Meeting Minutes

We had 18 members and 1 guest at the September 10, 2016 meeting. We held this meeting at the Unity Church in Warr Acres, since our usual meeting space was busy with the upcoming state fair. The fellowship hall where we met was nice and spacious — thank you to Unity Church for allowing us to use it, and to Connie making the arrangements for us.

Show and tell items included name tags from last month’s lesson, hollow beads, Bottles of Hope, mud cloth pattern necklace, recipe holder, an angel, and a turtle box. Thanks to Tom, photos of these items are available on our Facebook page.

Our September program was “Pumpkin & Fall Leaves Box,” presented by Chris Crossland and Karen Humphreys. Our teachers were extremely well-prepared and very generous with instructions and extra supplies.

In the business meeting, Laura moved to approve the August minutes. Lee Ann seconded and the motion passed.

Vice-President’s Report: Jane gave an overview of the upcoming programs:

• October: Marsha and Deborah
• November:  Angela – carving & fortune cookies
• December:  Party / Dirty Santa

Treasurer’s Report: Angela gave the treasurer’s report. We now have 31 members.

Bottles of Hope: Connie thanked those who had donated Bottles of Hope. She encouraged us to continue making them, especially bottles for kids, as we hope to donate about 12 per month.

New Business:

Jane gave a report about Penni Jo, who has undergone several medical procedures, but is doing well and hopes to leave the hospital on Monday. Jane collected cards to deliver to Penni Jo.

Old Business:

State Fair Demo: Angela handed out gate tickets and parking passes to those who volunteered to help with the state fair polymer clay demo, which will be held September 18th, from 2-6 p.m. Tom will bring the handouts and banner.

State Fair Polymer Clay Entries: Angela reminded attendees that their entries for the State Fair’s Creative Arts competition are due by Sunday, September 11th.

Deb Hart Workshop: Deb Hart will be our special guest teacher for a workshop on Saturday, October 29th, from 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. It will be held in our regular meeting room at the Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center on the fairgrounds. The cost will be $50 and will include lunch. Attendees may also purchase a copy of the handout to take home for an additional $10.

• After discussion, the group decided the class should be on Deb Hart’s turtle box.
• Myra offered to set up an EventBrite registration form. We will post the link soon.
• Angela will take & place orders for a Panera Bread lunch. She will need someone to pick up the order and take it to the class.

Retreat: Tom is going to get in touch with Karen Lewis to see about getting more details on class offerings. Myra has put up a preliminary page about the retreat.

There was no drawing or swap this month. Our next meeting will be October 8th, 1:30 pm at Oklahoma Contemporary Art Center on the OKC Fairgrounds. We will have our inchie swap, with a “Fall” theme. We will also have our drawing, so please bring a door prize if you were one of last month’s winners.

Recorded by Marsha Hinds

Penni Jo called the meeting to order and welcomed our two visitors, Diane and Pat. She then had the guild members introduce themselves and give a little bit of polymer clay background.

We had 20 members present and 2 visitors. We then went around the room for show and tell. Both members and guests had show and tell – lovely jewelry, bottles of hope, cabochons and other wonderful items were passed around for all to ooh and aah about.

Tom presented a great lesson on Transfer Papers. He had prepared a little goody bag for everyone so they could try out the technique. Another great program under our belt.

A motion was made and seconded to approve the July minutes as published.

Jane, Vice President, gave an update on upcoming programs: in September Chris Crossland will be coming in from Muskogee to give our program/lesson. NOTE: Remember that we will not be meeting at the fairgrounds in September, but at the Unity Church Fellowship Hall at 5603 NW 41st; approximately Ann Arbor and NW 41st Street. In October, Marsha will be presenting, in November Angela, and our Christmas party is in December.

Angela, Treasurer, gave the Treasurers report. We have 29 paid members.

Angel and Connie gave an update on our Bottles of Hope. Some were delivered to the Toby Keith Foundation, and they were much appreciated. They prompted the members to work on “kid-themed” bottles of hope at this time.

During old business, the Fall Specialty class was discussed. Deb Hart will be coming to teach us. We are still working out the final details. Check out her website (www.debhart.weebly.com) to get a feel for her work.

It was noted that next month is the month for our drawing, so if you won in July, bring a prize for September. The retreat had some goodie bags left, so Tom gave out Door Prize tickets, and Angela won this month. We will continue to do Door Prizes on the opposite months of drawings until he runs out of prizes.

Minutes recorded by Deborah

There were 16 members at our JULY 9, 2016 meeting. There were lots of show and tell items. Check out the pictures on our Facebook page.  Many great prizes were won at our drawing.

Inches will be swapped four times a year.  Next time in October meeting with a Fall theme.  

AUGUST meeting – Tom will be teaching magic and colorful transfers.  

Don’t forget you can check out DVDs and magazines from the library.

Old Business

Bottles of Hope go to the Toby Keith Foundation for Children with cancer.

We have pages on facebook and yahoo.

New Business

State Fair is coming up. Entry deadlines are August 15th.

You can participate in the State Fair demo on September 18th.

Next regular meeting will be August 13, 2016, 1:30 pm at the Oklahoma Contemporary Art Center on the OKC Fairgrounds. 

Coming soon: Class in October by Deb Hart.

Minutes recorded by Shirley

There were fourteen members and no guests present at our June 11, 2016 meeting.

Seven members brought items to show, including several child-oriented Bottles of Hope. Tom will post photos on our Yahoo and Facebook pages.

Program: Jane and Penni Jo taught a very clever method of building a signature cane around our initials. They distributed an excellent handout with detailed instructions and diagrams. These cane slices will make a great way to sign our work. Several members completed their canes with excellent results.

Business Meeting

Officers Reports:

Secretary: Wendy moved to approve the minutes for the May meeting, and Jane seconded the motion. The minutes were approved.

Vice President: Jane listed the upcoming programs:

• July – Tsunami Cane with Lee Ann
• August – Using Transfer Paper with Tom

Treasurer: We have 29 members, including three new people who joined last month.

Bottles of Hope Coordinator: Connie reminded us that we are going to begin providing Bottles of Hope for juvenile cancer patients through the Toby Keith Foundation. She urged us to focus on making child-oriented bottles. The organization serves about 100 children a year, averaging about 12 per month. Connie has had little cards made to go along with each bottle. The cards will tell the story of Bottles of Hope and list our Web address. Wendy will help deliver the bottles.

Connie also suggested that to prevent bottle lids from falling out, people make longer, deeper shafts on their bottle stoppers to support the weight of heavy lids.

Librarian: Jane reported that the book we ordered last month is not yet in. Tom and his daughter, Alex, donated a book on jewelry making, which contains a section on polymer clay. Penni Jo donated the tutorial that she uses in her beginner class, which teaches leaf, vine, and flower making. Thank you all for donating to our library.

Webmaster: Myra mentioned questions regarding who can join our regular Yahoo group, but no decisions were made.

Photographer: Tom has been uploading our meeting pictures on our Yahoo and Facebook pages. Penni Jo suggested we look into paying for Flicker Pro, which allows unlimited pictures.

Old Business: The dates have been confirmed for next year’s retreat, which will be held April 6, 7, and 8, 2017.

There was no new business.

Raffle/Inchie Swap: There had been some confusion about the possible overlapping scheduling of these two activities. Inchies will be exchanged four times a year (January, April, July, and October), with seasonal themes. It was decided to hold a drawing every other month, regardless of when the inchie swap is scheduled. Our next drawing will be in July.

Minutes recorded by Deborah

There were 14 members and 3 visitors at our May14, 2016 meeting. There was lots of talking about the retreat from last month.  Check out pictures on the guild website.  Next year’s retreat is already being planned.

Inchies will be swapped four times a year, next time in July meeting with a Summer theme.  

June meeting will be by PenniJo and Jane to make a signature cane.

Don’t forget – you can check out DVDs and magazines from the library.

Old Business

In the business meeting, Shirley motioned to approve the 03/12/2016 minutes.  Laura seconded and the motion passed.

There are lots of pictures from the Show and Tell on the guild’s Facebook page. 

Our new purchase for the library will be “Polymer Journey”.  Marsha made the motion and Tom seconded.  Everyone approved.

New Business

Our next regular meeting will be June 11, 2016, 1:30 pm at the Oklahoma Contemporary Art Center on the OKC Fairgrounds.

Minutes recorded by Katherine Barnes

Penni Jo calls our meeting to order and introduces Deb Hart our special guest teacher.  She showed us how to make the most adorable sculpted owl earrings using her canes.  Everyone had a wonderful time, and Deb Hart decided to become our newest member and join our Guild.  She will also attend the upcoming OK Poly-Clay Twisters Retreat 2016.  Welcome aboard, Deb!!!! 

Show & Tell had five members who brought items.  And two members brought bottles of hope.  Thanks Tom for posting the photos.

Angel moved to approve last month’s minutes and Wendi seconded it.

Jane, our Librarian, was not present so Penni Jo read her report; and announced that Jan will host the goodie bag assembly at her house.  Everyone is welcome to come and help!  It will be on April 02, 2016 at 1:00 pm.

Penni Jo announced the May meeting will feature Laura’s tree; and the June meeting will be Jane and Penni Jo who will present creating clay signatures for our work. We will do our Inchies four times a year and the theme for each will be the seasons.  January Inchies for Winter, April Inchies for Spring (which will be presented at the Retreat), July Inchies for Summer, and October Inchies for Autumn.  We are renaming the “Raffle Drawing” and simply calling it “Drawing”. 

Angela presented the Treasurer’s report and announced we have 23 paid members.

Angel and Connie ,our Bottle of Hope Coordinators, have bottles available.  Connie will bring a large bag of bottles to the Retreat.  We are hoping everyone takes home a few to decorate.

Myra, our Webmaster was present.  Penni Jo commented on what an extensive amount of information Myra has on our webpage.  Myra has the minutes available for each meeting dating back to November, 2006.

Old Business:

Tom discussed the upcoming Retreat and large number of sponsors who would be supporting our event. 

Angela followed up on a letter received from the State Fair, asking if COPCG would be a sponsor and will we have a demo?  Laura moved and Angela seconded to pay $25.00 to sponsor.  After Penni Jo asked for volunteers for the demo, Connie moved and LeAnn seconded to have the demo on September 18th from 2:00pm to 6:00pm.

New Business:

The need for a new sign to represent COPCG at the State Fair was tabled and will be discussed in May’s meeting.

We held our Drawing and had six winners: Tom, Karen, Penni Jo, Laura, Angela, Connie, and Wendi.  Please remember, if you were one of the lucky ones who won; don’t forget to bring prizes for the May Drawing.

April’s meeting will not be held because of the Twisters Retreat.  Our next regular meeting will be May 14, 2016, 1:30 pm at Oklahoma Contemporary Art Center on the OKC Fairgrounds.

Minutes recorded by Marsha

Penni Jo called the meeting to order.

NEW BUSINESS:

There were 15 members at our February 13, 2016 meeting.

 Angela gave the treasurers report. We have a balance of $7635.26 We have 23 paid members. She reminded all that dues are due.

The Retreat Registration is live and we have started receiving registration monies.

 Next we had show and tell. Tom, Penni Jo, Jane, LeeAnn, Connie and Lori brought great ‘show and tell’ items. Check out all of the Show & Tell items brought to the meeting on the guild website. 

 A question came up about a large bottle of hope that the clay had cracked on.

Great Tip: The recommendation was made that when heating clay with glass, it is best if you do not preheat the oven, (put your piece in the oven then turn on), after heating for your allotted time, leave your piece in the oven, time turn off the oven and let the piece cool down in the oven then remove.

OLD BUSINESS:

A motion was made and seconded to approve the January minutes, the motion passed.

 Bottles of Hope:  Connie has the contact for the Toby Keith House. She urged everyone to try and make a bottle a month.

Librarian: Jane reported we did not receive any new books this month.

Retreat: Tom noted we have received some donations for the retreat and some correspondence from requestees declining to donate.

 Upcoming programs:

• March:  Class with Deb Hart – Owl
• April:  Twister Retreat
• May:  Light Up Christmas Tree with Laura and Spring Inchies

Watch for information on website for OK POLY-CLAY TWISTERS RETREAT in April.

Our lesson was taught by Lori, The Light Up Pendant.

It was great fun and her larger than life samples made seeing and understanding the project so much easier and fun.

Next month will be raffle month.

Our next regular meeting will be March 12 , 2016, 1:30 pm at Oklahoma Contemporary Art Center on the OKC Fairgrounds.