BAGSC News

1.    Welcome new members and guests (Leslie Walker)
2.    Secretary’s Report (Tania Marien)
3.    Treasurer’s Report (Deborah Shaw)
4.    Membership Report (Joann Leonard)

OLD BUSINESS:
2007 Election Results (Norma Sarkin)
Manhattan Beach Show Update (Sue Kuuskmae)
Gary Greene Colored Pencil Class Update (Sue Kuuskmae)

ASBA Convention at the Huntington, October 30 – November 1, 2008 (Tania Marien)
•    Progress Report (see handout)
•    Revised Preliminary Volunteer Task List (see handout)
•    Volunteer Sign-up Sheet

NEW BUSINESS:
Reports from the 2007 ASBA Conference (Leslie Walker, Deborah Shaw, Tania Marien)
L.A. Garden Show, May 1 – 4, 2008 (Tania Marien, Deborah Shaw)
•    Introduce 2008 Marketplace Coordinator, Janice Sharp
•    Introduce Guild Liason, Kate Gaman

BAGSC Insurance Responsibilities (Deborah Shaw)

2008 Meeting Dates:  (Tania Marien)
The Guild meetings for 2008 will be on the following Saturdays:
•    January 19
•    April 19
•    July 12
•    October 11

* Please note that additional conference meetings will be scheduled during 2008*

PROGRAM:
•    BAGSC Blog (Deborah Shaw)
o    What is the new BAGSC blog?
o    Introduce Blog Editor, Rocio Martinez

•    BAGSC Birthday Celebration

The conference committee will hold monthly meetings on the following dates:

January 5 (at the Huntington and Hilton to see our venues)

February 2

March 1

April 5

May 10

June 7

July 5

August 2

September 6

October 4

Some meetings will be face-to-face; others will be by conference call. Come join the planning (and fun)! Contact Tania Marien or Deborah Shaw to sign up and for details.

The Guild meetings for 2008 will be on the following Saturdays:
January 19 – Los Angeles
April 12 – Los Angeles
July 12 – Newport Beach
October 11 – Sierra Madre

Agendas will be posted to the blog at least two weeks before each meeting and time and place will be sent out. Please RSVP with Cristina before the meeting. See you there!

The 2008 ASBA Conference will be held from:
October 29 – November 1, 2008
at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California and the Hilton on Los Robles, in Pasadena, California.

The Conference Co-Chairs are Tania Marien and Deborah Shaw.

The conference committee had a successfully “kick-off” conference call on December 1st. Planning meetings will start in earnest in January (please see the Conference Committee Meeting Dates for a list of meetings). There’s lots to do, and it already looks like an exciting three days. Please contact Tania or Deb to volunteer, and watch this blog for updates.