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This is to help those people who miss a meeting for any reason to get to know what went on in the meeting so that they are not in the dark when we talk about the visit or talk the next time that they come along..... but we hope that it is better to be there...( or you might miss something!!?.)
First, however, the programme of Speakers for the next few months :-
July 28th Charlie & Margaret Bowman
August 25th Geoff Lawrence & Norma Phillips
September 29th NORTHERN BS PANEL
Our hard-working secretary, Joe Staples, has still a list of names " up his sleeve" and will announce further plans shortly ..........
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............. so, to briefly report what has taken place lately. Meetings are reported here, starting with the most recent :-:-
30th June 2008
Eric Ward opened the meeting at 7.45 in the absence ,because of illness, of M Cook chairman and J Herring vice chairman.
We welcomed 1 new member Neil Whitfield, and hoped he would have a pleasant night.
Our speakers for the night Adrian and Ken Richards were introduced.Their subject was an open one.They started off giving a bit of background to how they started in 1982 when they bred 20/30 birds.They covered the high prices that some people paid for birds.
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It then opened up into a question and answer session covering any aspect of bird keeping that anybody wished to ask and they would try to answer their questions. Questions covered varied between, breeding time lights on and off. Explained to new members the difference between colony and selective breeding, feeding, the difference between feeding in the breeding season and non- breeding season.
A very good mixture of information was had both for new to the hobby and those who had been in it a lot longer.Adrian and Ken were thanked for an informative evening.
The meeting was closed at 9pm.
26th MAY 2008
It is now fourteen months since Sunderland BS moved to its present meeting rooms, the St Lukes Parish rooms, St Luke’s Road, Pallion, Sunderland and as we reflect on this, we realise that we have had ups and downs, as do all societies. Despite the compliments that we have received from visiting speakers and other fanciers, it is fair to say that the change of meeting room did not suit all existing members, and the society struggled to maintain its purpose for the latter months of 2007.
Happily, after receiving great co-operation from the both the fancy press, and the local evening paper, the society appears to have turned the corner and has had a , still modest, average of 12-14 attendees at all meetings since March of this year.
Despite it being the May Bank Holiday, twelve members attended .
Apologies having been received from our Secretary Joe Staples, and Chairman Mick Cook, the meeting was opened at 7.45pm by vice chairman John Herring who welcomed our speaker, a good friend of the society, Brian Batey who is a Champion exhibitor and is the Vice Chairman of the Northern Budgerigar Society
J Herring reported that the next North East National meeting is to be held on the 9th June at the British Legion Club Boldon Colliery, and urged a good attendance by members at this open meeting
Brian Batey's brief from our secretary was 'talk about budgies, plain and simple'. Brian decided to start his talk as ‘Re- Start’, his re- start was to recall when he had to do rework on his aviary and he was down to only 8 budgerigars. He told us about his continuing recent progress in rebuilding his stud, including the acquisition of stock from Brian Sweeting and Jeff Attwood, as well as from Scotland and local sources. He covered discussion on some of the varieties kept by those fanciers and his own recent acquisition of stock In his review of his experiences over the last twelve months or so, Brian gave us something of an insight to his own philosophy on buying birds, in particular advising fanciers not to dismiss out of hand the idea of buying birds aged three years and even older ; he maintains that over age birds can still be an asset in a breeding program, and that results can often more the justify the sense of gambling in making such purchases.
He also spoke of not buying solely outside the area or only buying inside the area, and the various prices that can be paid, both in and out of the area.
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(Above, pictures from the April meeting with John Herring in the Chair)
This was another very pleasant and encouraging evening, and we look forward to next month's meeting when we have another excellent speaker Adrian Richards, one of the fancy’s younger and much appreciated, judges.
John Herring thanked Brian for an interesting insight into his breeding management style.
The meeting closed at 9.15 pm.
28th APRIL 2008
(Extract from Minutes, taken by Eric Ward)
The meeting opened at 7.35 pm, with 13 members present. The meeting was informed that a Trade card from Makro had been applied for.
Correspondence.A letter from Charlie & Margaret Bowman was received accepting that they would be available to be guest speakers in July.
Our Secretary Joe Staples reported that he now has acquired speakers at our meetings up until October with November/December pending. (see top of page)
The chairman gave a report summary on the North East National meeting held on the 14th April. The Show date is 20th July .Judges booked:- Chris Snell, Geoff Moore, Alan Michael and M. Little.Entry fees- 40p per cage 1-9. £4.00 10 plus cages. The halls postcode is to be added to the schedule for people with SatNav.Lee Marshall has agreed to his mobile number being added to the schedule for emergencies on the day of the show.It was agreed as per members instructions that Sunderland BS and South Shields BS would each donate £200 to bolster the N.E. National funds.
This was followed by a very enlightening presentation by David and John Herring with the aid of their Power Point graphics, ‘ WHATS IN A COLOUR’ And ‘CLASSIFIED COLOURS’. This delved into the different colours the make up of types of feathers, cheek patches and their use for detecting colours; legs and their importance regarding type of bird, irises and Ceres were also covered.
The chairman thanked them for an enjoyable evening and as they were unable to complete the presentation hoped they would be able to complete it a later date.
Meeting closed at 9.15pm.
31st MARCH 2008
A promising turn-out of thirteen fanciersto support our new officials and this meeting was taken up with enthusiastic discussion about the way forward for the club. It was good to welcome back to the fold Charmaine and Malcolm Redden and also to welcome two new members, Russell and Danny Meek.
It was agreed that as the society is still financially sound and viable, we nee not trouble too much about seeking money making ventures, although we have it in mend to consider running Tombola stalls at public functions later in the year, partly with a view to bringing knowledge of our existence as a society into the public domain.
It was acknowledged that our way forward must first be centred around getting speakers for all our meetings, so that we can be confident about seeking new members to come and join our happy club.
To give our secretary breathing space in organising this, John and Dave Herring announced that they now have the technology to offer a Presentation/Slide show . It was agreed that they will give their presentation "What's in a Colour" it's Premiere/Trial Run at the meeting on Monday, April 28th. All fanciers are welcome to this first viewing.
25th February 2008 "The re-birth of the society" :-
In responses to another poor turn-out at our Annual General Meeting, and Extraordinary General Meeting was called for 25th February, supported by letters to members and an article in the Sunderland Echo. This resulted in a lively and promising meeting at which it was decided that we should go ahead and try to rebuild the club. The new officials for the year were appointed and the secretary agreed to start work on a list of speakers for future meetings.
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SELECTED 2007 REPORTS
April Meeting Again a less than enthusiastic turn-out but we were delighted to welcome a new, Junior, member, Shaun Chipp with his father to the meeting. There were only five members present at the meeting. However, it was agreed that the society must be allowed to move forward and Steve Conlin agreed to compile a programme of speakers. Dave Herring pointed out that John and he would be seeing Norma Phillips at the weekend and would see if she and Geoff Lawrence could come in May
In February, as arranged we had met at the University and found that the room allocated to us was light and airy, very comfortable and thus a very good place to hold our meetings.
However, a suggestion was made that we also consider rooms at the St Luke's Chuch and community rooms in Pallion Road and after some rather strident debate, the meeting decided almost unanimously (the writer abstained as he had compiled the document about St Luke's ) to hold the next meeting there.
March 2007 Meeting at St Luke's.
There were only five members present at the meeting, so no final decision was taken on the meeting room
May 2007
Our first speaker in the St Luke's rooms was a good friend of the society, Brian Batey who is a Champion exhibitor and is the Vice Chairman of the Northern Budgerigar Society
Brian told us about his recent progress in rebuilding his stud, including the acquisition of stock from Brian Sweeting and Geoff Attwood, as well as from local sources.
This was a very pleasant and encouraging evening, despite the fact that the turn-out was again poor. Joe Staples and John Herring had sent their apologies. We were able to use the kitchen facilities for the first time, enjoying a cup of coffee and biscuits (despite the fact that I made the former) and look forward to next month's meeting when we have excellent speakers again, Norma Phillips and Geoff Lawrence.
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Business conducted at the meeting was restricted, but Steve Conlin confirmed that he has been very active and has a provisional programme of speakers , mapped out. It was confirmed that Geoff Lawrence and Norma Phillips will speak to us in June. ALL MEMBERS ARE URGED TO ATTEND THIS MEETING TO SUPPORT THESE EXCELLENT SPEAKERS WHO DO SO MUCH FOR THE FANCY. (Members are also asked to note that Norma has some surplus Spangles for sale at a very reasonable price)
BUS TRIP to BS CLUB SHOW If anyone would be interested in joining in a society trip[ to the club show, they should contact Steve Conlin immediately. Fanciers from other societies will be very welcome, but it was agreed that unless a good response is received, the trip will not go ahead.