THE 2009 STANLEYS Feedback on the Stanleys weekend has been coming at the ACA from all angles - thankyou to everyone for taking the time to write. It was indeed a big job, but an incredibly rewarding one and it’s heartening to know that everyone got the most out of it. Here’s to 2010! The 2009 Stanleys Organising Committee (Steve, Lindsay, Jules, Peter, Roger and KA) A big hit: The ACA Band
Congratulations ACA Jules, Lindsay, Peter, Steve, Rolf and all the others who got the Stanleys to happen. A great event, guests terrific, some good media coverage and humour factor right up there. Much appreciated. Regards
Bruce P. Hi Steve, My wife and I attended the Stanleys for the first time this year. It was a splendid occasion with much to celebrate. However I couldn’t help thinking that the sponsors may not have been feeling quite so cheerful. The mainstream news media are dying the slow death of a billion blogs, and I wondered who will employ our talented members when the last edition hits the pavement?
Jock Macneish
I finally got to read the whole menu/ book you guys did, really enjoyed reading about the history, and realise that maybe we ought to go back to the original ‘debauchery’ of 1923/24, carry on the tradition so to speak hehe. I did meet alot of first timers over the weekend, it was such a great turnout, alot of them will come back for more. Us lot can get a tad lonely, and this is a fantastic opportunity to talk about what we do to a load of people that know what the hell we’re talking about. Steve, thanks so much for the effort you put in mate. I reckon it would be a MAJOR task to do, worse than organising a wedding, and even then you know you can’t please everyone, so beam in the shine of success mate cos it was a FANTASTIC weekend!
Dee Texidor
rectified to a large extent on Saturday. Tom Ricmond gave a very professional presentation. The reverse caricature did not work very well. I think that the ACA should have a large, easel-sized placard, used perpetually, to announce to the public who we are and what we are doing, on these occasions. And have lots of easels and lots of opportunities for cartoonists to caricature as many people as possible, like in Wollongong or Coffs. The Stanleys ball and awards were great. The music was a bit loud, but I think I’m just old. I got out to see the Insiders exhibition and was thrilled to see my work up there. By the way, lost property - did anyone find my maroon ABWAC cap that disappeared sometime on that Saturday?
Craig Hilton
It was great to see everyone on Saturday - I had a ball sitting next to Bruce Petty.
Clare Fletcher -
Could have been better: reverse caricatures at Darling Harbour 18 www.cartoonists.org.au
As for the Stanleys, I had a wonderful time, and so did Julia. The harbour cruise was perfect. The set-up for Friday, especially the lack of a decent microphone and screen and raised podium seemed a bit slipshod. It was
Does this help you with tracking down the culprits, Craig?