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CLAYFEST STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING -- Attending : Susan
Roden, Shirley & Jerry Huft, Tracie Manso, Holly Dubrasich, Susan Fishel, Avi Harriman, Ken Standhardt, Frank
Gosar, Paula MacCullen, Rhoda Fleischman, Robin Russell, Elaine Pruitt, Merry Newcomer, Mary Hindman, Susie Young,
Faith Rahill, Michael Fromme, Linda Williams, Alissa Clark Paula began the meeting by finishing the CLAYFEST
BUDGET : Debit/Credit
$ 10 Publicity
$ 3500 Sponsorship
$ 50 Bookkeeper
$ 50 Demo
$ 150 Kids Clay
$ 50 (aprons) Secretary
$ 5 WorkShifts
$ 10 Gallery
$ 150 Set-Up
$ 4175 ($800 storage, $625
lights, $200 pedestals/materials, $2450 pipe & drape, $100 miscellaneous) Anticipate $1750 income from booths for pipe & drape Merry motions, Tracie seconds to accept the budget - unanimously passes LATE LOCAL CLAY DUES :
Among the members who did not pay their Local Clay dues by the January 31 deadline to be eligible for ClayFest,
were 3 ClayFest Chairs. At the last Local Clay Board Meeting, it was decided that members who paid their dues by
April 15, could pay a $30 late fee with their ClayFest application to be eligible for the show. TRAINEES : · Paula
introduced Ken Standhardt as the Kids Clay trainee under present Chair, Elise Corin. He stated his qualifications,
and was heartily accepted. · She
then introduced Elaine Pruitt and Susie Young, from Local Clay who may be interested in Chair positions. Susie
has computer capabilities. By the end of the meeting, they expressed interest in being co-Chairs for Publicity. · Rosa
& Spencer who have been the Credit/Debit Chair are not going to be in ClayFest. They plan to move to
POINTS / BOOTH SELECTION : Clarification from last months meeting
: There are 18 committee Chairs + 6 Local Clay officers = 24 people who automatically
get a booth. Out of 56 total booths, that leaves 32 for other persons with points and other booth applicants. The order of booth selection starts with the highest number of points.
Current Chairs go first, then others with the highest number of points. If there is more than 1 current Chair with
the most points their names are drawn to determine the order of booth selection. Likewise, if there is more than
1 other person with most points, their names are drawn to determine the order of booth selection after the Chairs.
Next is the second highest number of points, if there is more than 1 current Chair with that amount of points,
their names are drawn to determine the order of booth selection, etc. Shirley suggests : After all people with points choose their booth, trainees with no points should get to select their
booth before other applicants. This would be a “perk” for committee Chair trainees. This is heartily endorsed. PUBLICITY CHAIR :
Frank has a CD of high resolution photos from last years ClayFest show taken by Jon Meyers. He also has a sample
article that was not used last year. Eugene Weekly has not been used enough for publicity - need to contact
them. CLAYFEST APPLICATION : Grace, the Registrar, could not be at this meeting. Paula went through
last years application line-by-line
to make changes for this year. Changes to note are : · Gallery
Only participants are required to submit a $25 refundable deposit with their application. Those who cancel after
September 1 will forfeit their deposit. · Persons who paid their Local Clay dues after January 31 and before
April 15, need to include a $30 penalty with their application, to be eligible for the show. The DEADLINES
for 2007 are as follows : · April
15 - Last day to pay Local Clay dues to be eligible to participate in the show. · May
2 - Application postmark deadline · May
16 - Booth Assignment Meeting, · May
22 - Booth notification mailed · June
30 - Advertising image deadline for postcard and poster · July
31 - Advertising
image deadline for print ads · August
1 - 100% refund cancellation postmark deadline · August
13 – Move-In Packet and Committee/WorkShift Info mailed · August
15 - Gallery Only application postmark deadline · September
1 - 50% refund cancellation postmark deadline (NO refunds after September 1) · October
12 - Show set-up: · October
13 - It is requested that Grace mail a post card to all Local Clay members approximately
a week before the application is available to notify everyone. It will inform them the ClayFest application will
be available on-line to be downloaded and mailed back. Those who want to request an application be mailed to them,
will need to contact (phone, write) Grace. SPONSORSHIP Alissa Clark requested $50 to partially compensate her for expenses incurred
last year in this position. She lost the receipts and had been in touch with Susan Fishel about this matter. It
was approved to make an exception and give her the money. She then reported that Skutt and Stash Tea had already committed sponsorship.
Stash Tea would give money, not gift certificates. Other suggestions included
: Pacific Continental Bank who Local Clay and ClayFest both bank with; Jerry’s Home Improvement, Better
Lighting and Selco Credit Union (they give community grants). Susan Fishel said that when she submitted our taxes, she included a letter
asking for sponsorship in lieu of a bill. NEXT MEETING
: WEDNESDAY, MAY 16
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