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keith's nceca conference clayart experience

updated mon 4 apr 11

 

Williams, Keith on sun 3 apr 11


I'm back from the NCECA Conference, the bags are unpacked and sorted and I =
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just finished folding a load, with more to come. Between greeting the dogs =
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and vacuuming I'm starting my written followup to the conference. I have a =
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long list of thank you notes to write, etc., but I thought I'd start with a=
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short report to Clayart readers. Around my duties as President at the conf=
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erence I poked my nose in the Clayart room twice. I greeted Mel and met Bil=
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l S. for the first time among other members. I hosted a meeting in my room =
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with Mel, Bill and Josh Green, NCECA's Executive Director and Patsy Cox, ou=
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r President Elect. The meeting was positive all around, and although we did=
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n't make any hard progress we did decide on some initial steps to take in o=
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rder to move forward in our relationship as organizations. A highlight for =
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me was stopping in to drop off a mug for the exchange. While I was there I =
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saw in intimate program going on concerning china painting and ultimately r=
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eceived a nice 'endangered species mug' from a Clayart contributor in the e=
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xchange. the energy felt great!
Keith J. Williams, President, NCECA=3D