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Allegany Artisans Board of Directors

Officers for 2010

President - Dick Lang 
Vice-President - Elaine Hardman

Secretary - Betsy Orlando

Treasurer - Bob Chaffee

Members - Bill Banker and Steve Walker

Note:  Members of the Board of Directors serve for three years:   Chaffee and Lang until 2010.  Orlando and Hardman were elected in 2008 so their terms will expire in 2011. Banker and Walker until fall 2012.

Contact Board Members - (for email address replace AT with @ 

Meetings for 2010

Board Meeting Saturday May 1st, 2010  9:00 AM  Elaine Hardman's House To review applications for the 2010 Tour

General Meeting  Tuesday June 15, 2010  6:00 PM  at Dick Lang's Studio  Picnic and photo ops

General Meeting  Wednesday September 22, 2010,  7:00 PM, Belmont Library

General Meeting  Monday October 25, 2010, 6:00 PM St Philip's Hall, Belmont Time  Dish to pass  

COMMITTEES

1. PUBLICITY

Publicity chair - Accept articles and photographs from other member/writers and acts as the mail conduit to submit to newspapers in Western NY. Submit publicity budget to the board. Create and sign gift certificates for the radio trivia ads. Coordinate all publicity committee activities and expenses.

Publicity events - Get Studio Tour listed on radio and TV station event calendars 3 weeks prior to event - insert TV and Radio names, contact info

Publicity notices - Submit Studio Tour information to Western NY newspapers for their community events calendars 4 weeks prior to event - insert contact info and deadlines

Publicity TV - Make contacts with a Buffalo, Rochester and Corning TV station to get members of the Artisans on morning local news programs-insert contact info

Radio and Newspaper Publicity ads - Submit copy and makes arrangements for paid ads on local radio and in local newspapers following budget restrictions. Creates the radio triiva questions (make 'em easy) and brings questions and certificates to radio stations.

Sign Chair - Maintain collection of signs. Build sandwich board structures when needed. Collect signs from people who drop from Allegany Artisans and stores signs until they are needed again. Get signs to new members who join the group. Arrange with Trina Allen to tell how many numerals we need each year to change the dates on the sign so she can cut them for us. Tell the publicity chair the cost of numerals to have it included in publicity budget. Get those numerals to studios prior to the show. Report to publicity chair any need for replacement or new signs to include such needs in the budget.

Placemat Designer - Design the placemat that lists people showing both their town and craft

2.BROCHURE

 Brochure chair - Vice President

Brochure designer - Hope Zaccagni

Put brochure information into format for printer

Brochure typist - Put brochure information into google docs and proof reads from originals with proof read assistants, checks numbers and dates in general information

Brochure proof reader 1 & Brochure proof reader 2 - Work with Brochure typist to proof read information and send copy to all members for final proof


3. DISTRIBUTION

General Distribution Chair - Bill Banker - Monitor overall distribution of placemats and brochures in various towns and through the library system. Count placemat stacks for easy distribution. Not sure what all .....


Regional distribution chairs - Work with other members in their towns, where applicable, to get brochures into schools, banks, restaurants or other important distribution points. Bring placemats to restaurants or arranges for that to happen. Stockpile extra brochures or placemats for town so others know where to go to replenish stock.


Alfred/Alfred Station chair

Almond/Hornell chair

Andover/ Genesee PA chair

Belmont/Belfast chair

Allentown chair

Friendship/Cuba chair

Olean chair

Wellsville chair

Whitesville chair

Fillmore chair

Houghton/Rushford chair
Library Distribution chair - bundles appropriate number of brochures for each library and labels bundle with library name and gets bundles
into the library distribution system

4. RAFFLE

Raffle Chair - Peg Cherre - Collect all raffle tickets from members. Cut them and pulls the winner. Notify the 4 winners and sends the certificates to them. Notify Ken Reichman or someone else so that the winners' names may be listed on the website. Get tickets to alphabetizer

Alphabetizer - Mary Lu Wells - Put raffle tickets into alphabetical order. Remove duplicates. Send stack to Walker Metal Smiths.

5.MAILING LIST

 Mailing List Chair - Steve and Sue Walker - Mailing List typists - Go to Walker Metalsmiths in November, December or January and type new names into the mailing list. Arrange specific times with the Walkers

6. COMMUNITY WORK

Adopt a highway chair - Bob Chaffee - Make arrangements in the spring and in the fall to clean trash from our bit of Route 19. Collect the hard hats, vests and orange bags. Set the meeting time and place. Get people together to help. Arrange for disposal. (I actually don't know how this works.)

7. WEBSITE

Website Chair - Charley Orlando- Create new pages for new members and put their basic information there. Respond to members who need changes.

Google Maps Liaison -Rick Hardman - Create the new Google map for the county. Put the list of members and their numbered locations on the page. Program for multiple locations. Put contact information in the pop up balloon. Create link from balloon to the web page. Create links to and from maps and regional maps. Center regional maps as appropriate. Know more than the average web user to make this work.

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