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Board and Committee Updates April 2022

BOARD MUSINGS:

NEXT MEETING is April 19, 2022 @ 6:30pm on ZOOM
All members are welcome to sit in and observe. You may get inspired to join the board. Contact Denny at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for a ZOOM invite if you would like to attend.

BOARD NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE:
Looking for New Board Members

Now is a pivotal time to make a difference in the future of the Northwest Stone Sculptor’s Association. With the societal shift brought on by Covid-19, we are at a crossroads with the organization and looking for people to strengthen and support the health and long-term wellness of NWSSA. Help carry this transition successfully by offering your skills to build strength in these new times to keep NWSSA thriving.

Our organization has a solid pool of enthusiastic donors but only a handful of volunteers. NWSSA would greatly benefit from your unique perspective and skills. We offer the only stone carving symposiums open to all skill levels sharing interest and passion for stone sculpting. The inclusiveness offered by the community gives all the opportunity for growth and development as an individual, in the NWSSA community and as a stone sculptor. Through NWSSA offerings professional sculptors carve and share wisdom side by side with newly inspired stone carvers this unique opportunity has been fostered over the 30 years of its existence.

Currently, all NWSSA Board meetings are on Zoom, so location no longer limits your involvement. Please consider reaching out to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to make a difference by serving on the NWSSA Board of Directors.

Board and Committee Updates Dec 2021

BOARD MUSINGS:

NEXT MEETING is January 18, 2022 @ 6:30pm on ZOOM
This is your board. If you have ideas that you want the board to consider, please let us know and we can put you on the agenda. Members are always welcome to come to the meetings and listen in. It is easy since we have our meetings on Zoom. Please contact our Prez, Denny Tsang at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. He will send you a zoom link.
We are continuing to work on ways to get members involved. Let us know what ideas you may have!

JOURNAL COMMITTEE:
Barbara Neswald is chairing this committee and working with Maya Kilmer and Arliss Newcomb. They are planning on sending out the journal on a quarterly basis and expect to have their first copies out in early spring.
Ben Mefford, who has been our Journal editor for about the past 3 years is retiring from this job but hopes to publish the last copy of his tenure before January 1st. That is dependent on the ability to get paper (which he said is now in short supply due to supply chain issues).
Thanks Ben for putting together a great journal that we have all gotten to enjoy!

LEGAL GUIDANCE COMMITTEE:
The Legal Guidance Committee is: Patty McPhee (chair), Bill Weissinger (volunteer) and Tamara Buchanan (liaison to the board.) This committee is currently working on connecting to a legal service that specifically specializes in working with non-profit arts organizations. The focus of the work now is reviewing and updating NWSSA documents and forms for events.
If you have info that might help them, please contact Patty McPhee This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

NWSSA business

NWSSA business matters

Board of Directors seeks people who wish to further the mission of NWSSA. Our culture has been to work in an open, inclusive, and collaborative way to accomplish its goals.

Call to Meeting: the next Board of Directors Meeting Schedule TBD

Meeting minutes are available at: Minutes and Reports.

The online version of the revised bylaws approved by the board in March of 2009.

The previous bylaws were documented about 1999, were converted to electronic text.

2021 BOD Officer Announcement

Hello All,

It is with great pleasure that I get to announce our roster for the NWSSA Board of Directors. For those of you who do not know me, my name is Denny Tsang and I have been attending the Symposium located at Suttle Lake for the past few years (when possible!)

I will be your new Board President for this year. A massive thank-you to Ben Mefford! I've learned a lot from watching you lead. I hope that we, as a Board, can continue to serve all the members of NWSSA in fostering this community we all love.

Here is this year's roster:

Denny Tsang - President
Tamara Buchanan - Vice President
Trevor Contreras - Treasurer
Ellie Hochman - Secretary
Eirene Bloomberg
Rick Johnson
Julianne Kohn
Stephen Taplin

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please do not hesitate to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Thanks!
Denny

Northwest Stone Sculptors Association is a nonprofit, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization

Support the art of Stone Sculpture! Donate here to the NWSSA general fund:

Contact Us

To get in touch with the Northwest Stone Sculptors Association,
you can email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,
or mail to the post office box (weekly pickup):

NWSSA PO Box 27364
Seattle, WA 98165-1864