Meeting with Tobwabba

Yesterday we traveled to Forster (NSW) to meet with the lovely people at Tobwabba Art. While Deb is practicing articulating the org's name (sorry Deb, had to include that !) the group are getting together some ideas about what to produce with the fabric that Tobwabba has generously donated.

Kerry & Kerrie at Tobwabba talked us through the process used to produce merchandise and the fundamentals of royalties. We have some great ideas for designs that we purchased from a local artist recently. Tim from the LALC provided morning tea which was much appreciated after 3hrs on the bus.

While a long way to travel (and thanks to our drivers Val & Alex who drove the former MiiMi Bus for Ngambaga) we gained some very valuable time to sit down together to discuss the coming months. Enough fodder for Kerry to complete the business plan.

The fashion parade and upcoming range was one of the primary topics discussed and we were able to narrow down the options to 5 garments (PHEW !)

So our main areas of focus at the moment: producing some prototypes for the new range (5 garments), building up stock of our cushions for ANTaR, building up stock for our market stall and as per every other day working through contracts, suppliers, ordering, process and so on.

The good news is that we're still having fun. Kerry has put her foot down about over working to make sure this feeling is maintained. (hoping talking in the third person makes that more authoritive)