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.