THE ESA IS AN INCORPORATED ASSOCIATION AND WE FOLLOW THE STANDARD RULES SET UP FOR LIKE ASSOCIATIONS.
As the committee is evolving with a change of secretary, form Garry James to Lyndel Walker; and a change of treasurer at the Annual General Meetign when Edwin Jewell will resign, we thought it best to remind members about some of the foundations of the Society.
THE EPHEMERA SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA (ESA)
The Ephemera Society of Australia is a longstanding association of individuals bound by their personal and professional passion for collecting ephemera.
It is devoted to the preservation, study and display of items of a transient nature.
!n August 1987 ESA was formally established to unite collectors in Australia. It came about through the efforts of a visiting museum curator, Honor Godfrey, who was an organiser and member of the English Society. Honor was a paper bag collector. She was an inspirational leader and in Melbourne in late 1986, she gathered together a small group to investigate interest in setting up a society here for collectors. The first meeting was attended by Andy McGuigan, Colin Duggan and Murray Walker. (Murray was the innovative curator of two great recent exhibitions, Colonial crafts of Victoria at the National Gallery of Victoria in 1979 and more importantly The Great SIO exhibition at the Museum of Victoria in 1985 (a sesqui-centenary exhibition for Victoria). A month later as momentum grew, Mimmo Cozzolino, designer and author of Symbols of Australia (1980) joined the group.
Our rules
For the record here is a copy of our rules.
THE ESA COMMITTEE
relies on the contributions of many others: the Show and Tell organiser (SO); the Fair organiser (FO) and the desk staff; the journal team of editor, writers and designer; the newsletter team; the database administrator (DA); the Symposium organisers (SOs) speakers and those helping on the day; the annual dinner host (ADH).
THE PRESIDENT:
- chairs meetings of the committee and the Annual General Meeting;
- at the committee meetings matters discussed include how various projects – meetings, publications etc fit with the ESA goals. For example does the ESA want to participate in the Clunes Book Fair – a lot of effort and some $$? The committee decided it was too labour intensive.
- with the vice-president, reviews and sets the calendar of events – the events – dates, venues are organised by the Fair Organiser; the Symposium Orgnaisers; the Show and Tell Organiser; the annual dinner host.
- answers correspondence on behalf of the ESA;
- presents talks on behalf of the ESA;
- otherwise represents the ESA, for example, at Rare Book Week.
THE VICE PRESIDENT:
- attends the committee meetings and the Annual General Meeting;
- stands in for the president when she is unavailable.
THE SECRETARY:
- takes minutes, and circulates, at the committee and the Annual General Meetings;
- does the AGM preparatory paperwork;
- receives correspondence and replies or sends it on to the appropriate member of the ESA;
- sends out the welcome pack to new members.
THE TREASURER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FINANCES:
- pays invoices;
- receives payments for subscriptions, fair stalls, ticketed events like the symposium;
- reports to the committee meetings and to the AGM;
- sends out the annual renewals and reminders;
- prepares an annual budget which might include say reviewing fees charged by the ESA.
No doubt there are things we have forgotten. Let me know in the comments. Mandy Bede
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