OPAL ASSOCIATION MEETING
Venue 25 SURFERS AV
MERMAID WATERS QLD 4218
Date 7 MAY 2018
Meeting opened 1.10PM
MEMBERS PRESENT
John Mc Donald, Ted Hamilton ,John Iskenderian, Wayne Sedawie, Ruth Benjamin Thomas ,Sally Patel, Natassa Patel, Patrick Ujszaszi, Paul Sedawie
APOLOGIES
Ken Willis. George Christianos, Edmond Lahoud. Yanni Athanasiadis, Stephen Ellerman
CORRESPONDENCE
Letter from NOMA read out in regard to the closure of the Mintabie opal field.
Letter from the LRMA read out in regard to the changes to the nomenclature.
TREASURES REPORT
The report was read by the president with a balance of 25,276 .00 I
MOTIONS APPROVED
The opal association pay $600 to wards the cost of the add in the Tucson show guide as it promoted the opal trail in Australia which benefits all members.
Proposed Wayne Sedawie
Seconded Patrick Ujszaszi.
The Opal Association to purchase an Opal Kit from Cody Opals for 5000.00 dollars to be used for education and as a base to test members before they can issue certificates.
Proposed John Mc Donald
Seconded Paul Sedawie
Approved by the meeting
GENERAL BUSINESS
Ruth Benjamin Thomas presented a update on the nomenclature and informed the meeting of details for the Lightning ridge miners symposium where a presentation will be made. Suggestions were made to look into the opal tree for easy understanding of the different opal classifications for general use.
Smart chart A discussion was held as to whether the opal association should use the smart chart or develop our own but the general view was to stay away from valuations.
The site had some technical issues recently which have now been resolved.
MEETING CLOSED 2 PM
NEXT MEETING DATE 3 AUGUST 2018
TIME 7 AM
VENUE GOLDCOAST OPAL SHOW