Scribblers Of Brevard
January 24, 2009
Our first meeting for the year was called to order by our new president Jean Pastula at 1000.
We had one guest present. Her name was Marian Fungello. She is from Freehold, NJ and is down here for the winter. She is a published poet. Congratulations to her.
The minutes from our December meeting were read and approved.
Our treasurer was not present put sent in an email to the President stating that there was not change in our account. The balance remains $4071.71. He also asked that members be reminded that dues need to be paid for their 2009 membership dues ($15) are now due. He really needs to collect them as soon as possible so he can update the roster and get badges made up.
Jean announced that Edith Thomas was asked if she would be a consultant to the Scribblers. She could be called upon to answer questions about Scribblers or the Driftwood.
Our new business manager David Clark announced he would be involved with the end and final process of the upcoming Driftwood. He will help with making sure that all is correct before it is sent to the printers. He feels this will alleviate any problems before it goes to print.
It was announced we need a Hospitality person. This is the person who is responsible for supplying the coffee and goodies at each meeting. Fran said she was the one who was supposed to be doing it this past year, but that medical problems kept her from carrying out the duties. She said she would do it this year if we would allow her. Also selected were two alternates in case Fran could not make it to the meetings. Eileen Callan and Lori Crand stepped up and said they would be willing to assist Fran at any time.
Old Business: Jean thanked Nancy and David for all their hard work over the past year and for their planning of the luncheon.
Nancy asked if anyone who had taken photos at the luncheon had prints to let her borrow them so she could post them on the Scribblers website.
New Business: It was brought up about having speakers at our meetings giving them 15 minutes to discuss writing techniques. Also discussed was to allow the speaker the entire reading time. One suggestion was to have someone come in every other month or every quarter. It was noted that finding a guest speaker was one of the duties of the Vice President.
Another suggestion is to have whoever is reading, discuss how they came to be a writer, what led them to write. They would be given an additional 15 minutes of time. This would be set up with the Vice President at the meeting before they are scheduled to read.
This has been tabled until the first meeting in February.
Driftwood – It is time to start submitting work! Edith will be putting our book together this year. Get your stories in to Norma Baird. Edith said she will have the guidelines for this years book ready for handout at our next meeting.
Kevin announced he will be in an upcoming play. It is Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple. He will be playing the part of Murray the cop.
Brevard Authors Book signing will be March 7th at the Central Brevard Library in Cocoa. Table rental is $20.
Lori Kenrick’s gallery is hosting Heart To Heart a make over event on Feb 1st. A percentage of the cost will be given the heart association.
There is going to be a Memoir Writing workshop in Cape Canaveral. It will run for five weeks from Feb 17 to Mar 17th.
Jean had an idea that had been done several years ago. It is for a workshop for writers. It would be after our regular meeting and be a great way to introduce our group to prospective writers and to the community.
Jim Badger announce albeit a little late about a poetry night in Rockledge tonight.
Roberta introduced our first reader.
Carolyn Newby - she read to us some of the poetry she has written. Her first one was called Traveling Man A poem about being alone while her man was traveling about the country. Her next one Vanishing Breed was a poem on the scrub jay who are disappearing due to development. Another selection from Carolyn was Midnight At The Shore a very lovely poem about the reflections of the moon on the shore line. This was followed by After The Storm a look at a beach after a storm has passed by. Her final selection Come January memories of a Christmas that has just passed.
Maurice Reiff read Depths of Realization. It was about a phone call he had received from a close friend. His friend needed his help with a grandson who had recently lost a leg due to an accident in New York.
Angela Rella followed with another wonderful story about her family. She read to us Not All Trees Grow In Brooklyn. About how her Papa’s friend who planted three new oak trees in his backyard. Not long after planting them he sold the house. He did not want those trees left their for the new owners. The neighbor told her Papa that Angela could put them in her backyard in New Jersey!! She told of the way he managed to get the trees all the way from Brooklyn to her home in New Jersey.
David Clark finished his story Those Eyes. Before reading he recapped what had taken place so far. With that done the story continues with goons arriving at his house to search for the missing robot. They checked his robot out and found out amazing this was not the missing one. As time goes along things go well for the main character and the robot. One day he sees a little girl on the corner giving away puppies. He picks the runt of the litter and takes it home. He picked out the name Beta for the puppy and the robot tells him he would like to be called Angelo. Angelo decides the puppy is lonely and needs a companion and creates one for him. He says the robotic puppy is name Omega. In the end they realize that Angelo is not a Male robot but a female robot because….She has eyes in the back of her head!
Marian read some of her poems. One she had written for her children called When You Love. Another one for her daughter who was going through some bad times called Take One Day At A Time. Another one called Poem For Peace. Her next one was entitled Angel On My Shoulder about an angel who sits on her shoulder to guide her. She had written a poem to Donnie and Marie on the passing of their father and then added a bit about the passing of her father called Your Dad And My Dad. Her last poem was called Middle East Crisis about the war in the middle east and how it should be stopped.
Our final reader was Edith who read us a poem out of the Driftwood called Karma. It was a very deep poem. She told us that this particular one was written by an eleven year old.
Meeting was adjourned at 1145 with an invite for lunch at San Remo’s.
Respectfully Submitted,
Nancy Clark
Secretary