Dear fellow painters,
Our retreat for 2012 will be from Thursday March 29, 2012 until Saturday evening March 31, 2012. Sunday April 1, 2012 is Palm Sunday and it affected several of our attending members.
It’s time to submit class projects for the 2012 Sunshine State Decorative Artists. Erica Danke will be Class Coordinator along with a little help from me for 2012. The Board Members remain the same for 2012: Lola Morrison, 1st VP, Sandra Neuling 2nd VP, Julie Danke, Treasurer, Marilyn Kerr, Secretary, Ann Roberts, room and board registration. Committee helpers, Toni VanKirk, Ruth Johnson, Joan Miles, Delores Richter, Fran Poppell & Ruth Orwig. I apologize if I forgot anyone. Please let me know if you would like to help. “Many Hands Make Less Work” is always our motto.
The Dayspring fees will be listed on the website as soon as we know that information.
The project submission DUE DATE is June 15, 2011. Your may submit 2 projects. There will be a special meeting on Sunday June 26, 2011 at 1:00 pm to pick projects. We are not going to print booklets this year. We are trying to go green and all information can be printed from the website. All photos of classes & information will be on the web www.ssdaretreat.com for your convenience.
Photos will be accepted this year instead of actual projects. Our new class coordinator is Erica Danke and photos should be mailed to her at, 7138 Chatum Light Run, Bradenton, FL 34212; (941) 518-2017 email is ericadanke@aol.com
We are asking teachers to please submit a project(s) that have not been taught in a 100-mile radius of Bradenton, Florida. Once classes have been chosen and teachers have been notified, we are kindly asking that teacher and any other retreat teacher in the area, to please not teach any chosen retreat class(s) before the retreat 2012. This does affect your student sign-ups and your fellow teacher’s sign-ups. This is just a request.
Pat Otto has a calendar on our web for all chapters in Florida to notify every one of what is going on in their Chapter, including seminars, just notify Pat from the web. Go take a look at our web and let your chapter’s know this information! Please check our web for updates. I will notify Pat of our board meetings dates and ask that it be posted on the web should you want to attend a meeting. It’s normally on a Sunday afternoon from 1:00 to 3:00 and we meet about 4 times a year. This notice will also help the Board to look at the web, should they forget the date. I will send reminders to the Board.
Class registrations AND room and board registrations MUST BE PAID IN FULL BY December 1, 2011. Of course, Room and Board payments may be made monthly by partial payments, but it all must be paid IN FULL by December 1. These payments will be deposited as received. ALL room and board registration refunds will be less $25.00 to cover administrative expenses that have occurred. Your $15.00 annual fee dues are not refundable.
PLEASE!!! Class registrations must be selected and PAID FOR by December 1, 2010. These checks will not be given to the teachers to cash until January 15, 2012. Erica will hold the teacher checks only, so you may pay early knowing these checks are not going to be cashed until January 2011. This helps us with class sign-up numbers and informing teachers of how many to prep.
By having payments completed by Dec. 1, 2011 it will inform us right away regarding class registration attendance. Our objective is to keep class selection projects to a lower number so classes will be larger with NO cancellations. This also allows for students to be notified that they have gotten in all their classes. By chance, if a class doesn’t make the minimum requirement that the teacher requests and she cancels, it allows for students to either choose another class or be refunded their money.
THE ABSOLUTE DEADLINE FOR “NO REFUNDS” FOR ROOM AND BOARD IS GOING TO BE January 15, 2011. You will be notified of your classes before that date so you have a choice.
The “Make it – Take it Time” will be Thursday evening instead of a free class. Ruth Orwig is the Chairperson of this committee and she may be reached ruthorwig2339@yahoo.com should you want to volunteer a project or have any questions.
Teachers are allowed to bring items that they sell at their business. Once classes are chosen and time slots are arranged, the committee will assure that no teacher will have a back-to-back class without asking you first. We realize this does not give the teacher time to clean up and take a breath before the next class starts arriving.
I want to thank you for your consideration for submissions to teach. We do realize this is a short time for submissions, but we have to try and get ahead and this is the only way this will happen.
Should you have questions I can be reached at (941) 758-0609 or cell (941)-807-1219 and paintnpeg@aol.com
We had a wonderful retreat this year, 2011. We had nothing but great comments “thank you” to everyone who volunteered to make this happen!
Paint with a “happy attitude”.
Peggy Miller, President