Made of Clay

Christmas Report

[have to first thank all the presenters. Each time we put up this show, it gets easier
and easier. This can only be happening due to your professionalism. Cheers!

A few important numbers to discuss: Our attendance was very close to what it
was 2 years ago and lower than last year. My thought on this is that it directly
reflects the fact that we didn't have a full list of presenters. Due to date conflicts
and illnesses, we lost some very important regular presenters and along with
them, their customers.

At the time of writing this, I havent had time to fully count the 800 door ballots
but it appears that new customers to the show are 2:1 over returning customers.
This is good news. It means that we are connecting with new markets that we are
searching for.

Some bad. news though is that customers spent half as much money on Sunday
as they did last year. This I don’t fully understand as the presenters work on
display was of superb caliber and reasonably priced.

I'd like to conclude with a thank you to Jinny Whitehead and Pia Sillem. Their

help made it possible to organize the show in such a proper manner.

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January 2004

Potters Guild of British Columbia

April 30-May 2/2004

Performance works

Westill have spaces available and many
tasks ahead of us. I cant express the
importance enough of sending good
quality images and a brief bio or artist
statement.

One area that all guild members and
especially presenters can help, is by col-
lecting information for us. We cur-
rently have mailing lists for some of
the B+B’s in Vancouver, retail stores
and learning centers. We are planning
on starting lists for interior decorators
and designers, all the free events cal-
endars and hotel commissionaires. If
you have any information regarding
any of these lists please email me with
as many details as possible.

The committee could also use a few
more helping hands. We are thinking
of 2 positions. One person to keep
track of and organize the lists above is
needed. This person's duties would also
include the assembly of the packages
we send out. The other position is for
someone to help locate sponsors and
partners for the event. These two po-
sitions would be ongoing from show
to show and would be part of the MoC
committee. Contact me directly if you
are interested.

With the sheer number of events com-
peting for people's attention, we can
use all the help we can get. Our goal is
to have this show grow into a destina-
tion event that people don't want to
miss. We seem to be hovering just on
the edge of breaking through so if we
give it a really big push, we may just
start something huge.

All the best to you all this coming year.
Jim Stamper

Made of Clay Organizer
Madeofclay@bcpotters.com