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MEETING MINUTES — SATURDAY June 18th, 2005 at 12pm
Well, once again we met at Erd’s and once again we were not disappointed. Erd is quite the host. Lunch was a treat for the palate and then there was dessert. This time Erd amazed us with some drinks the likes of which would earn him a degree from any bartending school. But don’t take my word for it, just check out some of the pictures in the “Photo Album” for the meeting.
After pen-trading/selling that commenced at noon, followed by an excellent lunch. President Eric Fonville opened the business portion of the meeting at 2:20 p.m.
1. The MPC Website
- Website has been relocated to a new host provider (NetFirms), updated, and rebuilt. It even has a “Pens For Sale” page where members can list the pens that they have for sale with pictures.
- Website costs are now only $60 per year plus $9 per year for a domain name. This is about $100 cheaper than previous hosting company.
- Need ideas for graphics to use on the website.
2. Post-It Pads
- Post It notepads are ready and will be distributed. 1000 were produced.
- 25% of them were sent to Pendemonium for distribution to customers in MI and neighboring states.
- Members were asked to leave behind a Post It note pad at various venues, e.g. libraries, supermarket boards, etc.
3. Pen Show Postcards
- 2-sided postcards about our show have been printed at an unbelievably low price of $88 for 1000, delivered. These will be sent to our show mailing list.
- The MI Calligraphers mailing list will be added to the postcard distribution.
- The combined mailing list is almost 900 names.
4. Advertising
- Brochure idea for leaving at area shops?
- How can we get into local companies' or community newsletters, e.g. Troy Gazette?
5. Newsletter
- The members were asked if there was any interest in
- Need articles for club newsletter if we are going to have one.
6. Announcements
- Happy birthday to Erd, his 60th on July 8th
7. The 2006 Pen Show
- Possible show dates for 2006 -- Aug 25-26th? There are too many conflicts from Yom Kippur, Roshashana, UM-OSU game, NYC and Columbus pen shows, Labor Day. Poll attendees of our show this year.
8. Motion to Adjourn: Dennis Brown; Second: Greg Zierk.
Attendance:
Erdvilas Bankauskas, Dennis Brown, John Dolinsky, Eric Fonville, Martin Kamber, Lih-Tah Wong, Greg Zierk, George Zikakis
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