VWS Signature Membership

Dear Watercolorists,

You will receive a notice about our upcoming Annual Meeting on Friday, and a written notice will follow. Briefly, it will be at the Three Stallion Inn in Randolph, Vermont on Sunday, November 19, 2006. The meeting begins at 11:30 AM. Cost per person will be $26.00 More info to follow.

Meanwhile, here is a reiteration, hopefully accurate, of our Signature Membership policies and your status.

Signature Membership in Vermont Watercolor Society

I recently posted a list of new signature members. There may have been some errors of omission or inclusion. I have just updated the database to the best of my ability. As it entailed hours of work, I may have made some mistakes. However, I generated a list of all current Signature Members, ordered by date and gallery at which the status was achieved. Please note: they are alphabetical by year. If you see an error, please let me know and I will double-check our records.

If you have not yet received an official certificate, please let me know (if you haven’t already), and BE SURE TO ALSO NOTIFY SEAN CALLAHAN, who will be making the certificates. This is *your* responsibility. If you’ve told me but not Sean, you need to tell him also.

Sean Callahan
357 Mountain Rd.
Addison, Vermont 05491
seanvtus@yahoo.com
802-795-2576

Do this AS SOON AS POSSIBLE so Sean has time to make your certificates to hand out at the Annual Meeting. If you are not at the meeting, your certificate will be sent to you.

WE have 60 signature members out of an active membership of about 104.

Here is a quote from our by-laws to refresh your memory as to the requirements for Signature Membership:

Article III MEMBERSHIP

(Artist members must maintain a residence in Vermont.) * There are two forms of membership in the VWS.

(1) Signature Member: allows member to use the initials VWS after signature on watercolor painting. To attain this form of membership, members must be accepted into no less than 3 shows in a five year period with three different watercolors by the jury of specific Vermont Watercolor Society Juried Shows to obtain the right to put the initials "VWS" after your name.
(2) Associate Member: open to any watercolor artist. Associate Members may apply at any time to be upgraded to Signature Member in accordance with the procedure stated above.

*This section will be changed if we vote to open VWS membership to any watercolorist at the Annual Meeting. That change will be effective for the year 2007.

Things to remember:

If you successfully entered 2 or more works in a juried show, only one painting counts towards your signature membership
If you were successful at the same gallery on two or more different occasions, only one occasion counts
If the same painting was accepted in two different shows, that painting can only count one time towards your signature membership.

Last First Gallery Year

Crabtree Sherri Chaffee 2003
Crawford Cynthia Gifford 2003
Roberts Doris Gifford 2003
Viereck Ellen Gifford 2003
Westberg Marijke Gifford 2003

Beaney Judy Pegasus 2004
Beukenkamp Annelein Pegasus 2004
Callahan Sean Green Mtn. 2004
Compton Annette Pegasus 2004
Cooper Peter Green Mtn. 2004
Foster Sheila Pegasus 2004
Harrington Maurie Pegasus 2004
Huntoon Peter Pegasus 2004
Kramer Marlene Pegasus 2004
Laliberte Judy Green Mtn 2004
Lloyd Mary Fran Green Mtn 2004
Pafume Barbara Green Mtn 2004
Stone Nancy Green Mtn 2004
Sydorowich Robery Pegasus 2004
Voight Brad Pegasus 2004
Wallace Alison Pegasus 2004
Webber Everett Green Mtn 2004

Beach Lisa Enigma 2005
Bielenberg Kristina Enigma 2005
Blomberg-Riley Dorothy Governer's 05 2005
Cannon Jean Govenor's 2005
DiMauro Nancy Reed 2005
Drew Joan V Gallery 2005
Eckert Gary V Gallery 2005
Gordon Anne V Gallery 2005
Gould Mary Lou Governer's 05 2005
Hamilton Debby V Gallery 2005
Hayward Sandra V Gallery 2005
Ingram Doris Governer's 05 2005
Koutrakos Donna Enigma 2005
MacKenzie Jo Governer's 05 2005
Mollica Sandra Reed05 2005
Newsham Charles Governer's 05 2005
O'Brien Robert Governer's 05 2005
Reed Elaine Enigma 2005
Senior Gillian Enigma 2005
Smith Joan T. Reed05 2005
Storrs Barbara V Gallery 2005
Tate Jo Reed05 2005

Casper Karen Reed 2006
Dayton Harry Pegasus 2006
Dean Nancy SVAC 2006
Fisk Adrienne Woodstock 2006
Hamilton Owen Pegasus 2006
More Kate SVAC06 2006
Paul Colette Reed 2006
Pealer Judson Pegasus 2006
Pealer Sandra Woodstock Folk 2006
Ravenhorst-Adams Kathrena Pegasus 2006
Sciore Alice Woodstock Folk 2006
Somerset Theresa SVAC06 2006
Winters Nancy Reed 2006

Submitted by Cynthia Crawford VWS President

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