Administration

Opal Association committee Meeting minutes

Date 22/03/2023

25A Surfer ave Mermaid Beach QLD 4218

The meeting was opened by Paul Sedawie @ 10am

IN ATTENDANCE

Paul Sedawie, Wayne Sedawie, Sally Patel, Natassa Patel, Patrik Ujszaszi, Chris Gawthorpe, John Hamilton, Ross Sedawie, Ted Hamilton

Items discussed.

1.            Paul is planning on resigning his Presidency at the end of the financial year and would like to get the test organised and implemented before he resigns.

This is the first time an association is offering a test to enable members to issue Certificate of Authenticity’s

2.            Paul is volunteering his time to travel to the gem shows to offer and supervise the test for interested members

Motion by Paul Sedawie to pass the following regarding the Certification Test

The following items were discussed regarding the certification test:

• There will be a written and practical exam to be passed with at least 80% accuracy.
• Committee members are to be Certified by the end of April to enable them to offer the test to members at various locations
• Ted suggested for a booklet to be printed with all the references/information needed to be to study to take the test, Natassa will organise this.
• The practical exam will have to be taken in person.
• The written exam can be done with open book and presented to the committee member taking the test that day for marking.
• The association will offer this test free of charge.
• The certificate of Authenticity will show.

-probable location of opal origin

-solid, doublet, triplet, synthetic

-type of opal

-weight with 2 decimal points

-photo of opal

-rough, solid, assembled

-there will be NO N rating

-only black opal, dark opal , white opal or crystal opal

-Brightness – Vivid, very bright, bright, dull, subdued.

• Basic membership can issue 100 Certificates.

Medium membership can issue 500 Certificates.

Export Membership can issue unlimited Certificates.

• A standard set of stones will be put together by Natassa and Paul for the test.
• Stone must be in hand to be Certified.
• The Certificate is for the Opal only not Jewellery , if the stone is set in Bezel it has to be removed to be Certified
• Any type of Opal can be certified except Fossils.
• The test is to be revised when the new classification is passed by CIBJO.

Passed Natassa Patel

Motion by Paul Sedawie

for Ross Sedawie to upgrade the Website by Mid-May to allow for Certificates to be Issued through the site by Members that have passed the Certification Test.

Second Wayne Sedawie

• Expressions of interest in taking the test to issue Certificates to email Paul Sedawie @ [email protected]

Meeting closed by Paul Sedawie

11am

Wednesday the 22 MARCH 1O AM @ 25A SURFERS AVE MERMAID WATERS 4218

The main aim of this meeting is to finalize the opal test for members wishing to issue certificates through the opal association web site.

To get some ideas please watch the video which is posted on the opal association web site

https://www.facebook.com/opalassociation

To our Members,

We hope you are all well and business is good.

OPAL CERTIFICATES OF AUTHENTICTY 

We are working on getting the opal test for members finished- We have attached some suggest questions from Natassa Patel who is working on it. 

We suggest you check out this link on the opal associations face book page on how to tell if a opal is treated or natural.

This test is only avaliable to those who wish to take the test in Australia at present.

https://www.facebook.com/opalassociation

QLD LEASE AREAS

It apperas that the claims and lease areas are still under review but the general feeling is that the govt will be more accomaditing to the opal industry. The opal association did make a donation to this issue.

OPAL ASSOCIATION MEETING

As soon as Natassa Patel returns from the Tucson show we will have a meeting and finish the opal certificate test.

This test will ensure the correct issue of the Certificates. Members will have to pass before they can issue Certificates.

Below you will find a copy of the suggested test created by Natassa Patel. We would appreciate your comments and feedback so we can get this passed through the Committee and implemented on the Website.

thank you