**ISSUE #036**
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Hello Potters

Shorncliffe Pottery Club Members Chat

Shorncliffe Pottery Club Members Chat | Facebook

This is a new Facebook group for members to share information, ask questions, etc. This is a member's only group, with questions to answer before you will be admitted.

Membership books are currently closed until January 2024.

Current Membership Site Invitation

If you are a current member you should have received an email from the club inviting you to the members online site. If you didn’t receive an email please contact the club. Please activate your account within 3 weeks otherwise you will need to contact the Member Secretary for a new activation code. This new site looks like it will streamline a lot of processes and allow you to book resources and workshops much easier and faster. It is still in its teething stage but the more you use it the easier it will get.

Member's Soup Lunch and Meeting Report
Sunday 6 August

It was lovely to see so many members come along on Sunday 6 August for our first member's meeting of the year, as well as bringing a plate, or slow cooker full of delicious soup, to share. No one needed dinner that night!

Topics of discussion included:

No Expressions exhibition in 2023, it's taking a hiatus.
Yes to:

setting up a member's only group on Facebook (see above)
being involved in 4017 Bayside Open Studios over 2 weekends in mid-October (see below)
looking at other opportunities to exhibit member's work locally and further afield
makers markets / Einbunpin / Jingle by the Bay with the aim to sell member's work, not a membership drive.
workshops on a range of topics - Christmas ornaments already locked in - 23rd Sept (see below), animals (dogs, rabbits/hares, pigs, chickens), closed forms on the wheel, glazing with club glazes 101, slip casting, creating plaster moulds, how to photograph your work, how to promote yourself on Instagram
hand building workshop for beginners - with Douglas and Melina
one-on-one tutoring with Lyn (wheel) and Melina (hand building)
workshops with tutors internal and external to the Club (if there's an artist you'd like to learn from, let us know and we'll reach out to see if they'd be interested in teaching at our shed)

Looking for a small smart television with USB port to have at the shed as a digital display of club news and member's work. If anyone has one they're willing to donate to the club please let us know!
Firing forms are currently being revamped and will include a tick box for approving pieces to be shared on our socials
New - Member's Feedback box - this is now in place near the Square. Do you have feedback or suggestions for the committee to consider? Please write it down and put it in the box. If you have a complaint - email the committee at shorncliffepotteryclubinc@gmail.com so the committee can action it appropriately.
Advice - Spring Fever - 1st to 3rd Sept - clay event in Maleny.

Some of the fantastic results from Tamara’s Torso Workshop recently.

Being Respectful, Feeling Safe

The club’s Code of Conduct was written to guide the safety and respect of members. Developing friendships, being co-operative, sharing ideas and skills as well as being respectful to each other in words and actions is something in which the club takes great pride. When members are working in the studio or interacting with other members via electronic means, everyone has a right to feel safe and not harassed.

The Code of Conduct can be found in your membership documentation or you can request a copy from the Membership Officer here or you can read it here.