Houston Polymer Clay Guild
Board meeting minutes, Saturday, June 21, 2008

The meeting began at 12:15 p.m. Present were: Bob Wiley – President, Paula Kennedy – Secretary, Patricia Daugherty -- Education Coordinator and Betsy Fraser – Member-at-Large. Absent were Rebecca Wells-Stout -- Vice-President, Ronalyn Hurley – Treasurer and Membership Coordinator

There was no treasurer’s report.

Future meetings:
July: Bob will demonstrate “invisible canes” and sanding and buffing.
August: Betsy will present ideas on what to do with scrap clay. Because the Houston Bead Society will be conducting their mini-bazaar in our regular meeting room that say, we will meet in the “aquarium room.”

Classes:
Barbara Banks and Kim Pajot will be teaching a beginners’ class on Saturday, August 3 at Novel Approach in Friendswood.

Laura Tabakman will teach a two-day workshop on October 4 & 5, 2008. Registration is underway.

Patricia has arranged for Louise Fischer Cozzi to teach a class on the third weekend in May 2009. There will be no regular guild meeting that day.

Maureen Carlson will be teaching a two-day workshop on February 7 & 8, 2009. Details to be announced.

Events:
“Feat of Clay” Shoe Exhibit: The exhibit has been installed in the artist’s hallway of the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (HCCC).

Hands-On Houston: In conjunction with the shoe exhibit, HCPG will be the demonstrator for the Saturday, July 5 Hands-On Houston at HCCC. The guild has been asked to do something related to the shoes. We will have the kids make small “flip-flops”. Paula has made flip-flop-shaped clay cutters, Bob will provide clay. Bob, Paula, Patricia and probably Rebecca will attend.
Karen Lewis (“Klew”) will be coming to Houston for the Houston Bead Society Sale the weekend of November 7-9, 2008. The board is interested in having a social event with her on that Saturday evening. If Jill is not able to host Karen while she is here Betsy can do it. Judith Skinner, Karyn Kozak and Jennifer Patterson will be in Houston for the quilt show November 1-2, 2008. The board will plan to have a reception for them also.

Challenges:
The July challenge is “bugs.”
He challenge for October will be “black & white”. No other colors of clay will be allowed.

Board Compensation:
The board discussed the possibility of compensating the board for their efforts by reimbursing their membership fee for the duration of their board term. Both Paula and Betsy thought is was not enough incentive to change someone’s mind in favor of serving on the board. The general discussion was negative. Patricia asked if it was OK for her to offer her free place as education coordinator in Maureen Carlson’s upcoming class to Meg as Meg had done all the legwork during her term of office. Paula made such a motion, Betsy seconded and the motion passed.

Retreat: The board will meet at South Shore Harbor Hotel on Friday, June 27 at 3:30 pm to discuss the possibility of having the 2009 retreat with the hotel representative and to see possible meeting areas.

Kim Cavender and Dayle Doroshow have agreed to teach at the retreat. Patricia is waiting to hear from Barbara McGuire.

The meeting adjourned at 12:55 p.m.

[At the general meeting a motion was made that we purchase a packet of silk screens from Ginny Eckley to place in the raffle box. It was seconded and passed by the boardmembers present.]

Respectfully submitted,
Paula Kennedy, secretary