joined our first-time Executive Meeting held via Skype, and co-ordinated the borrowing of ten more
CSCL Library books with help of several CSCL members.

Have a great summer!
Respectfully submitted, Lauren Malec, MAL Representative

Financial Review Report
The financial books for the 2017/2018 years were reviewed and found to be in order.

New Business
Norland has added an Art Gallery in the Norland Library. They have had knitting & woodworking displays. They would like to do Leather for the next 3 months, so if anyone is interested in submitting their pieces for display it would be greatly appreciated.

Sean read the history of the Weston Trophy.

Scores were Mississauga 74.4% and Hamilton 73.4%. Weston Trophy was won by Mississauga with members Kim
Winchester, Lester Pinter, Paul Kitchener, Greg Belenky contributing.

Tracey Howard extended an Invitation to the 69th Annual Convention to be held in Lindsay.

Meeting adjourned 10:54 am.

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The Canadian Society for Creative Leathercraft

Your Executive for 2018 - 2020

Executive
Past President Jim Wilkes [telephone number removed]
President Lauch Harrison [telephone number removed]
1st Vice President Jim Wilkes [telephone number removed]
Secretary Richard Borrows
Treasurer Della Chynoweth [telephone number removed]

Branch Presidents
Hamilton Sean Dalgetty [telephone number removed]
Mississauga Paul Kitchener [telephone number removed]
Norland Tracey Howard [telephone number removed]
MAL Appointee Lauren McPherson

Ex-Officio
Chairman – Council of Fellows Sean Dalgetty [telephone number removed]
Teaching Standards Lauch Harrison [telephone number removed]
Editor – Canadian Leathercraft Barbara Chynoweth [telephone number removed]
Membership Eugene Pik
Librarian Paul Kitchener [telephone number removed]
Privacy Officer Lauch Harrison [telephone number removed]
ECO ( Electronic Communications Officer) Eugene Pik

Special Committees

Workshops Lauch Harrison, Jim Wilkes

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The Canadian Society for Creative Leathercraft

Operating Account

April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018
2018 2017
Income
Membership Dues 1,085.00 1,540.00
Shows and Workshops 929.03 742.00
Interest/Adv In Bulletin 123.00 12.00
Annual Meeting 0.00 2,558.00
Total Income $2,137.03 $4,852.00

Expenses
Membership, Postage and Stationary 30.00 113.74
Annual Meeting 57.90 2,649.96
Awards 390.00 310.00
Web Charges 73.53 0.00
Shows and Workshops 229.61 0.00
Dues and Membership (OCC Awards Donation) 0.00 125.00
Mileage 0.00 25.00
Indemnity Insurance (2 Yrs) 982.80 2440.80
Bank Charges 86.83 106.32
Total Expenses $1,850.67 $5,770.82

Income Over Expenses $286.36 -$918.82

Ledger Balance (Beginning of Year) 8,401.35 8,401.35 Net change over year $286.36 -$918.82 Ledger Balance (End of year) $8,687.71 $7,482.53

CIBC Term Deposit 5,206.67 5,180.77
GIC 2,000.00 2,000.00
Cash in Bank 7,748.89 7,482.53
Total Funds $14,955.56 $14,663.30

Bank Account Reconciliation
Balance on Bank Statement March 31 7,748.89 8,860.33
Less Outstanding Cheques 0.00 -1,377.80
Plus Outstanding Deposits 0.00 0.00
Ledger Balance March 31 $7,748.89 $7,482.53

Respectfully Submitted Della Chynoweth

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The Canadian Society for Creative Leathercraft

Awards and Endowments

April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018

2018 2017
Michigan Soft Leather 759.05 759.05

Betty Heacock 1,771.14 1,821.14

London Jewellery Award 60.00 60.00

Hilda Chynoweth Award 0.00 20.00

Toronto Award 0.00 0.00

MSCL Award 100.00 100.00

Woodstock Award 1,319.14 1,319.14

Manuel 1,287.52 1,287.52

Al Foss Award/Workshop 400.00 450.00

Jack Meharg Award 500.00 500.00

Bruce White Award 450.00 450.00

Total Awards 6,646.85 6,816.85

Total Funds Available 14,955.56 14,663.30

General Funds Available $8,308.71 $7,846.45

Respectfully Submitted Della Chynoweth

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The Canadian Society for Creative Leathercraft

2018-19 Reports from the CSCL Committees

1st Vice: James Wilkes
No Report

Membership: by Eugene Pik
For the 2018-19 year we had 20 General members, 0 student, 2 Associates, 8 Fellows and we have 7 Sustaining members. Of the total 37 members we have 4 who have been presented with Life Memberships. I am sorry to report that Marion Kehoe, one of our Life Members passed away peacefully on January 17, 2019.

Please remember to notify the Membership Chairman of any changes in your contact information.

Library Report: by Paul Kitchener
The Library is still up and operating, but lightly used. Thank you Lauren.
Kim is constantly updating the collection with additional Books, Videos and Patterns as they surface.
For access to the Library, please refer to the website: http://canadianleathercraft.org/
Check it out. There are some fantastic older books not found on the net.

“Canadian Leathercraft” Newsletter: by Barbara Chynoweth, Editor
The “Canadian Leathercrafter”, the quarterly Newsletter of CSCL, features our Guild’s news and events, how-to projects, and even some tips and ideas from CSCL’s past. Most issues have articles either from one of our
Branches, or our Members-at-Large. As always, these contributions are welcomed.

The Spring 2017 issue covered the 66th Annual CSCL Convention hosted by the Hamilton Branch. We were pleased to have Mark and Sandra Perkins present Birds of Prey and the leather accessories that they need. Members got to visit the Tundra Store and pick up some supplies. The weekend was very busy with workshops.

In the Summer 2017 issue we Celebrated Canada’s 150th Birthday. We looked back in our old Newsletters and included several pages of information and patterns. The Members-At-Large contributed 9 Book reviews from our
CSCL Library.

The Fall 2017 issue covered drawings from our Canadian Leathercraft archives 1957 by Robert Muma.

The Winter 2017-18 issue showed a Cross Clouring Chart with Basic Colours. Some patterns were included for using up some of your scrap leather. Pictures were shown of the Molded Tray Workshop held by the Norland
Branch.

Spring 2018 covered the 68th Annual Convention hosted by Hamilton Branch.

Summer 2018 covered more pictures from the 68th Annual Convention,. CSCL Library reviews by the Members-At-Large. How to do the Magic Braid by Karen Gunna and looking back in the archives How to Make A Box.

Fall 2018 there were selection of Poinsettia Brooches and we said good bye to Marion Kehoe a CSCL Life Member.

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Winter 2018-2019 covers how to determine your glove size, things to know about making a Belt, Parts of a Cow
Hide and the Swivel Knife parts, sharpening and how to hold it.

I am always looking for articles and ideas for the Newsletter.

Respectfully submitted, Barbara Chynoweth, Editor

Council of Fellows Report- Sean Dalgetty, FCSCL
The fellows met at the residence of Lauchlan Harrison, on Sunday April 28th, 2019. We judged the Weston
Trophy pieces. We also received one entry for Associate and one entry for Fellow. We also had an involved discussion regarding the proposal for how we judge Associate entries.

Workshop Report - Lauch Harrison, Jim Wilkes ACSCL
Workshops, Due to problems at Paul’s place and Lauch being out of the country we did not have many chances to organize workshops this coming year we will try and get some project on the go. Please give your ideas for programs and articles to the committee they will use the ideas to offer up programs.

Web Administrator Report: by Eugene Pik, ECO, FCSCL
The website: 1,748 users opened 6,114 pages on canadianleathercraft.org between Apr 28, 2018 - Apr 28, 2019

Facebook: www.facebook.com/CanadianLeathercraft page followers increased from 473 to 663 by Apr 28, 2019

Privacy Officers Report: by Lauch Harrison
Nothing new to report for this year.

Treasurer’s Report: Della Chynoweth
See pages 15 and 16

2018-19 Branch Reports

Hamilton Branch - Respectfully submitted by Sean Dalgetty, FCSCL
In the last year, Hamilton has continued to meet on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month as Colin and
Tammy Paddon’s house in Grassie, Ontario. We have been helping/training the guild membership on the use of their industrial sewing machines, skiving machine, and various tools. We have completed many projects including messenger bags, wallets, card cases, sheepskin trapper hats, and custom binders with quilted covers. We focus the majority of our meetings on building skills and completing projects.

Mississauga Branch – Respectfully submitted by Jim Wilkes
September we had a the meeting in the Tandy store on a Thursday night. Reviewed on proper way to measure a belt for proper sizing to fit and finish. Bob Pfister, Eugene Pik and Jim Wilkes went to the Burlington Applefest and showed projects of the members from the Mississauga Guild and did demonstrations.
October meeting held at the Tandy store and went thru some project that we can do.
November meeting at the Tandy store and Bob Pfister showed how to make luggage tags and tags for Christmas gifts.
December we went for Christmas dinner at the Waterside Inn.
January, the meeting was held at Paul’s place and Eugene Pik showed and had us make a bracelet using the
Japanese Kumihimo technic.

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February meeting cancelled as it was Valetine’s day.
March, Karen Weber did a mini workshop on round braiding a key chain with a turks knot.
April, reviewed the projects for the Weston Trophy and also projects for the Associate award.

Norland Branch - Respectfully submitted by Tracey Howard
September and October’s meetings we were doing splatter dying on leather to make a book cover.
November we has a Breakfast meeting with Carol making French Toast. We made Poinsettia Broaches.
December we do not have a meeting as everyone is very busy getting ready for Christmas.
January Barbara instructed us in making a Bike Belt Bag.
February we sewed Goodie Bags for the Convention and then worked on projects that needed finishing.
March we started cutting out Cowboy hats.
April we got the Goodie Bags ready and we worked on finishing up our Cowboy Hats.
May we have not decided what we are going to work on yet and in June we have a BBQ.

MEMBERS-AT-LARGE (MAL) REPORT- Respectfully submitted Lauren McPherson, MAL
Representative
For a fourth consecutive summer our CSCL Library Review was featured in CANADIAN LEATHERCRAFT.

Returning for a fourth year to the Thorndale Fall Fair, one MAL demonstrated her leathercraft in the Community
Centre. The cinnamon sugared Elephant Ears, a renowned fairway food, might be the draw!

Along with the three CSCL branches, MALs learned how to ‘drop a CSCL pin’ on a Google Map. From our places of business and hometowns of Princeton, Woodstock, Sweden, London, Tavistock, Orleans, Burlington, Orono,
Calgary, Texas, and Ottawa, a few MAL opted-in to this extensive mapping service, a leather resource for non-members alike.

We welcomed the newest MAL, a multi-media artist from Ottawa, who joined CSCL in December, 2018. CSCL readily availed the 50% discounted membership fee to her for joining after October 1st.

In January, we remembered Marion Kehoe, (MAL, London, Ontario) who passed away peacefully in her 99th year.
‘Over a span of 68 years with CSCL she was a vital contributor,’ (Fall 2019, CANADIAN LEATHERCRAFT). Marion will be greatly missed.

Notably, whenever you win a ribbon or an award be sure to jot down the particulars: Date, Location, Item, Title,
Description, Type of Ribbon or Name of Award. Now is a great time to update bio’s for advance preparation of future resumé requirements.

MALs are happy when they are able to attend CSCL workshops throughout the year. Some MALs are among CSCL’s official judges and serve as members of the Executive Council.

Finally, as we regularly learn, live, love leathercraft throughout the year, may we increasingly draw inspiration from this reassuring Spanish proverb: ‘little by little, one travels far.’

Financial Review Report
The financial books for the 2018/2019 years were reviewed and found to be in order.

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The Canadian Society for Creative Leathercraft

Operating Account

April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019

2019 2018

Income

Membership Dues 1,265.00 1,085.00

Shows and Workshops 74.75 929.03

Interest/Adv In Bulletin 9.00 123.00

Annual Meeting 0.00 0.00

Total Income $1,348.75 $2,137.03

Expenses

Membership, Postage and Stationary 38.82 30.00

Annual Meeting 941.63 57.90

Awards 370.00 390.00

Web Charges 34.00 73.53

Shows and Workshops 0.00 229.61

Dues and Membership (OCC Awards Donation) 0.00 0.00

Mileage 0.00 0.00

Indemnity Insurance (2 Yrs) 1036.80 982.80

Bank Charges 90.90 86.83

Total Expenses $2,512.15 $1,850.67

Income Over Expenses -$1,163.40 $286.36

Ledger Balance (Beginning of Year) 8,687.71 8,401.35

Net change over year -$1,163.40 $286.36

Ledger Balance End of Year $7,524.31 $8,687.71

CIBC Term Deposit 5,230.10 5,206.67

GIC 2,000.00 2,000.00

Cash in Bank 7,524.31 7,748.89

Total Funds $14,754.41 $14,955.56

Bank Account Reconciliation

Balance on Bank Statement March 31 8,561.11 8,687.71

Less Outstanding Cheques -1,036.80 0.00

Plus Outstanding Deposits 0.00 0.00

Ledger Balance March 31 $7,524.31 $8,687.71

Respectfully Submitted Della Chynoweth

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The Canadian Society for Creative Leathercraft

Awards and Endowments

April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019

2019 2018

Michigan Soft Leather 759.05 759.05

Betty Heacock 1,721.14 1,771.14

London Jewellery Award 60.00 60.00

MSCL Award 100.00 100.00

Woodstock Award 1,269.14 1,319.14

Maunuel 1,287.52 1,287.52

Al Foss Award/Workshop 350.00 400.00

Jack Meharg Award 500.00 500.00

Bruce White Award 450.00 450.00

Total Awards 6,496.85 6,646.85

Total Funds Available 14,754.41 14,663.30

General Funds Available $8,257.56 $8,016.45

Respectfully Submitted Della Chynoweth