Louisville Clay: October 2010

Introduction

Louisville Clay has over 100 members. We are a diversified group of ceramic artists from hobbyists to professionals. Throughout the year there are many events, meetings, and workshops sponsored by Louisville Clay, which are open to our members and the public.
For your convenience, anything on the blog that is in light blue is a link to an email address, a website or a slide show. On the right hand side there are lists of members' websites, repair resources, a link to our regional supplier, a list of individuals who teach classes and other pertinent information.
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Monday, October 18, 2010

Minutes: LOUISVILLE CLAY MEETING: October 6, 2010

LOCATION: St. Xavier High School

AGENDA: Demo by Kevin Payne, introduction of new officers

MEETINGS:

Detailed information will be sent out prior to each meeting. Dates and/or venues may be changed. All meetings begin at 6:30 unless otherwise noted.

Thurs., Dec. 9 - Christmas Party – Dave and Margie Fry’s House

KEVIN PAYNE'S FACEMUGS:

Kevin gave us a handout of his process and it is posted to the blog along with pictures taken by Suzanne Sidebottom. Thank you so much, Kevin, for a wonderful demonstration.

NEW OFFICERS:

President: Matthew Gaddie

Vice-President: Glenn Asauskas

Secretary: Dolita Dohrman

Treasurer: J-D Schall

Please send in your membership dues if you have not already done so. The email list will be amended on November 1^st.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT:

A meeting of all the Board Members will take place in November. The following items have been suggested for discussion by the out-going board and will be addressed at the board meeting:

- Raising Louisville Clay dues from $25 to $30 for the 2011/2012 year. (NOTE: not this year!)

- Eliminate the potluck portion of our meetings

- Change the date for Home Thrown/Home Grown

- Only have one major workshop, one minor workshop, and our clay sale as activities

The current board has added the following as items for consideration also:

- Start a mentoring program for members

- Put together a Bourbon Bottle Show

- Have critiques of work to help improve our techniques.

A report will be sent out to the membership if and when any changes are made.

COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS:

HOSPITALITY COORDINATOR: Suzy Hatcher with Kelly Meska as back-up

HOME THROWN/HOME GROWN: Linda Bowman with help from Janet Essenpreis and Caroline Zama

SCHOLARSHIP FUND COORDINATOR: Sharon Ramick. She would like someone to volunteer to help her so please contact her at clayhandsinky@yahoo.com

We are still looking for committee members to coordinate the following jobs:

Workshop coordinator: This would be researching potential workshop presenters, making flight and hotel reservations, picking them up at the airport, taking them to dinner (at LC expense, of course).

Videographer to archive special events: We already have a video camera and all videos can be uploaded to Vimeo to be linked to our blog or website.

MUDMOBILE:

Kentucky Mudworks will be delivering on Wed., Oct. 20^th. Deadline to place orders is 3 p.m. Monday, October 18^th.