THE ANNUAL MBPAPA GENERAL MEMBERSHIP LUNCHEON ANDMEETING

Date: January 16th

Location: Corral de Tierra Country Club

Corral de Tierra Rd, Monterey, CA

  1. President – Murray Wagnon
  • Call to order
  • Consent items:
  • Call for opening general membership meeting
  • Executive board members introduction
  • Understand MBPAPA history and purpose
  1. Vice President – Sibyl Johnson
  • New 2 signature members introduction (Mark Monsarrat and Kate Martin)
  • New 33 Associate members introduction
  1. Treasurer – Lilli-anne Price
  • Treasure report – ending fiscal year 2015
  1. Exhibits – Kati D’Amore
  • Different venues for exhibit possibilities:
  • Pacific Grove Natural Museum will be approached for Signature Show
  • Asked members for more exhibit connection and possibilities information
  • Call for Natividad show 2016, entry deadline Jan 20
  1. Education – Daryl Hosick
  • Announces the new Education position
  • The objectives are to expand members' knowledge and interest by having signature members share their insight with other members. An example would be a program where signature members would give demos prior to the start of a plein air paint out."
  1. Equipment – Jean Weissenborn
  • Appreciation for the Annual Meeting set up.
  1. Membership - Donna Robbins
  • The request for volunteering position
  • Request to include volunteers list into on website
  • Members to keep with them a MBPAPA brochure all times for new members candidates.
  • Guidance for out of town volunteering
  • Clarification about 10 hours of volunteering work for signature status application
  • Membership directory will be ready to download for corrections in February
  1. Public Relations- Sydney Zentall
  • New position full field announced.
  1. Historian – Usana Weaver
  • Announce for the “Private Facebook page”
  • Ask to friend her to be accepted with the purpose to add the members to the Page.
  • Keep sending information for the MBPAPA history book.
  1. Paint Out – GunaHebbar
  • Continue in her position to arrange sites to “ paint out”.
  • Suggestions for new sites are welcome.
  1. Newsletter and Print Media – Julia Seelos (Absent) replaced by Sibyl Johnson.
  • Provides newsletter every 3 months
  • Request to send on time information about MBPAPA members news, shows, awards, pictures (300 Dpi format).
  • Minutes to be sent to Marte Thompson to show on the web page.
  1. Webmaster – Marte Thompson
  • Appreciation for her extended website update that needed a lot of changes and to maintaining the site easy to read and navigate.
  • Work still in progress.
  • Sent pictures and bio for update
  1. Hospitality Coordinator (volunteer position)
  • Michelle Murphy Ferguson
  • Bobbie Brainerd

1:30 End of program

Peter Holmsky

Secretary