~ Vancouver Pen Club meeting ~ Date: Thursday October 20, 2016 Place: Perks pen store, 5844 Cambie St, Vancouver, BC (ie. our usual venue) Time:6:30pm to 8:30pm or so Theme: "PAPER VIEW"--- a special talk on writing paper by Tracey Pitt of Unisource Canada Please bring your own favourite "fountain pen-friendly writing paper; Tracey will bring some samples of paper sold by Unisource for us to try and compare.
The topics discussed in Tracey's talk will include:
A quick overview on how paper is made
What to look for when selecting paper
Some interesting info about writing on paper
Questions
The best way to obtain these papers
Many thanks in advance to Tracey for volunteering her time to be our special speaker for the October meeting, and to Christopher R. for putting me in touch with her. I think it'll be a very fun and interesting evening!
Our secondary theme is always Newest Acquisitions, so if you have any new pens, ink or accessories, please bring them with you to show.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Meetings are held monthly, on the third Thursday of each month, except December (no meetings in December) . Please check our blog/website (see below) for last-minute schedule changes/updates. Our blog/website: http://www.vancouverpenclub.com Any questions? Please contact us at vancouverpenclub@gmail.com No RSVPs necessary for any meetings held at Perks pen store. Come one, come all!