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Houston Polymer Clay Guild
Board meeting minutes, Saturday, May 20, 2010
The meeting began at 12:10 p.m. Present were: Bob Wiley – President, Coordinator,
Patricia Daugherty -- Education Coordinator, Paula Kennedy – Secretary, Milli Jewell – Publicity Coordinator, and Tabiatha McKeever –
Member-at-Large. Absent were Betsy Fraser – Vice-President and Ronalyn Hurley – Treasurer and Membership.
Treasurer’s and Membership reports: Ronalyn
reported via email that the guild has $7,398.54 in the bank. We have 57 paid members.
Education Report: Laurie Mika is scheduled to hold a two-day
workshop August 14 & 15.
Patricia is working up the final workshop cost numbers. Laurie charges $175/student, but she will
be traveling in the area and her transportation costs should be low. Patricia hopes to be able to keep the
cost below $200. There will also be
a materials fee, but it is expected that most people will already have most
of the materials, so it may be optional.
Paula’s scheduled Viking Wire Knit class on Saturday, June 12 is full.
Milli suggested that we have a beginner’s
class on a regular basis. She is
willing to work up a syllabus for the class.
Future meetings:
May: Bob will demo xerox transfers.
June: Tabiatha
will show how to make miniature food items.
July: Bob will demo
“invisible canes”
October In
recognition of the Quilt Festival, Betsy will demo quilt canes.
Betsy had asked Patricia to do a demo on her tile bracelet construction in
September, but Patricia would rather do it in August. She will check with Betsy when she is
back in town.
Challenge: The October challenge will be “Faces
Events: Empty Bowls will be held at HCCC next Saturday, May
22. HPCG has been asked to
demonstrate during the event. Paula,
Milli and perhaps Bob will be there
Retreat: Paula made a motion that we accept the
contract from South Shore Harbour Hotel for the
retreat on September 30 – October 2, 2011.
The motion passed.
Patricia has confirmed Leslie Blackford as one of the retreat
teachers. She is working on getting Merrie Buchsbaum. Since Lindly Haunani lives in Hawaii, her travel
expense may put her out of our budget.
As an alternative Patricia suggested Marla Frankenberg or Janet
Farris. We would offer the teachers
$1000 for the weekend plus travel and meal expenses.
Sale:
Bob has contacted Beadaholique on Louetta. They
would be happy to host a guild sale provided that we do not have a sale at
Spring Beads within 4 months of the sale at their store
Logo Contest: The logo contest will be announced at the general
meeting today. Designs must be
submitted to any board member by the October meeting. The board will judge the winner who will
receive a year’s free guild membership.
Purchasing Agent: The idea of having an official guild purchasing
agent to coordinate group buys was tabled until the next meeting so that
the treasurer’s opinion could be included in the discussion.
The meeting adjourned at 12:55 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Paula Kennedy, secretary
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