July Meeting Notes

This month's meeting was primarily geared toward creating peace and
happiness within the group.  While we met, we also all decorated puzzle
pieces with positive words describing art 7 about on them...at the end
we put it together....what a masterpiece!

Some decisions were made on a few things that will change...

1.  All events/info that you would like to see discussed at a meeting
must be emailed to Kim first.  She will forward an agenda to the group
and that way if it is something that you want to be a part of or put
your "two cents" into, you can attend the upcoming meeting.

2.  We also decided that we need to get to business quickly at meetings
and then move on to the fun and social part of our time together.
Someone will be responsible for each meeting's demo or
project...rotating the responsibility around to everyone who is
interested.

3.  Business will be further discussed by event committees and
decisions regarding that event will be made by the members of that
committee...therefore, if yo want to be a part of making decisions
regarding a specific event...you may want to join that committee.
Committee members will then report back to Kim and/or the group.

A few other details were discussed and finalized at this meeting as
well...

*  The art & about member exhibit will be held at the Rahr West Art
Museum in 2009 rather than at Roncalli.  It will run from January 11-24
and be displayed in the corridor area and lounge (which are the areas
that we had the chairs in last year before the Chairs for Charity
Auction.)

*The 2009 Spring tour will be May 15 & 16.

*The 2009 Fall tour will be October 23 & 24

*Chairs for Charity will return for it's second year on November 21st
at the Rahr West! The chairs will be brought to the museum on November 9th

More to come later on these events....

Also, if anyone is interested in attending the County Art Exhibit
Reception, it is this coming Sunday, the 20th, from 1-4 at the Rahr
West...and Richard Young will be doing a demo from 2-3...

Also, Patrick Burke, one of our scholarship recipients, is currently
home from Italy and will be doing 2 demos at the Rahr West.  They will
be on July 26th and 27th, both days from 12:30 - 3:30...for more info on either of these events,
please go to the Rahr West's website...  www.rahrwestartmuseum.org or
call them at 683-4501.

I think that for the most part...this is what we discussed...

Oh, and Thank you to all of you who responded to the survey that Kim
sent out, it has been a very helpful tool in assessing the state of the
group and what changes should be made int he future...if you have any
concerns or questions feel free to email Miss Kim.