Newsletter May 2015 May Practice Night Welcome to Audrey Foster, our judge this evening, who will be judging exhibits in the following categories: Novice: Place in the Country; Intermediate: All on a Summers Day & Advanced: Far Away Places (no niche) Book of Condolence & Trophy in Memory of Nellie Tierney Please leave a message in the condolence book tonight in memory of our founder member Nellie, who recently passed away. We will also have a new Novice trophy in Nellie’s memory, awarded to the Novice with the highest number of points. Congratulations! Congratulations and a big thank you to Margaret Titman and Jan Gardner on a fantastic club class exhibit at the Harrogate Spring Show. A huge amount of detailed work went into the design, which celebrated the first wedding anniversary (Paper) in intricately folded and rolled newspaper, anthuriums and gyp! They achieved 4th place in the club class. Well done! George Smith Visit 16 June Info We will meet at 7.20pm in the gravelled yard of The Manor House, Heslington, YO10 5EA (next door to the Deramore Arms). Parking is available nearby in The Stables Staff car park, University of York, Main St. Heslington. Turn first right opposite Charles XII pub. There is no designated disabled parking unfortunately and George’s talk will take place in his Granary Studio up a stone flight of steps. St Crux Fundraiser 16 September Thank you to everyone that has volunteered to help so far. The fundraiser is a crucial part of our income, without which we would need to increase subs by £18 per head to cover the cost of running the club. Open Demonstrations Income for Janet James demonstration: Ticket sales £220 + Raffle £133 + Tea & coffee £17 = Total Income: £370 Costs for Janet James demonstration: Hall hire: £125 + Flyers £26 + Demonstrator £622 = Total costs: £773 Loss of £403 We hope you will understand and support our decision to charge members £8 for Open demonstrations from November 2015. AGM Change of Date This year’s AGM will take place at the November meeting instead of September. Accounts, minutes of the last AGM and other information will be available at the October meeting and the trophy winners will be announced at our July meeting. Titles for Practice Nights We are starting to think about titles for forthcoming Practice Nights and would like to encourage members to come up with suggested titles for the categories Novice, Intermediate and Advanced. Please let Jan Gardner know your ideas. Call for Volunteers Please sign up on the lists at the back if you can help with any of the following: Arranging flowers at Holy Trinity (June-Nov) Coffee Morning at Acomb Methodist Church (Sat 13 June) St Crux fundraiser (Wed 16 Sept) We need 45 volunteers for 2-3 hr shifts! Refreshments & running the shop on club nights New Committee members: Secretary, Treasurer, Vice Chairman & Chairman Please continue to support Cartridge World in Front Street, Acomb, who print this newsletter free of charge. www.acombflowerguild.co.uk