MINIATURE ENTHUSIASTS OF OTTAWA P.O Box 185 Station “B” Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6C4 www.MEOminis.com General meeting July 2, 2008 The meeting was called to order at 7:45. Minutes of previous meeting- approved by Coreen Atkins-Sheldrick, seconded by Joan Plouffe. Membership-1 returning member Marg Sanders                       2 new members Bill and Heather Anderson Library -       Received Miniature Collector 2008 and                      2 books from the estate of Rita Valois- Classic Design Styles                                                                                          Interior Design Motifs                      There was no Library available as McNabb did not have keys                      or our cupboards.                      DON'T FORGET if you cannot atttend a meeting and have library book due call                      Judy Smithson 613-731-2113 to avoid the $4.00 per book per month fine.                                                                     Correspondence-                      Nothing to report Treasurer's Report                       Reconciled Bank Balance as of May 31/08         $1812.41                       Net Income                                                                466.43                       Balance as of June 30/08                                        2278.84 Workshops   MEO will not have workshops for July and August but there will be                      Workshops held at Gayle Baillargeon’s new store Petworth                              Miniatures in Winchester.   www.petworth.com Raffle Prize to be drawn next meeting consists of 2 room boxes.  Since we did not have access to our raffle tickets, names of those who paid for tickets were recorded by Harriet.  Tickets will be issued next meeting. 30th Anniversary Gifts Harriet has several which have not been claimed.  If you were a member in good standing as of June 2008, you are eligible for one. Food and Kitchen Cleanup for August Barb Martin and Jo-anne Smith Shows and Announcements     Entry forms for Super Ex – deadline July 30     N.A.M.E. Castles and Cottage Show –July 24-27     New Hampshire     Edmonton Show and Sale- Sept 21     M.E.A.C Gathering 2009 is to be held in Peterborough April 18-20.  Info is on the Net "miniature gathering Peterborough"    -there are to be 9 registered workshops of which Harriet is in charge - anyone interested     in any of the above should contact Harriet.       Gathering 2010 – will be held in Ottawa.  Harriet will probably be running it. Anyone who would like to help or find out more about what a gathering is can  contact her.  Also, we will have to come up with a theme..any ideas? Next Meeting Guest speaker will be Joanne Metcalfe.  Her subject will be Sculpted Dolls.  Please bring in you favourite dolls for Show and Tell. Show and Tell Lynne Patterson brought in a turned vase which she purchased at the R.A Show done by Glen Anderson www.keendersonminiatures.com  and an advertisement for Martin’s Miniworks www.freewebs.com/martinsminiworks/index.htm Diane Sodja brought in some knick- knacks from a garage sale which appeared to be quite old and asked if anyone would know anything about them. Guest Speaker The speaker tonight was our own Lorraine Tinsley on Using Paper for making miniature models.  She has made a Model T Ford almost entirely out of paper as a gift for her Dad.  She got the plan from Dollhouse Miniature  June  2006.  She described the entire process which took her two months.  She showed some of her other projects made from paper including furniture, books, memory books and a tiny train station in a Christmas ornament.  She had  pages of photocopied dishes, which can be used to make miniature dishes- it was suggested we get a copy of this for our library. Some of her favourite places for material are Wallachs and Micheals.