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This was the first Membership Meeting held at the new Cagan’s Crossing (CC) gallery. Kathie
welcomed everyone to the new gallery. The first order of business was to approve the minutes of the November
7 and December 12, 2009 meetings. Roger Pierce made a motion to approve the minutes. Jim
Warner seconded the motion.
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Kathie
mentioned the wish list on the website and asked members if they are cleaning house and looking to get rid of some items,
please look at the website. Items needed include chairs for the new gallery, a 6 foot step ladder to hang
artwork, tables, shelving, TV, vcr, a laptop & printer.
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Kathie introduced Brenna Mazzoni as the new Gallery Coordinator for the CC gallery.
We need a volunteer to be the Gallery Coordinator for the Montrose Street gallery. We also need
more volunteers to gallery sit or teach classes to keep both of the galleries open.
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Kathie reminded members of upcoming seminars
in January: Treasure Box on 1/10, Tom Jones on 1/14 – 1/16, Bob Ross on 1/17, Paint Your Pet on 1/23
& 1/24, Roger Pierce on 1/30 & 1/31. All of these seminars will be at Montrose Street.
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Other upcoming events include the Student/Teacher
Art Show on January 7 – 17th, which is now in progress at the Montrose Street gallery. Friday,
February 19 is the Ambassador Breakfast at Minneola City Hall. Table decorating theme is “I Love
Art.” We need 12 artists to paint placemats and coordinating napkins. Deadline
for completion is February 12. Right now the volunteers include: Joan Novotny, Ruth
Ackerman, Keith Myers, Kathie Camara, Roger Pierce, Mary Beth Lesko, Chede McKinney, Mike Corradino, Brenna Mazzoni, and Jim
Warner.
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The
Photography show is February 13 to 28 at the Montrose Street gallery. Deadline for registration forms is
February 6. Photos need to be received in the gallery on February 11 from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. and 6:00
to 7:00 p.m. Reception is on February 20 from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the Gallery. Awards
will be announced at that time. Photos need to be picked up on February 28 from 10:00 – 2:00.
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Kathie mentioned other
upcoming events. Members Spring Art Show will be March 3 to 24 at the Montrose Street gallery.
March 12 & 13 is Pig on the Pond. April 8 to 17 is the Lake County Fair. Members
may want to consider submitting art to their show.
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Tom Thomas gave the Treasurer’s Report. The SLAL has $4,910.72 in
the bank and one CD for $1,754.00. There were no significant outstanding obligations. Kathie
reviewed the fees for the new CC gallery.
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The following motions were voted by the Board of Directors at their meeting prior to the general meeting:
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Following a discussion,
Roger Pierce motioned to accept a Solo Exhibit fee schedule for Cagan Crossings Gallery at $50 per week plus $7.50 per day
for any days over seven (7) or $175 for an entire month, plus donation of 15% of all proceeds from sales.
Joan Novotny seconded the motion. Roger called for question the vote. All present
voted “Aye”. No one voted “Nay”.
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Roger Pierce made a motion to inform members that starting September 2010, membership
to the South Lake Art League includes an obligation to sit the galleries we sponsor for a minimum of two (2) hours each month.
If the scheduled date & time is inconvenient, it will be the responsibility of the member to find a substitute.
Tom Thomas seconded the motion. All board members voted “Aye” to this rule.
There were no Nays.
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Keith
Myers made a motion that artwork entered for a show cannot have been entered into a South Lake Art League show within the
last 2 years and cannot have won an award at any South Lake Art League show. Roger Pierce seconded
the motion. A call to question was made. All board members voted “Aye.”
There were no Nay’s.
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The meeting was adjourned to view a demonstration on photography and photoshop elements.
