Conchology Section
Auckland Museum Institute

New Address
Peter Poortman advises that his new address is 26 Pendlebury Street, Green Bay, Auckland. Phone 817 1397, and email address now: peter.poortman@xtra.co.nz

Shell Show
Photographs taken at our recent Shell Show can now be viewed on our website: http://members.tripod.com/~nz_seashells/SS2004.htm

Next Meeting: Tuesday December 14th, 7:30pm
This meeting, our AGM and Christmas Social, will be held in the Ranfurly Room at the Epsom Community Centre, corner of Gillies Ave. and Kimberly Rd. Epsom.
Please bring along a plate with something nice for our Christmas supper and one shell in festive wrapping for our Christmas gift box so we will all have a surprise shell to take home. Could members wrapping a NZ shell mark it with a large N and those with an overseas shell please mark with an O.

Special Business
Our Annual General Meeting is the time to make appointments for the coming year and therefore a full attendance of members will be valued to ensure that a quorum is reached in order to allow the election of officers to take place. In accordance with the Section's rules, the current President stands down at this meeting. Doug is optimistic that there are enough willing members available to fill all positions on the new committee.
This meeting will also appoint a small sub commitee to arrange a programme for our 75th Jubilee around October 2005.

Important Topic for Discussion
A motion was tabled at the last committee meeting for discussion at the AGM asking that the Section donate $1500 to the Auckland Museum Institutes project for the purchase of a set of three "high tech" lecture seats for the Auckland Museum's new lecture theatre. If the meeting votes to support this project our donation will be recognised by the placement of a naming plaque on the set of seats.

Speaker
Doug Snook will show an assortment of his coloured slides which he hopes we will find so riviting that nobody will nod off.

Shells for the Night
This night is SHOW TIME so please bring along a display of your most showy shells from any family.

Library News
The Section's extensive collection of library books are available for loan and located on shelves at the rear of the Matapuna Gallery, Auckland Museum. Members can request specific books by contacting our Librarian Gladys Goulstone, 38a Church Street, Mangere Bridge, Auckland, ph. 09 634 2823, or email: gladysgoulstone@xtra.co.nz

Poirieria
The Editors require articles for the next issue of the Section's Journal, Poirieria.
Contact Jenny or Tony Enderby, PO Box 139 Leigh, North Auckland, Ph. 09 422 6127, or email: enderby@enderby.co.nz

Web-site
Our web-site officer is Peter Poortman: peter.poortman@xtra.co.nz

Christmas Gifts
Our member Margaret Morley has written a superb illustrated pocket book on NZ shells which will fit snugly into any Christmas stocking. The book can be bought from book stores and the cost is only $25.

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