Dear ALL

Dates to diarise:

• 10 August Photo's for the Stellenbosch Art and Craft Gallery to be sent to Mari Claasse.
  
• 11 - 13 August Hilton Arts Festival. More on this later.
  
• 2 October - Mid November Exhibition at the Stellenbosch Art and Craft Gallery . More details below
  

• We took the decision that henceforward all Fibreworks quarterly meetings would be Zoom meetings. Since Zoom meetings will give all members the opportunity to attend the sessions, our meetings will no longer be construed as a predominantly KZN affair. Good. In person, F2F meetings can still nevertheless take place should extraordinary circumstances demand this.
  

• Assessment of potential members' work:
  

1. As all members will now have a voice in every quarterly meeting - not only at the AGM - it was decided that potential members' work can be assessed at any one of the 4 meetings we hold during the year, not just the AGM. This will speed up administrative business considerably and potential members will know if their application was successful far sooner.
   
2. Since the assessment of any new work will continue to be a democratic process, current members ought to make every effort to attend the Zoom meetings, should there be any new work that needs to be assessed. Your voice and your vote are important and needed.
   
3. There are several matters that we need to consider when we are voting in a potential member and these need to be finalized. Hopefully we will have something in place at the October AGM that can be tweaked, if necessary, when it's presented to the group as a whole.
   Some of the matters include:
   
   • Precisely how the new voting system will operate now that we are all looking at all the work on line. Rosalie undertook to investigate a possible voting system.
     
   • Having time to read the artists' statements, read all the written documentation.
     
   • Having time to visually digest all the work.
     
   • How many artworks do we need to see to make an accurate assessment?
     
   • All vote in silence followed by discussion if necessary
     
   • What % of aye votes are needed for automatic admission
     
   • Possibility of an anonymous vote
     
   • Open discussion between members should anyone feel strongly about an admission/non admission
     
4. We may will need to make changes to our Constitution and Guidelines and possibly have a relook at our Document of Intent. What are the broad parameter of this group? How do we distinguish ourselves from other textile/quilting groups? What is our USP? Unique Selling Point that will enable us to attract new members?
   
5. Submission of work by potential members needs to be amended and the Fibreworks Website altered accordingly. This needs to be done soonest as potential members need to know how and what to submit for review at our AGM.
   

• Hilton Arts Festival and the promotion of Fibreworks
  

• Stellenbosch Art and Craft Gallery - Spring Exhibition
  

• News from Members