August 8, 2007
We met in the backyard of Heather’s house on 14th street and were greeted by the welcoming reception of Dexter.
Ned has resigned his position as treasurer and Kate Gadd said she was willing to take over the position. A new account will be set up at U.S. Bank. We have approximately $500.00 + in the treasury but owe a good amount to Nelson Sign and Graphics.
We discussed the up and coming chairs for charity auction—we need to move the chairs to various locations to get enthusiasm going for the event. On Monday, August 13th at 1:30 the chairs will be moved to their new locations around the town. If anyone is interested in helping out please stop at Persimmons that afternoon. It shouldn’t take too long. Some of the businesses involved will be The Mad Hatter window, M & I Bank, the Visitor’s Center, Splash, Best Western, et cetera. If anyone has any other ideas—let us know.
Heather said she will make a list and print up a decal for the bottom of all the chairs—her mom will donate the decals—Thanks Mom! Also, we will need tickets printed—Vista Print? We also discussed that anyone donating a chair should get a complimentary ticket—one per chair donated. Tickets should be reasonable this first year to get people to come. We decided on $5.00 a ticket.
We just may have a guest celebrity auctioneer but mums the word on who that could be right now until we get the final ‘okay’. No, I don’t know who it is either—so it would be fruitless to ask.
The auction date still stands as the culmination of the fall tour—the tour will be Friday October 26 and 27, the chair auction will be the 27th at 7:00 at the Rahr-West museum. We will have more on that when plans are finalized. Anyone wishing to be of help on auction night—let us know—in our September meeting we will be discussing what needs to be done the night of the auction. All chairs will be set up at the museum by that week before so people can stop in and see what’s up.
Perhaps we could get some businesses to donate food for the auction—we’re thinking basically chocolate, cheese, coffee, and wine—the four main food groups.
Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 12th at 6:30 at Lauren’s place: Petal’s Plus, 7014 Center Rd.
That’s all for now. Get those chairs painted! See you soon!
Jo of Art
Quote of the month:
Artists can color the sky red because they know it's blue. Those who aren't artists must color things the way they really are—or people will think they're stupid.
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