2020 AGM complete
Thank you to everyone who voted on the on-line 2020 FSP AGM. We were quorate so the results will stand. All motions were passed without dissent and the new committee members are therefore duly elected.
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FSP 2020 AGM
Friendly Street Poets Inc is obliged to hold its Annual General Meeting by the end of April 2020. Due to the restrictions imposed under the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, it is not possible to have a face-to-face meeting. However, we can satisfy our statuary requirements by having a minimal AGM on-line.
The on-line meeting is open from 9:00am Monday, 20th April, 2020 until 5:00pm Friday 24th April, 2020.
You must be a current financial member of FSP to have your vote counted.
There are four items on the Agenda:
(1) Acceptance of the Minutes of the 2019 AGM.
(2) Acceptance of the 2020 Treasurer’s Report.… Click for more
2020 AGM and Call for Nominations for FSP Management Committee
Due to social restrictions operating under the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, FSP will need to run its 2020 AGM in a minimal form on-line. An agenda with attendance and voting forms will be available from Monday 20th April, 2020.
Meanwhile, we are calling for nominations to the FSP Management Committee. Appointments are for 2 years.
If you wish to nominate, please fill in the form below. No other mode of nomination will be available.
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FSP February City Meeting and Open Mic – change of venue!
Monday, 3rd February, 2020
6:00 – 9:30pm.
Due to water damage to the Box Factory from the storm over the weekend, tonight’s FSP Meeting is moved to:
Minor Works Building
22 Stamford Court
Adelaide
Between Wright and Sturt Streets, access from Wright Street
Our first city meeting for 2020!!
Bring along your poems to read or just come and listen to a diverse range of poetry. Remember, 3 minutes maximum mic time per reader to make sure everyone gets a go and has an audience.
Sign-in from 6:00pm for a start around 6:20pm. Second session starts around 7:30pm.
If you want your poem to be considered for this year’s anthology, you must be a member of FSP (you can join on the night).… Click for more
November Poem of the Month: Lindy Warrell
The Tourist by Lindy Warrell
It's not my country…… Click for more
this jeweled isle of caparisoned elephants
and twirling dancers chanting and
torch throwing in dazzling costumes
over pure white cloth
to a million torches and drums
thrumming in veneration.
Buddhist spectacle surround sound.
It's not my country…
where obeisance to gods
and vows are performed
in coconut frond palaces
woven for the divine when
a priest trans vests to dance
in silken sari and trance. He is the Goddess.
Cries of joy and rupees adorn Her sacred hem.
It's not my country…
where drunken tourists
lounge near-naked in hotel luxury
and palm-lined beaches
wander unheeding in
paddy fields people call home
where buffalo graze and children play.