The story year is drawing to close.
Before we at Storytelling Australia
Victoria central take a break from dreaming and planning, we have a few
acknowledgements and thank yous to make.
The re-visioning of SAV over the past three
years has been a slow and committed process from a small committee. After many
voluntary hours, two of our members have decided to step to the side. We’d like
to thank, from the depth of our hearts, the contributions made to the organization
by Louisa John-Krol and Teena Hartnett.
Teena
Hartnett
Teena stepped into multiple roles:
administration secretary, membership secretary and treasurer. She has
painstakingly set up systems, prepared our yearly statements ensuring the
ongoing health and sustainability of our organisation. Teena also supported us
in establishing World Storytelling Day as an annual
event in our calendar, negotiated venues and graciously hosted. She has also
hosted Stories by the Fire for us at the
Newport Folk Festival.
In addition to these roles Teena has kept
the communication open with members and planned our end of year celebrations.
She also instigated the idea that we deepen our relationship with the Newport Fiddle and Folk Club and library
partnerships. This has led to a Partnership with Hobsons Bay Libraries
who now support us with a beautiful venue for our third Friday of the month
gathering: Fabled Nights in Newport.
Teena also introduced Storytelling Australia Victoria to the Foundling Archive and the
Good Room and laid the groundwork for our inaugural event celebrating International Day of the Girl.
Louisa
John-Krol
We wish to acknowledge the support offered
by Louisa who took on the unexciting but essential role of Public Officer and the
task of setting up our insurance. These roles can take one into labyrinthine
spaces on the Internet and Louisa showed great perseverance and got us sorted!
However the greatest gift she has given, is
the history of
Storytelling Australia Victoria and the stories of our life members. With
the wave of new people joining us, it was apparent that we did not know the
history of the organization. Louisa spent well over a year researching,
interviewing, and collating information and images. Her work is meticulous and
it gives us great pride to see it up on the website. It is also a reminder
that Storytelling Australia Victoria will be celebrating 40 years in 2018.
Louisa is also a member of the Australian Fairy Tale
Society and she provides a strong link between our organisations. Many of
our members belong to both groups.
Louisa continues with her writing and
music. You can enjoy her work HERE
Our committee members oil the cogs and
grease the wheels that keep us moving forward and we recognize they also work
hard and have busy personal lives.
On behalf of the members and the committee,
thank you Teena and Louisa for your support and the hours you have gifted
Storytelling Australia Victoria. We look forward to seeing you at events and
hearing you tell stories
And we look forward to introducing you to the
brave new storytellers who have offered to step into these rather large shoes.
Jackie Kerin (president)
