SAS Meeting MINUTES for January 10, 2005

SAS Meeting MINUTES for January 10, 2005

Additional minutes/info on web: http://sas.blogeasy.com/


Minutes from last meeting were read.

1) 1) Sunset Park and Rec locations will be closed on Mondays, so SAS will have to meet either on another day or another place.
2) 2) THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN FEBRUARY?FEBRUARY 7TH , AND WILL BE AT ANNA CONTI?S HOUSE, 1426 41ST AVENUE.
3) 3) Judi Gorski volunteered to be on the Steering Committee
4) 4) Pam Heyda is looking for someone to host the February 12th Critique and Potluck
5) 5) HOF 2005 forms were collected by David Steinhardt. Anyone who wants to apply should have done so by now.
SAS Steering Committee Report

1) The silent auction beneficiary will be either de Young Center or Sunset Youth Services. The donation amount should be 50% of the auctioned price.
2) Since nearly all of our attendance came from artists? personal mailings and from passers-by, publicity and distribution should focus intensively on the neighborhood this year, rather than trying to get citywide exposure. We will also not spend $800 + for the mailing list postage and cards. We will hire people to pass our flyers at 9th and Irving on the show dates, and investigate other possible local advertising.
3) Steve believes we can do an effective catalog this year through the online store Caffe Presse. He will report at the February meeting.
4) Setup will rent a bobtail truck so that all the panels can be loaded and transported in a single trip. There will be plenty of extra room, so if any sculptors or people with large works want to preload onto the truck, be in touch.
5) Loading and unloading the panels from Anna Conti?s house is difficult because her garage door is broken. We will ask her to get repair estimates and will consider paying for those repairs up to $200.

Guest Speaker: Benny Shaboy presented "Finding and Winning Art Opportunities" and had a book sale (at a special $15) and signed the books.
His presentation covered:

1) How to Determine Which Opportunities Are Right for You
2) Finding the Opportunities That Are Right for You
3) How to Spot the Scams
4) The Great No-insurance Fraud
5) Methods of Increasing Your Chances
6) Avoiding the Six Mistakes That Will Get You Rejected
7) How to Turn Showing into Sales, and Grants You Can Get.

Q&A and book signing followed.