The Potters Guild of B.C. is published 10 times a year as a service to the Membership. Sub- missions ane welcome, and should be in the Guild office by the last Friday of the month. Material may be edited for publication. Managing Editor: Jan Kidnic. Editorial Committee: Bob Kingsmill, Hiro Urakami, Nathan Raila. |Mailing: Gillian McMillan. Mer Montador, Anne Fleetham, Allen MacaAlllater. Desktop Publishing by CPH Ltd. Printed by The Printing House. Advertising rates: $75.00 full page; $40.00 half page: $25.00 quarter page: business card $15.00; classified $5,00 for 3 lines; additional lines $2.00 each. All ads must be prepaid. The Potters Guild of 6.C. membership is $26,.75-indivi- duals, $42.80-groups, January to December [Including GST). Sec application form elsewhere in this issue. Potters Guild 1991 Board of Directors: Tam Irving, President; D'Arcy Margesson, Vice President; June MacDonald, Secretary; Dona Nabata, Treasurer: Rosemary Amon, Bob Kingsmill, Elwin Lowe, Nathan Rafla, Fredi Rahn, Terry Saimoto, Elsa Schamis, Debra Sloan. Staff: Jan Kidnie, Guild Office Administrator, Coralle Triance, |] Manager, and Lea Price, Assistant, | Gallery of BC.Ceramics. NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT The Annual General Meeting of the Potters’ Guild of B.C. on Thursday, January 23, 1992, will elect 7 new or re- electec] members to fts Board of 12 Individuals. The five present board members who are carrying on, beginning their second year of service to the Guild, are: Rosemary Amon, who has been Workshop and Programme Committee Chair; Dona Nabata, who has been Treasurer, and Finance Citee and Nominating Cttee Chair; Friederike Rahn, who has served as Library Citee Chair and on the Publications Committee; Terry Saimoto, who has been on the Workshop and Programme Committee, and Debra Sloan, whe has been CABC Rep and on the Exhibition and Gallery comimlliees. Three Board members are stepping down for Various reasons before their 3 year time is up. They are: Bob Kingemill, who has been on the Publications and Newsletter Cttee and on the Selections and Awards Cttee: Elwin Lowe, who has served on Lhe Publications Cttee, anc D'Arcy Margesson, who has been Gallery Cttee Chair and on the Library Cliee, Four Board members have served the full three years and are willing to have their names stand for reelection. They are: Tam Irving, who has been President for two years and has served as Exhibitions Cttee. Chair; June MacDonald. who has been Secretary and served as Awards Clire Chair and on the Finance Cttee: Nathan Rafla, who has served as Selections Cttee Chair, and on the Publications Cites.. ancl Eles Schamis, who has served as Publications Ctlee Chair and on the Exhibitions Cite. Page 2 In addition to the four listed above who are willing to stand for re-election, the folowing members of the Guild are willing to stand for election to the Board beginning in 1982: [A brief statement by or about the person follows) Sarah Coote: “As a functional potter who was trained in an academic atmosphere, | have taught ceramics at university level. and have been responsible for organizing several programs. [ would like to contribute my experience and energy to the Board of Directors of the Potters’ Guild of B.C,” Linda Doherty: A functional potter who has worked in this province for many years, she has been a member of the Guild and represented in the Gallery for quite some time. Kirety Krug is the Director of Communications, Marketing Deve- lopment and Public Relations at the UBC Museum of Anthropology, and is interested In assisting the Guild in her area of expertise. Corel Mayer: is Curator of the Ceramics DimMision, including the Koerner Wing at the Museum of Anthropolory at UBC. A past board member of CABC, as well as curator at the Vancouver Museum, she was Instrumental in the “Made by Hand" and other local exhibitions. Anita Wong: A recent graduate of Emily Carr College of Art and Design who works in earthenware at her Cloverdale studio, Anita says “[ would like to stand for election to the Board because f would like to be a part of the decialon-making process. and to be a representative of ceramusts at large”. Ron Vallis: A 1975 graduate of Vancouver School of Art, anda practising potter for 10 years, Ron has worked for the past six years as Preparator at the Equinox Gallery in Vancouver, Dona Nabata, Nominating Cttee Chair A thonk you to all of the above indiidu- als is due for their ongoing inveoluement, suppart, and effort in keeping the Guild ‘on track”. A ballot for the election of officers will be included in the Jaraicny newsletter. December. 1991