Last night, 16 October, CSFG held our annual general meeting. The outgoing committee reported to the members on activities and achievements for the year, including:
- publication of the Next anthology
- publication of Next, Winds of Change and Kaaron Warren’s The Grinding House as e-books
- changing our membership structure to welcome Outer Canberra members
- our first CSFG writers’ retreat
- participation for a second year in the Write-a-Book-in-a-Day contest
- monthly craft, information and professional development sessions at our members’ meetings
- continued operation of the CSFG novel writing group and short story and novel critiquing groups
- attending the Supanova pop culture expo as vendors for the first time
- and Rik kept his pants on at every meeting.
At the AGM, we also elected a new committee, several of whom have continued on from the previous year, in some cases in different roles:
- David Dufty, President
- Mitchell Akhurst, Vice President
- Rob Porteous, Treasurer
- Ian McHugh, Secretary
- Liefe Shallcross, Public Officer
- Kimberley Gaal
- Shauna O’Meara
- Dave Versace
- Phill Berrie
- Rik Lagarto
Our thanks to outgoing committee members Matthew Farrer and Elizabeth Fitzgerald for their contributions over the past several years.