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August Newsletter PRESIDENT’S We need to discuss our plans to MESSAGE hold a CAV Annual General Meeting later in 2020 with the ‘Dydh da’ (‘G’day’), help of ‘Zoom’ and the use of proxies. I hope this CORNISH ASSOCIATION Newsletter finds Some friends and former OF you well. colleagues have advised me that VICTORIA, INC. This is our August CAV other similarly incorporated Newsletter for 2020, yet we organizations like ours in Victoria NEWSLETTER haven’t met together since are using this approach. No. 134 February! Given the 40-minute time limit (‘Zoom’ is free for the first 40 AUGUST 2020 As we all know we are now in minutes), we might have to limit ‘lockdown’ once again here in those who, like me, tend to be Corporation Reg. No. A0008264A Melbourne and we are doing our verbose. best to cope with life under Now you’re smiling aren’t you? restrictions put in place to help For us there are some issues slow the spread of the surrounding this and how it might coronavirus (COVID-19). work in practice. CONTENTS I think that ‘social distancing’ will As a result I believe it may be with us for some time. require us to re-visit our President’s Report pp 1 & 3 As I write this it has just been procedures before our next announced that people living in AGM in 2021. Notices for Members p 2 metropolitan Melbourne and Of course we have plenty of time Mitchell Shire will now be to review these if we need to. Thanks, Special Awards and new required to wear face masks members p 3 outside their home, to protect What we need to focus on now against the coronavirus. and I’m sure you are all very Agan Kernow Project p 4 Life certainly is different now – aware already, is that 2020 is a everywhere. very different year. Thanks Prince Alfred pp 5-6 Like all organizations like ours we I would like to hear from CAV have to be pragmatic about what A COVID 19 activity pp 6-7 members about how you are we can achieve and be prepared coping with life at the moment. to take on new ways of doing Congratulations Liz Coole p 7 We will all have different stories. things. My cousin Jess, who lives in I believe that this will be the new Bendigo Snippets pp 8-9 Penzance, goes bike riding in her ‘normal’. area each day for exercise during We know that the COVID-19 Celebrating St Piran’s Day pp 9- lockdown. restrictions currently in place 11 She sent me a lovely little video prevent us meeting face to face. recently on her phone of a I believe that unless miracles Cornish Festivals and Poem p 12 rainbow over St Michael’s Mount occur we will not be able to taken from the beach at Marazion meet face to face either as a Ringing the Anvil pp 12 –15 one morning. Committee or as a wider group I couldn't believe that there were for the rest of 2020. How many of our Victorian An- no tourists there; in fact no one I think I can see nods of cestors could read and write? could be seen at all! agreement out there. p 15 There will be more information After a successful trial of ‘Zoom’ coming about the proposed AGM The Cornish Chough p 16 meetings with small groups of and this will be the subject of a CAV members, I have decided to separate mailout. attempt a meeting of the full We will keep you informed as CAV Committee via the ‘Zoom’ soon as we are able. platform. It may well be that if our 3 CAV News No 134 - August 2020 Page 1 Annual General Meeting 2020 CAV NEWSLETTER CORNISH ASSOCIATION OF An extension of time for us to hold our The CAV Newsletter is VICTORIA INC. 2020 AGM was lodged with Consumer published in February, May, Affairs Victoria at the end of March and August & November and OFFICE-BEARERS: this now needs to happen before the end distributed via email and in President: of October. some cases by mail. Ken Peak Ph: 0400 309 469 Due to COVID 19 restrictions and our If you have an email address, [email protected] inability to meet in person, this meeting please consider having your Past President: may be held electronically. newsletter emailed. Neil Thomas For distribution contact Ph: 03 5278 3250 There will be a separate communication The Secretary. [email protected] to all members concerning the AGM either by email or mail. Deadline for contributions Secretary: for the next issue: June Whiffin Saturday 18th October 2020 Ph: 03 9877 2968 [email protected] Pastoral Care If you know of someone who is unwell, Articles for inclusion are Treasurer: celebrating a special birthday or just needs welcome at any time but Rod Phillips a cheery greeting, please let Evelyn Jones must be received by the Ph: 03 9807 1950 know the details so she can be in touch. deadline date. [email protected] Please use plain text font size Pastoral Care/Welfare: Evelyn’s details are: 12, without formatting. Evelyn Jones Ph: 03 9725 0286 Photos and tables should be Ph: 03 9725 0286 [email protected] included separately - not as [email protected] part of a document. Acknowledgment of source Ballarat Branch (Adm. Sec.): Renewal of Fees is required. Lorice Jenkin Ph: 03 5332 2920 Payment methods: Direct deposit to: [email protected] The email address for the The Cornish Association of Victoria Inc CAV Newsletter - Geelong Branch (Adm. 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SUBSCRIPTIONS: Please advise the Treasurer of the date The Treasurer and amount paid by email to 5 Virginia Street [email protected] Mount Waverley 3149 NEWSLETTER EDITOR: Cheque or money order made payable to Robyn Coates The Cornish Association of Victoria Inc Ph: 03 9478 6135/0419 551 320 sent to the Treasurer, [email protected] Mr Rod Phillips Fees: 5 Virginia St Membership: Mount Waverley 3149 Single: $40.00 Family: $60.00 Life Single: $400.00 Life Family: $600.00 CAV News No 134 - August 2020 Page 2 online meeting ‘in the cloud’ Many CAV members rallied THANKS proves to be successful that we around Beryl and Ted (and I would like to thank the many might take out a ‘Zoom’ family) and kept us informed members of Cornish Groups subscription for around $20 a along the way. from across the Association in month for 12 months. Beryl participated in our recent Victoria, South Australia, Florida If we do this it will give us ‘Zoom’ trial and I must say she and Cornwall for the many cards, additional communication tools looked very well indeed! emails, phone calls, prayers and compared with the basic ‘free’ We all look forward to seeing food during my recent sudden model. her when we are finally able to and unexpected heart surgery. I am personally in favour of this, meet together. I thank God for the miracle of as it will mean we can meet life. longer than an hour, will allow us Since our last Newsletter Lyn I felt very supported and I thank to vote and communicate better. and I have become the proud you for your friendship and care We could even have grandparents of Owen Ronald that was such an encouragement presentations given in webinar Peak born prematurely on June to me, Ted and the family. mode, if we wanted to, and also 13th. Sincerely Beryl Curnow. allow sub-groups such as our All are well now and babies born branches to meet using this during the restrictions will no Congratulations platform. doubt be known in the future as Congratulations ‘coronial’ babies. to Ruth Eddy- I have a friend who belongs to an Forster and Association like ours who told Finally I can report that the ‘Agan Shirley Lindsay, me he attends a monthly webinar Kernow Project’ is still bubbling long time on ‘Zoom’. along and I have received almost, members of our They have webinars for up to but not quite enough stories Geelong branch, 100 people where someone gives about Cornish ancestors and/or who have been a presentation via video or trips to Cornwall from our awarded PowerPoint and the audience Victorian members. Complimentary listens and asks questions via chat However I have a few Life along the way. contributions now from NSW, Memberships. SA and Queensland as well as Under our Rules I read in the Toronto Cornish stories from our Cornish cousins these Association’s recent Newsletter in Toronto in Canada and Memberships are that they held a successful elsewhere in the Cornish made to meeting of 33 members of their diaspora. members who have attained 90 Association using ‘Zoom’. My aim is to have the project years of age and have been Sounds like the way to go. published as a truly international members for over 10 years in selection of ‘Cousin Jack and Jill’ recognition of their continued Depending on what occurs in the stories. support and contribution to the next six months we could look at It’s still very much a work in Association. this if it’s workable for us.
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