Meeting was held at Glass Artistry.

-Moderator Laurie Nessel welcomed everyone and started the meeting.

-A motion was placed to accept last months meeting minutes by Jane Praxell and was seconded by Tracy Baginski and the minutes were accepted by the group.

-Carol Saker made a very nice "Thank you" letter for Brett Pierce and his wonderful demo and his donations of glass and demo pieces. A card was passed around for everyone to sign for him and will be available at the next meeting as well for those that were not able to sign it yet.

-We had a new member join our ASGB group: Jerell Skirboll

-"GLASS EXPRESSIONS SHOW"
*Raychel Stein made a format for the post card for the "Glass Expressions" show and Laurie Nessel printed them at the MAC. The group took assignments to get the postcards to various locations to get the word out on the show. Laurie Nessel will be making more and also has some at the MAC for anyone who would like to come pick some up to hand out. The MAC is donating the printing for us and the ASGB reimbursed Laurie for the paper that was purchased for this.

*Christine Baker fowarded the press release for the "Glass Expressions" show to the local newspapers. Raychel Stein, Kathryn Guler, and Tracy Baginski have volunteered to also contact more of the local publications for possible advertising of the show.

*The "Glass Expressions" show volunteer list was passed around again and Laurie Nessel will also be emailing the ASGB group to get more volunteers to sign up. This is for helping at the raffle table, setting up, taking down, sitting booths for those that need a break, etc. For every two hours of your volunteer time, you will receive one raffle ticket. If you would be interested in volunteering please contact Laurie Nessel at: laurienessel@hotmail.com

*Lynn Gustafson volunteered to check the prices on jewelry boxes for the raffle items.

*Carol Saker donated some boro glass for the demonstrations at the "Glass Expressions" show. Robin Foster will also be donating some glass. If you will be demonstrating at the show and need a specific color please be sure to bring that along.

- The Logo Contest is being re-held. Jane Praxell made a motion to extend the deadline to the Christmas party/meeting and it was seconded by Jodi Lindsey. Motion passed

*Juanita Dunn motioned and Jane Praxell seconded to have a limit of 3 entries per member and that each entry will require a bead donation from that member to go into a pot which will be the prize to the winning logo. Motion passed.

*It was discussed that all entries do not need to be "camera ready" for the contest, but do need to be presentable to be voted on.

-The group discussed quorum requirements.
*Jane Praxel motioned and Raychel Stein seconded that we send an email referendum to the group on what constitutes a quorum. This notice will also be in the agenda. If you are not able to attend the next bead meeting please email your vote to Jodi Lindsey at: Jodi@beadworx.com. Motion passed.

*The choices the group came up for what a quorum will be, are as follows:
a. 12 members
b. No Quorum. We will only count votes of those present and those that sent in their vote via email. An item must be on the agenda to be voted on.
c. 20% of the members

-Laurie handed over a copy of the Jim Wuerfel workshop video to our ASGB librarian, Kathryn Guler. Kathryn will store the groups movies/magazines/books and bring them to each meeting. The ASGB will be reimbursing her for a storage unit for these items. The group also discussed possibly having a rental fee or a deposit fee for using the items from the ASGB library. Kathryn is going to work on a sign out form. Items will be loaned out on a monthly limit and should be returned at the following meeting.

- Tracy Baginski discussed her plans for the Bead Exchanges. She will be sending out an email with further information and discussed having an exchange possibly every 6-8 weeks.

-The ASGB website can be accessed at http://azsgb.tripod.com
Please check this site for the agenda as well as other announcements.

-Next meeting will be held again at Glass Artistry on Nov. 9th at 2:00pm

-Marty Beck motioned for the meeting to be adjourned and Raychel Stein seconded it. Motion passed.

-We all participated in Show and Tell

Submitted by Jodi Lindsey