Diary Dates for October and onwards

Monday 6 October

Entries close for the Castlemaine Exhibition. Exhibition runs 8 to 23 November.

Thursday 23rd October - our AGM

7:30pm at Camberwell Community Centre, Fairholm Grove Camberwell - with a stimulating guest talk - and elections for 2026 office bearers. Now is the moment to approach friends and colleagues to come along and help your organisation flourish!

Sunday 7 December (to be confirmed)

End of year party - at Carmel Ritchie's home in Eltham - thanks heaps Carmel

 

Where is our next treasurer coming from?

Our current treasurer, John Ride, is a lovely person - he shares friendship, food and wine and conversation at committee meetings and keeps calm through all our exhibitions. John joined us after retiring more than ten years ago. He was not an accountant - why on earth would someone “leave off work to carry bricks”? But he has developed all the skills we need using MYOB and so we know where we stand financially.

We have grown a lot on John’s watch - from two exhibitions per year to four in some years; our website goes through expansion and refurbishment - think of the leap to online exhibitions that we managed due to COVID lockdowns; our membership management is currently undergoing some streamlining with the new website; so on a small budget Sculptors Victoria is flourishing.

The time has come for John to move on…. He’s now a life member so I’m still hoping to see him at meetings and at exhibitions… but we need to relieve him of the main work of treasurer.

The new person can be a sculptor or a non-sculptor member, the position is a voluntary one but we do our best to make it fun, rewarding in the exercise of new skills and the guidance to our worthwhile Association.

Contact John to discuss the work treasurer@sculptorsvictoria.asn.au

Jenny Rickards 0418 971 897