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ard financially through the use of Guild aosouctts
and charging facilities; and the participants
benefit from the larger publicity and good nana of
the Guild. Certainly, many of us put in @ Tot of
volunterr time to maka it hapoen. I wouldn't like
te add wp the hours I've volunteered as a board
member, working for my Guild.

If nething of the prefite fron the sale berefits
the Guild, the sale has scant credence as a Guild
activity. A parallel would be taking any profits
fran the Gallery of 8.C, Caramics and dividing them
amengst the gallery artists. Clearly this does not
happen and if tt did the Guild would ba jn
receivership next week. Currently the Gallery
carries the Guild financially; wa have no other
{noone - the metbership fees den"? even cover the
cost of tha nem letter,

To refer specifically to some of the points in
Cathi's letter:

a} perhaps the grounds for Cathi's
digcomfort is in the basic premise that
she states as a metic "by the pothars for
the potters" to., a5 she states, only for
the benefit of the potters in the sale.

T feel 4 much more appropriate motto
should te “by the Guild for the Guild”.
We are the Guild and we need to supoert
our organization net just use it and take
from it. The Guild are us.

6) Cathi seams to feel that the board (oh
heavens, tte tha “then and us" again) has
bean dictatorial. She refuses to
acknowledge the decision that the Guild
would take a 10 percent comission fran
the 1995 sale made at the informal wind up
and cabriefirg, post sale meeting at hor
own house and a formal decision by tha
bowrd, based on that meeting, to implement
a4 Comission. [ think it 1s reasonable
that the Guild comission not kick in
unt’? Booth fees have been covered, This
would encourage mora beginning potters to
participate. It should ba born in arind
that the board bears the ultimate
responsibility for the affairs of the
Guild amd 4t does this through a
Gemocratic process of elections. As in
any democratic process fadtviduals are
eicouraged to suggest idawe but if is the
elected representatives whe establiah
Policy through consultation, discusstan
awd debate. (Meat of tha last board

Meating was trying to look at this issue
with Cath’ which is not the same as
undermining key issues. }

c) Catht states that a key gurpose in
revitalizing a Potters Guild of 6.C. sale
was 2o get members involved in making the
sale happen, This is pretty narrow ard [
would guggest that the board's gurpose is
to get the members imvolved in making the
Guild hapoan. This was the basis of the
Cecisian taken at the last AGM, to have
the AGH mewed to tha time of the sale so
that the sale became a great caning
tegeather of tha whale Guild.

Keith Rice—Jones

MADE IN CLAY NOTES

Made in Clay if now fully subseribed and a waiting
list is being developed. Tha date for cancellation
of registration Aas bean set at December 15, 19594
and all registered participants have been notified.
This js to ensure that wait listed members hava
sufficient time to prepare for the sale if some of
the registrants drop out.

He are corsidering expanding the sale this year by
setting up a tent area (sort of a festive tdea)
pest to Performanom Works to aocomadate more
menberd than ts possible im the Performance Horks
space. Merbers who have miseed the initial
deadline but who would like to secure a placa in
the expanded araa are encouraged to enrol on the
waiting list. [f you wish te go on the waiting
Tist, please call Jan Krueger at 669-5645,

The coordinating committee mamts Dec, 14 at 7: 30pa
in the Guild offices. The January organizational
meeting i= being planned, A1) sale participants

wil] be notified directly of the date, time and
place eo they can attend this critical meeting.

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