President: Joy Dunkerley (0428 617 830 or 02 6699 2967) Bard (Cherya) Email [email protected] Secretary: Chris Dunkerley CyC Bard (Kevrenor) ASSOCIATION POSTAL ADDRESS: c/o 34 CIRCULAR AVE, SAWTELL NSW 2452, Australia Phone Contact: 02 6699 2967 (+Manual Fax) Mobile 0409 393 059 Contact E-mail: [email protected] Web Pages: www.celticcouncil.org.au/cornish/nsw.htm No. 373 Newsleer of the March / April 2018 Cornish Associaon ISSN 1321-3199 Circulation: 100 of New South Wales At Glen Innes, NSW – The Year of Brittany, PROGRAMME 2018 Galicia & Asturias Friday 3 – Sunday 6 May, 2018 SYDNEY PLANNING Details in later newsletters Some PCornish Pasty Meetup Cornish Wednesday 30 May, 2018 will be At the Cousin Jack's Pasty Co. store in Bondi there, to support our Breton cousins, Cornish Junction Mall (5/175-181 Oxford St) events, and enjoy the Festival! 11:30am for 12 lunch Cornish involvements: Friday: Official Opening – Town Hall (Cornish (Ring David Evans on 0468 347 Guardians of the Stones) & Lunch for Guardians; 316 if lost or running late) Informal dinner 6pm sharp New Tattersal Hotel. Take Train or Bus to Bondi Saturday: 9am Main Parade – meet in Grey St. near Junction station, and walk to the centre of the Woolworths; then various activities at the Stones – mall. just come along and share a pasty lunch, enquire at Celtic Council tent; Guardians Ceremony coffee and a chat, or perhaps before/after big Sunday: 10:50am Cornish ceremony at the Stones store shopping make it part of a day out in the (meet at the Cornish Stone for short march) City or Bondi Junction . Contact Joy asap on [email protected] or www.cousinjackspastyco.com 0428 617 830 if expecting to be there at all at the weekend! Pasty Day For more information on full program of events and Hosted by Betty Bevins at her home in accommodation, and booking: Warriewood http://www.australiancelticfestival.com/ 2018 Festival tickets and passes are now open A Sunday in August www.gleninnestourism.com [Date and time to be confirmed] Note: ALL bookings will be ONLINE only now for Always a wonderful day of proper Pasties, the 2018 Festival and no tickets will be posted out great company, chat and warm hospitality. – ring the Tourism Centre on (02) 6730 2400 for assistance. End of Year Lunch WIDER COMING EVENTS Circular Quay Southern Sons of Cornwall Inc st 21 November, 2018 For more details contact: Sonia Reuter, Events ( Please save the date to your diaries or calenders ) Co-ordinator, and her phone number is 02 4421 8187 Her email address is: FESTIVALS [email protected] th 26 Australian Celtic Festival MEMBERSHIP Fees for 2018/2019 became due after the AGM, ie. from 4th March, 2018. If you are still to pay - a form is enclosed with this newsletter for your use Page 1 – 373: March / April, 2018 COMMITTEE EVENT PLANNING CONTINUING … IDEAS PLEASE Lyther Nowodhow - Newsletter - of the Cornish Association of NSW - No. 373 - March / April, 2018 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Committee News:. Australia, for the Kernewek Lowender festival and meet fellow Bards at our Assembly in May, and at Bank account at 31/03/18 bal: $7,933.69 (Note: Some the Bonnie Wingham in June. banking of previously paid memberships and lunch fees were yet to be done at that date). Thank you to Betty Bevins for inviting us into your home again during the year for pasties and chat. th Your full Committee met on Sunday 4 Thanks to Del Clinton for organising the End of February. This outgoing Committee dealt with Year Lunch, and all the little extras. Thanks also to the business of the AGM, the St Pirans lunch all those who contributed to our other meetings and and early plans for activities in 2018. It was various outings during the year. I hope you have agreed to pledge an amount to underwrite a enjoyed them. Thanks to office bearers and possible visit by legendary singer/songwriter members of the Committee for their dedication, Harry Glasson to Australia in 2019. Further hard work, support and friendship. discussion on arrangements to divest some Sadly we lost 2 long term members through death books to CAV libraries. during this past year – we remember: John Symonds of Cronulla, and Peter Trebilco of Next Full Committee Meeting ‐ tba Waterloo. Next Sydney sub‐committee meeting – tba I am pleased that we are able to continue to hold “My thanks to all those members (and their our St Piran’s lunch today and hope you will enjoy it family and friends) who attended the St Piran’s this afternoon – and of course it is our 43rd lunch on 4 March. I hear it was a lovely friendly anniversary celebration! I give thanks to those who started the Association, those who have kept it afternoon, and I am sorry that I missed it. Thank going, and ask that you all to help give it a future. you too to those who attended the AGM and for the incoming Committee (and for my re‐election). Keep on the lookout for new members – personal Special thanks to Betty Bevins, who did not re‐ contact is the best recruiter. stand for Committee. Betty is a stalwart of the Thank you. Joy Dunkerley 03/03/2018 Association, having been on Committee (including as President) for most of its life. Treasurer’s Report Special personal thanks for all the best wishes for The financial Statement of Accounts has been completed. A copy was circulated with your January my health and recovery during 2018.” Joy / February Newsletter. The Statement consisting of Dunkerley, President the Income & Expenditure Statement and a partial Balance Sheet was prepared in accordance with the FROM the Annual General Meeng Rules of Association, signed by me as Honorary Thank you to the twenty who attended this Treasurer, and adopted by the Committee 10 year's AGM (and the 13 apologies). It is one of January 2018. those necessary events & I see it went off It is submitted for formal receipt by this AGM smoothly again. meeting. I therefore move receipt, and in so doing President's Report (extract) make the following report: Thank you for the honour of being President for the The gross operating result was a surplus for the past year (my 11th in a row). Our activities were only year of $558.59* a few again this year, but those we had seem to have Income for the year 2017 was $2,740.69 and been successful. expenditure $2,182.10 As President, being 500km away from Sydney I In the indicative partial Balance Sheet our current cannot attend all Sydney based meetings/functions. Assets increased to $8,877.77 while Liabilities Thanks to those arranging them. Around the state were Nil – current net worth therefore was we had 3 meetings, and 4 functions, plus presence $8,877.77 (a rise of 6%, after an 11% rise last year). at 3 festivals in the year. I’ve been able to meet up with members in various locations. *This Assets rise and the operational surplus is largely due to advance buying in 2015 of labels and Some personal highlights have been representing pre-paid envelopes to beat the Australia Post rise in the Association at Glen Innes in May at Glen Innes Jan 2016. Break even or a small surplus is expected for the Australian Celtic festival, and representing in 2018 as these are used up; even when a subsidy the Cornish as Guardian of the Standing Stones. I for today’s lunch is allowed for. was also able to represent our Association in South Page 2 No. 373 – March / April, 2018 Lyther Nowodhow - Newsletter - of the Cornish Association of NSW - No. 373 - March / April, 2018 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Note: any accounting value of non-current assets Note also that with one Westpac branch in our (library, sales stock, and misc equipment, etc) is not region, 12km away up in Coffs Harbour, banking included. your cheques is about once a month. The current account (bank) balance at Thanks to all those who contribute in other ways – 31/12/2017 was $8,741.37 keep connected with other members, help at meetings, float ideas, generously donate prizes for For the future: despite our dropping numbers; cost raffles or door prizes, send photos, or articles for the savings (eg. advance buy of envelopes, emailed newsletter or to keep us informed. Thanks to our newsletters), your generous donations (money and Minutes Secretary, Ruth, to Del with the Sales, and in kind), sales, and fund-raising, on top of our long- again to our Librarians. held reserves, mean we are still in an excellent state financially ie. slight rise in net worth – remember, I hope my roles of Hon. Secretary (incl membership members input to the Committee on use of their officer), and of Editor, have been delivered to funds is always welcome. members satisfaction. Thank you to the Committee, and particularly to Joy, for their support and Read only access to our Westpac A/C continues to patience. Chris Dunkerley 03/03/2018 be very useful, and we are looking into whether setting up a PayID under the new banking NPP Library Report system using Osko will give members any benefits. The Library was only available at the AGM last year While keeping an eye on costs & income, the and only three items were borrowed and are Committee has retained the membership outstanding. subscription fee at $15 for at least another year; and As previously agreed in 2016 as an ongoing project this is due from the conclusion of this Annual to reduce the number of items in the Library, General Meeting.
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