2024 General Membership Meeting Agenda

2024 General Membership Meeting

Oct. 19, 2:30 p.m.

Willamette Art Center

 

Call to order – Sage Dunham, President

Attendance – Identify members present

Secretary’s report – Membership report and review of the 2023 meeting minutes

Treasurer’s report – Financial position of the WAC – Dave McConnell

President’s report – Sage Dunham

Executive Director’s report – Lisa Joyce

Committee reports

  • Budget – Dave McConnell
  • Empty Bowls – Pam Baldwin and Claudia Hill
  • Strategic Planning – Carla Axtman

Election of new board members – Sage Dunham

  • Nominees: Renita Hiebert, Josie Hummert and Christine Lamoureaux
  • Appointment process for vacanices

Bylaws update – Pam Baldwin

Member Questions and Discussion

Adjourn

Job descriptions for AV volunteers

Thank you so much for volunteering to work at the Willamette Art Center’s booth at the state fair’s Artisans’ Village.

If you are unable to attend our volunteer training on Wednesday, Aug. 21 at 6:30 p.m., please read the following documents. We will email you the admissions pass and a parking permit for the yellow lot.

 

If you signed up for a “cash shift,” please read through these directions.

AV Business Area Booth Instructions 2024

 

For the “glaze” volunteers, this information is helpful:

Raku Glaze Area 2024

 

For firing the Raku kilns read this guidance:

Procedure for Raku kiln firing for state fair

Empty Bowls Throw-a-Thon

All the efforts of hours of volunteer work has resulted in the best glazing opportunities for the next several weeks. We are now pretty much up to the inventory levels we were targeting for the Empty Bowl sale the week before Thanksgiving. Your generous hard work, creativity and energy has us coming into the home stretch of glazing all our pieces.

The next three Sundays: October 8th, 15th, and 22nd will be dedicated to finishing up everything that has accumulated over the last couple of months. We have about 200 pieces that need some TLC glazing and decorating to complete the inventory. Please join us on these Sundays from 1pm to 5pm for this last push of effort to make our Empty Bowl sale the best ever – again. We will have experienced glazers on hand to help with the process. Come on in and learn some different techniques or combinations of glazes. This is the last, and probably for most of us, the most challenging part of the process.

Let’s learn something together, have some fun, have some snacks and GET THIS DONE!!

WAC Updates ~ Sept 14

FRIDAY CLOSURE:

The studio is closed Friday the 15th, for an all day Oregon State Fair BBQ Picnic in our parking area.

THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS!

To all Artisan Village volunteers, a Tremendous Thank You! All your efforts created a great atmosphere for the fairgoers. Such great Raku results!
Again, you are much appreciated!

Kevin Herzberg, Artisan Village Coordinator

NEW CLASS ADDED….

 

 

Fall Classes & Clay-a-Thon

Sign up for our Fall classes and workshops, available now online or in the studio. We are also offering two workshops:

4 week Mindful Sculpting with K.D. Rowell, Sept 20 – Oct 11, 6-8PM;
2 day Drum Workshop with Jim Ransom, Sept 30, 4:30-7:30PM & Oct 7, 4:30-5:30PM

Workshops & classes fill quickly. Click on the ‘Fall Schedule” button below!

WAC Staff

Fall Schedule

Clay-a-Thon Reminder!

There are two more Empty Bowls Clay-a-Thons scheduled:

Sundays 1:00PM – 4:00PM
August 13 & 20

Join us for a good time and a good cause!

Margrethe Gregg
Empty Bowls Chair

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