Member News

Hi  members Please download the Australian opal articles that will be printed in the ICA journal that will be published next week. You might like to print it out as there are some detailed articles in it.

In regards to Mintabie some people who have not paid there lease fees will be forced off there leasehold by police in mid  feb according to a letter sent to residents. They were originally told to leave at the end of june. While they may have breached there licence conditions it seems un Australian to evict eldery people in the middle of summer who are going to leave any way. We are not sure but some miners may be caught up in this if they havent renewed there licenses. Some tv stations have been notified about the situation.

Kind Regards

Paul Sedawie

President of the Opal Association

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OPAL ASSOCIATION MEETING 10/01/2019

MEETING OPENED AT 1 PM

PRESENT Paul Sedawie ,Chris Gawthorpe, Wayne Sedawie ,Ross Sedawie , John Mc Donald,Sally Patel

APOLOGIES Sam Manis,Andrew Cody,George CHRISTIANOS

CORRESPONDENCE

We received replies to the letter we sent out on Mintabie from Hon Dan Van Holst Pellekaan MP, Rown Ramsey MP and Hon Mathew Canavan.  It appears the town will close but the situation of miners hasn’t been decided yet.  Suggestions have been made to work with the APY land council but this is unlikely to produce results. We will keep you informed when we receive any information.

TREASURES REPORT The bank balance is $28924.75

Paul Sedawie moved a motion for the Opal association to pay for a add in the Tucson show guide for 2433 USD featuring the Tucson and Australian opal trail and also the IOJDAA awards

Seconded  by Ross sedawie

Paul Sedawie moved a motion for the opal association to advertise in the ICA journal for 2000 USD  using the same add. The ICA is doing extensive articles on Australian opals to be ready by Tucson

Seconded by John mc Donald

John mc Donald move a motion to use 500$ to use social media for the Tucson gem show.

Seconded by Chris Gawthorpe.

Classification

The article on hydrophane opal was discussed in regards to the LMHC definition and the response from Dr Simon Pecover  to it. The issue between porosity and permeability was discussed.

General business

Members doing the Tucson show are encouraged to use the attached add on their social media to let customers know their location. It was felt that next year we should consider dropping the Tucson show guide in favour of social media alone. The ICA journal is an impressive publication which is doing some articles  on opals so we should support companies who promote our industry . The ICA issues 4 publications per year and we should consider using this magazine  for our main advertising as it is sent all around the world and is well recognized as a leading publication in the gem trade.

The issuing of certificates was mentioned but it will be discussed at another meeting.

I hope all sellers in Tucson have a terrific show .

Meeting closed at 2pm

Kind Regards

Paul Sedawie

President of the Opal Association

http://www.opal.asn.au/opal/

Po Box 323

Mermaid Beach QLD 4218

Australia

0407 577 545

To be held the 10 January at 25 surfers ave Mermaid Waters  Qld at 1 pm

Agenda

To work on a strategy for advertising opals in magazines and social media in Tucson and also the ICA journal which is doing some articles on Australian opals.

For any queries you can phone me on 0407577545