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The AGM opened at 4.00 pm.
Apologies: Edith Cowlishaw, Slavica Zivkovic, Maadi Einfeld, Olwen Cheung, Katherine Mairs, Lorraine Brown, Debra Hannigan, Carol Shaw, Laura Stark, Pam Vaughan, Slavika Zivkovic, Patti Somerset, Prue Crabbe, Janette Hanrahan. Present: Karin Oom, Chebi Badham, Helen Best, Tanya Crothers, Ann Bewah Wu, Ingrid Hawke, Jean Birrell, Joanne Gwatkin-Williams, Christina Cordero, Deborah Harris, Deborah Wilkinson, Mieke Cohen, Jan Moore.
President’s Report. Appendix 1.
Secretary’s Report. Appendix 2.
Treasurer’s Report. Appendix 3.
Projected Expenses. Appendix 4.
Nomination of Committee and Election of Officers. All three current office holders agreed to stand again and were re-elected as follows:
Jean Birrell was nominated for President by Jan Moore, seconded by Christina Cordero
Joanne Gwatkin-Williams was nominated for Secretary by Christina Cordero and seconded by Chebi Badham.
Ingrid Hawke was nominated for Treasurer by Deborah Wilkinson and seconded by Chebi Badham.
Members thanked Joanne for her work on the web site and gave her a bottle of red wine which she promised to share with her husband.
The meeting closed at 4.10pm and was followed immediately by a general meeting.
Joanne Gwatkin-Williams
(Hon Sec)
The Ordinary Meeting followed the AGM at 4.10 pm.
Apologies: As Above Present: As Above
Minutes of the previous meeting were accepted as read, proposed by Helen Best and seconded by Tanya Crothers.
Matters arising from minutes. There were no matters arising.
Correspondence. There was no correspondence.
General business: Mosman Art Gallery Exhibition
The President was pleased to report that at a meeting between the Print Circle Office Bearers and Katrina Cashman at Mosman Art Gallery, we were given the news that the Polarities in Print exhibition would be on for one extra week. The revised exhibition dates are 2 June to 15 July, 2007. There was some discussion regarding frame colours and it was reiterated that frame colours had to be limed or natural. Jean informed the group that we would all receive 20 invitations each with an RSVP requirement on them. There was discussion as to whether members would like further invitations to be printed for their own personal mailing lists; these would be for the general opening times of the exhibition and not for the opening night where an RSVP was required together with a $5 entry fee. There was no conclusion to this discussion. At the above mentioned Mosman meeting, it was decided that the catalogue should be six pages (3 double-sided) with two folds. The total fee of $50 being requested of each member to cover the costs of the Mosman exhibition, would cover the cost of the creation and production of these catalogues and was also expected to cover the costs of invitations, photography and opening night food and wine. At this same meeting the Office Bearers were informed that the original sum of $1,000 promised to the Print Circle to cover some of their costs, a sum which had later been withdrawn, might actually increase to $1,500. See Appendix 4. There was some discussion of additional display material and public talks with Jean requesting that anyone willing to give a talk or provide materials who had not already informed the Secretary of this, should do so. Tanya reminded Joanne that she was able to offer a small press. It was briefly mentioned that photography was due to take place shortly and that Katrina Cashman would inform each member when works were ready to collect for framing. Regional Galleries & New Exhibition Locations There was much general discussion about regional exhibitions and where to go. The discussion became generalized to cover all exhibition locations, regional and commercial. A suggestion was made that the Print Circle approach UTS and others with a standard letter plus images. Reiterating her request in the Secretary’s Report at the AGM, Joanne suggested a committee form to deal with finding and approaching new exhibition locations as she had insufficient time and knowledge to tackle the problem herself. Chebi Badham and Deborah Wilkinson agreed to take on this task with Tanya Crothers agreeing to be a general advisor to them as she has quite an in-depth knowledge of locations and galleries. Ann Bewah reported that she had visited Aquarelle Gallery and had spoken at length to the owner. Mieke Cohen also spoke of Aquarelle. The total feedback from these two reports was not absolutely clear but appeared to be largely negative; neither Ann nor Mieke appeared to think the owner was well set up for exhibiting anyone’s work other than his own and that the general demeanor of the owner was that he was focused on his own needs as a selling artist. It was finally agreed that once the photographs of Mosman had been taken and placed on a CD, we should send copies of this CD together with a letter and notification of our web address to any gallery we may be interested in. Any other Business New Membership List: the members requested a new list be sent out.
Website: Members asked whether they were able to have changes made to their entries on the web and the answer was ‘yes’ but that they would have to send these changes to Joanne. Date and Time of Next Meeting: 24 July, 4.00pm, at the WAC.
Joanne Gwatkin-Williams
(Hon Sec)
MEMBERSHIPS FEES AND EXHIBITION FEES OF $50 EACH (TOTAL $100) ARE NOW DUE. Please send cheques to the value of $100 payable to ‘The Print Circle’ to the Treasurer, Ingrid Hawke.
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