Time: CLASSIFIED
Location: CLASSIFIED
Attendees: CLASSIFIED

Agenda:

OLD BUSINESS – (status of non-profit status)

MEMBERSHIP DUES CHANGE+DEBATE – We have passed a motion to amend the MEMBERSHIP DUES in consideration of hard economic times down to $70 U.S. dollars. The $70 dollar fee WILL INCLUDE costs of new member’s FEZ that will be awarded during MYSTIC INITIATION CEREMONY.

NEWSLETTER (ZINE) – We have passed a motion to produce our one page minicomic zine herein known as: CLAW-TU VERATA NIKTO!â„¢ as a BI-MONTHLY PUBLICATION.  Councilmen Monlux has been awarded the next ZINE CZAR who will oversee content unification, moral standards and be vigilant against continuity errors. Community feedback on the zine has been tremendous–tremendously positive.

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS STATUS – Reviewed artwork of all students who have applied thus so far. Discussed merits of submitted application essays and their devotion to the craft of illustration/cartooning (Some impressive stuff let me tell you).  REMINDER deadline for submissions is APRIL 15th!

CHALK AT ART MUSEUM STATUS – CLAW members invite FROST PARK COMMUNITY CHALKERS to join us at the TACOMA ART MUSEUM for the David M’s Big Draw.  APRIL 19th!

CITY ARTS MAY ISSUE STATUS – Possibility of cover illustration to accompany 700 word feature article on THE CLAW. Members agreed on a cover design mock up. CLAW TOTEM Illustration Tasks assigned. CITY ARTS agreed to make a donation to our scholarship. 

RR’S REPORT ON WAYZGOOSE – dismissed accusations that letterpress community conspired against the cartoonist community in reference to the backwards lettering on our CLAW crossbones poster currently on display at WOOLWORTHS in Downtown Tacoma.  Hurtful rumors are unfounded! Rest assured THE CLAW will be invited next year to participate in the wayzgoose event however mindful of the need to first reverse any text on the printing block.

FUND RAISING IDEAS

1. Urban iditarod – local businesses sponsor teams of costumed heroes to push shopping cart across Downtown Tacoma, or Ruston waterfront.
2. Russian roulette – people pay to watch others handle deadly weapons, only instead of weapons you use dice and red headbands with money at stake…  ?
3. Cartoonist Tacoma Laureate – convince city to designate a month to the Cartoonist Tacoma Laureate. Would be included at CLAW open swims? Frost Park Chalk Challenges? Library Symposiums? Kings Books Events? Basically play off the Poet Laureate business model.

That is All.  Join THE CLAW at our next public OPEN SWIM MEETING, APRIL 22nd!

Each month the CLAW holds an open meeting for both members and non-members to attend. The CLAW is involved in many project requiring it’s unique skill sets. This meeting gives us a chance to work on those projects while kibitzing with our friends and associates who also take an interest. More than anything, it’s an excuse to get together, draw and share our talents with each other.

THIS MONTH: We are finishing up our self-portraits. RR Anderson requested that all the members of the CLAW put their efforts into completing the profile section of the website where biographies and self-portraits are to be featured. To that end the deadline for the art was set to by at the end of this Open Swim.

You’ve heard rumors about the CLAW. Come and see which of them are true. Or just come to see the fez. We are meeting in the back room to the left of the stage. You can bring a friend, but no kids. Adults only.
Remember to bring stuff to draw with.

Madolin Café
(in the back room, to the left of the stage)
Wednesday, March 25th, 7:30 pm
3923 S 12th St
Tacoma, WA 98405

Here is a brief summary of the minutes for our secret meeting 8:30 PM, March 10, 2009 @ Madoline Cafe.

Master Cartoonist Stan Shaw Draws Councilman Mark Monlux with Giant Novelty Pencil

Attendees:

1. RR Anderson (member #2) [proxy for Elliot Trotter (member #1)]
2. Mark Monlux (member #3) [proxy for James Stowe (member #4)]
3. Stan Shaw (member in training)

Consent Agenda:

• Monlux report on non-profit status
• Monlux report on scholarship status
  MOTION: Extend the deadline for Scholarship of April 15 2009. Monlux to post on blog,  Anderson to post flyer downtown. Monlux send out Tacomaarts-listserve and Anderson to volcano. Monlux to sending out email to his few school contacts.(Monlux/Anderson) PASSED
• Monlux report on 24 hour comic
• Monlux report on treasury
• Monlux report on Trotter’s interview filming
• Anderson report on Wayzgoose status
  MOTION: That Anderson go to Kings Books choose a poster for Woolworth display and for raffle. Anderson also to select good and bad copy of poster. One for archives on lucky member’s wall and one for members to doodle on for future project. (Monlux/Anderson) PASSED
• Anderson report on Art Museum request
  MOTION: That the CLAW fulfill the request of the Tacoma Art Museum to show chalking expertise on Sunday April 19. (Coinciding with How Things Work Presentation) This event to be announced to participants as the kick off to the 2009 Chalk Challenge season. Anderson to request monetary compensation for the the scholarship fund and/or coffers. Prize for Chalk contest already arranged. (Anderson/Monlux) PASSED
• Looking over Shaw’s cool comics
• Rest of meeting speaking in tongues and auto-mystic drawing
  MOTION: To have next meeting as Open Swim at Mandolin Cafe at 7:30 Wednesday, March 25th 2009 (Mark/Elliott) PASSED

Current Action Items

Each action item should specify the task, the person responsible, and the due date.

TROTTER

• to do tape video interviews of member, One down.

ANDERSON

• to do more interview for CLAW. Requests other seek and do interviews as well.
• to confirm event with Tacoma Art Museum
• to follow through on selecting posters for Wayzgoose presentation at Woolworth

MONLUX

• to start form filing of non-profit status

STOWE

• tba

SHAW

• to photograph office and post via Flickr.

HOMEWORK PROJECTS FOR ALL

• self portrait that’s 400×600 pixels (by 3/25/2008)
• banner art for website

Completed Action Items

• First Newsletter Comic
• Wayzgooze Poster