If you volunteered during this past year (from the 2011 fall meeting to the present), we'd like to thank you in our 2012 fall program. Did you help with a program, exhibition or Hub event? Please let Amanda know at amanda.amend@gmail.com.

WANTED: 

Please join us as part of our PR team. This is a way you can make a big difference without a big investment in time. You would write a brief press release for each of our three shows (there's an app. for that), and our fabulous volunteer Kathy Berry Bergeron will send it to media outlets. This job takes only three hours PER YEAR.

Contact Amanda if you are interested. 

Hub Point Person needed for Middlebury/Rutland. Are you interested in local activities? They can be as simple as a Salon where you share paintings and get feedback, or as complicated (and fun) as an exhibition. It's up to you!

Co-Point Person for Montpelier/Stowe.  

Nancy Cleveland is brimming with ideas for activities in the Montpelier/Stowe Hub, and she'd like help with the email/contact part of the Hub Point Person's role. If you are comfortable with email, please help us with this.

Contact Pam Dexter if you are interested in either of the above Hub positions.  

From Amanda Amend:

Director of Volunteers position open: 

 I've loved working with you! My term is up this year though, so please consider stepping up for this position or nominating a friend. It's a great way to get to know people and to be involved with the VWS.  

Gallery sitters for Visions of Vermont. We need gallery sitters in the Visions of Vermont Galleries in Jeffersonville (near Stowe) for September 15, 16, 21, 22, 26, 29, 30. October 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19. The hours we're asked to sit are from 1-4 p.m. It's a really nice time to study the work, either by yourself or with a friend.

VWS Hires a Bookkeeper to Assist in our Financial Record Keeping.

The VWS Board of Directors is very pleased to announce that we have hired Betty Waterman as our bookkeeper.  She began her duties as of August 1st this year.  Betty is a professional bookkeeper whom Peter Land, our treasurer, introduced us to this year.  She will be the person who deposits all checks and writes all checks for the society; Peter remains our treasurer and will still oversee the accounting and sign the checks and report on financial activity to the Board. 

The VWS has been very lucky to have Peter Land, CPA serve as our treasurer.  He has set our accounting up for the long term in QuickBooks with the background and knowledge that comes with being a certified public accountant.  With the hiring of an independent bookkeeper the board has insured that our financial books will be kept consistently from one treasurer to the next.   We also expect that these changes will help us when the time comes to seek future treasurers.

For Directors and Point Persons of Hubs that need to send checks to the VWS for deposit, please send them to Betty Waterman instead of Peter Land.  For persons wishing to get reimbursement for a legitimate expense on behalf of the Society please send your request using a form downloaded from our website to Betty, she will cut the check and Peter will sign it and send it on to you.

Members, you will still send your membership fees to Joann, (Membership Director), your exhibition fees to Rebecca (Exhibitions Director), and your registration fees for annual meetings and workshops to Claudia (Programs Director).  These Directors need your information in a timely manner and they will pass your checks on to Betty.

Betty Waterman's contact information is:

Better Enterprises

19 Rock Pine Drive
East Thetford, VT 05043  802-785-3064 Home  betterenterprises@myfairpoint.net 

Thank you.

Mark Nielsen,

Vice-President

Check out our new website @  www.vermontwatercolorsociety.com.

Being a new site, we have tested and retested it until we were sure it was perfect. The site has been live for about a week we have received more than one email letting us know it wasn't EXACTLY perfect. So please, as you use it, let us know if something just isn't working correctly.

Here are some of the things you will find on the new site:

• Gallery pages and updates are FREE through the end of 2012.   We want to encourage all of our members to have a gallery page and to keep it up to date with current works. Click here  to set up a new gallery page. Click here to renew your gallery images or bio.
• Find fellow members easily
  A full member listing is updated monthly. It can be viewed by Hub or by last name simply by clicking on the column heading.
• New Hub section - REQUIRES A PASSWORD
  Everything you could possibly want related to your Hub can be found in this section. You will find the Hub tab at the top of the VWS home page. 
• If you have forgotten the password, please contact:  
Cynthia Crawford

• Blog
  Each Hub has their own blog to communicate to fellow Hub members.

Don Dalton will continue to be our web administrator. Please send all your gallery information to Don via the website forms.  Cynthia (Cindy) Crawford has gratefully passed this on to Don.  

Thanks to the Board of Directors, Cindy Crawford and Don Dalton for all of your help. Thanks to our Webmaster, Eric Gottesman, for his fine work on the site.