The "Weavers' Forum" produces a 'no frills' quarterly newsletter for weavers of Australian and New Zealand. It includes reviews of exhibitions and/or weavers and their work; information/reviews on equipment developments; new and different techniques; textile courses; visiting textile practitioners; and workshop proposals.

1.  To provide a forum of communication between all weavers    
    throughout Australia and New Zealand; to enable them to get to
    know each other and to share information; and
2. To be inclusive and friendly, and to appeal to all types and stages
    of weavers and weaving, beginners to experienced, simple to
    complex.

At a meeting of weavers at the Textile Fibre Forum, in Mittagong in April 1998, Trudy Newman’s idea of creating a quarterly newsletter was warmly received by 20 enthusiastic weavers. At the time Trudy was an established designer weaver and had identified the need to have more contact with other weavers, particularly those like her who lived in the country. Following the meeting at Mittagong, Trudy put together the first Weavers Forum newsletter and it has continued to be produced every quarter since.

From those initial 20 members, the membership has slowly increased to over 200 members from both Australia and New Zealand in 2010.

The idea of an exhibition had been on the agenda for many years and in 2008, during the 10th anniversary year of Weavers Forum, an inaugural exhibition was held in Tamworth in October/November.