President’s Message

I would like to welcome Greg Lui as our newest member on the board of
directors. Greg is a marketing professional with solid integrated marketing
and branding experience as well as promotional and public relations activities.
Greg’s knowledge will be a valuable asset to the guild and the gallery.

As we say goodbye to 2006, and look towards the new year, I would like
to thank all those members who give of their own time to help make this
organization as strong as it is today. Thank you also to those who have made
financial or in-kind donations. We would not be what we are without your
help.

I would also like to express my appreciation for all those members
who participated in guild activities throughout the year. It 1s through this
participation that we have a living, organic network of potters, inspiring and
encouraging one another, and growing together.

2007 will bring more opportunities for everyone —so keep your eyes peeled

and your hands in clay! Have a great holiday season.

Tozan Update

As most of you know, The Tozan Society is m the process of moving the
wood kilns. Malaspina University college served us notice a year and half ago
and gave us until this year to move.

Jinny Whitehead

For awhile every lead proved futile, but our President, lan Nattras, persisted
and eventually a new home was found in the neighbouring community of
Cedar. Tamagawa College, a Tokyo school and university, has a satellite
campus there and following meetings with their directors and president, we
have been invited to rebuild on their spacious rural property.

Since the summer we have been dismantling the kilns and piling the bricks
and shelves on pallets. The Anagama came apart quickly, and we are almost
finished taking the Noborigama apart. We have the Dogee and a little bit of
chamber one to finish as well as the floor of chamber two.

We have a small core of regulars who show up every Saturday to work on
this, and we are often jomed by others. Several pallets of bricks have already
been moved, the new site has been surveyed, but there 1s still much to do.

We need workers to help us finish up at the old kiln site and will need
help in prepping the new site. We need donations to assist with the site prep
costs and to help with getting the large metal building covering the kilns,
dismantled and moved. There are certainly many ways anyone wanting to help
could, donations, donations in kind, labour etc.

I will try and keep you posted on our progress as we finish off at the
current site and prepare to start the work at Tamagawa.

For further information or to get on our electronic news list,
please contact:

Gari Whelon, Proletariat Pots
Nanaimo B.C., Canada
whelon@telus.net

250.753.3699 Gari Whelon

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important Notice:
LAST PAPER ISSUE!

This newsletter should also be coming to you
via electronic mail (e-mail); beginning in 2007,
the paper version will be phased out.

If you have not received an e-mail
newsletter, please assist us by updating your
membership information and sending your
correct e-mail address to membership@
bepotters.com.

If you are receiving the e-mail newsletter,
then you don’t need to do anything as
we have your correct information. If you
do not have an e-mail address and/or
a computer, now would be a good time to get
yourself one.

A printed copy will be mailed to those few
members for whom we have no email address,

but the communications
committee hope that the
number will — gradually

decrease over time.

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