SANTA RITA ART LEAGUE BOARD MEETING
SRAL Studio, Santa Rita Springs, January 26, 2012

The meeting was called to order by President Skip Perkins at 1:00 PM. There were 12 members present.

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1) There are no reserved tables in the studio. Don’t leave materials on the tables at night intending to return to them in the morning. 2) Leave the fan on in the back rooms. The rooms have been rewired so that the fan is on one switch by itself. 3) There will be Studio conflicts. It can’t be avoided because there are so many activities. Check the calendar on the bulletin board outside the Studio and on line to make sure. If in doubt, call the people involved.

OLD BUSINESS:

SECRETARY’S REPORT: Report of the December 1, 2011 Board Meeting accepted as published.

TREASURER’S REPORT: See attached 2012 Budget.

The end of the year report found SRAL in good financial shape and Treasurer, Terry Voss asked the question; “In what ways do we want to spend the income of $1,500.00 over expenses?” (See New Business.)

NEW BUSINESS:

Suggested purchases for surplus of expendable money in the treasury. The following items were brought up and discussed.

• Cut dues. Result: discussion was inconclusive. Will be tabled till next year.
• New plastic for tables. Result: will be purchased now.
• Lights for photographing paintings. Result: tabled for now.
• Track lighting for the back room for Figure Drawing. Result: will be purchased now. GVR will need to install them.
• Under counter cabinets for kitchen and back rooms. Result: tabled till a later time.
• Professional coffee maker. Result: Skip and Diane bought a new professional model coffee maker at a garage sale for $60. Will be purchased now.
• Water filtration. (on faucet model) Result: will be purchased now.
• Studio air purifier plus filters. Result: It’s a big purchase and needs more discussion. Tabled.
• I-pod docking station. Result: tabled till later.
• Folding screen for draping for life drawing and the portrait group. Result: tabled till next year.
• Donations. Result: tabled.

Skip Perkins made a motion that four items: plastic for tables, track lighting for back room, professional coffee maker and water filtration be purchased. It was seconded by Petey Faber.

GGVAC wants to close down, but is having difficulty deciding on a date. The last “What’s Happening” schedules will be published in March 2012.

SRAL received a thank you from CPAC for our donation.

Board positions for next year. Betsy Kimbrough, 1^st VP, reported that these board positions need to be filled for next year: 2^nd VP, Publicity Chair, Membership Chair, Head Monitor, Mini Workshops Chair and Workshop Chair. A Briggs Chair will be appointed by the Briggade. Betsy asked that everyone think of people that could potentially fill one of these positions.

Volunteer recognition and appreciation. Nikki Vick suggested that SRAL could have a volunteer appreciation/recognition program and that this could be an incentive to new volunteers. Discussion followed and it was decided that guidelines would need to be set as to who is a volunteer, what would be appropriate to offer volunteers, etc. A Volunteer Coordinator is needed and Marge Burt said she would take on the task as a one-shot project.

Briggs Competition, see attached postcard for dates and times. The CPAC Gallery plus the foyer for this year is $350 for the month. Next year the expense will go to $400. They want to teach classes in the gallery at the same time the show is going on and they don’t want monitors there. Skip Perkins will talk to Jim Mack about the classes in the gallery space SRAL has paid for and then have a discussion with Thelma Hendricks as to the results. Wine will be served at the reception and more people are expected to attend, which leaves expenses unknown. If necessary, SRAL will pick up the overage.

Air filtration inquiry. Sally Bryan will contact the Clay Studio and inquire about their air filtration system and report back the next Board Meeting. Discussion on purchasing an air purifier was tabled until next meeting.

Studio card reader. GVR is considering purchasing a card reader for every facility, but it may take some time.

The meeting was adjourned by President Skip Perkins at 2:23.

Minutes submitted by Secretary, Amada Willingham