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north american guild membership fee question

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Maid O'Mud on wed 16 may 07


Hi

I'm trying to get an idea of what other guilds charge for membership;
especially guilds that have/allow studio use. Our local guild charges
$60 for membership and an extra $90 for full studio membership.
This guild is located in a city of ~350,000; add the surrounding small
towns etc. under a 1 hour drive and the pop. is probably close to 500,000.

Given these parameters, can you please tell me what you guild charges;
and what size city it's in?

Many TIA

Sam Cuttell
Maid O'Mud Pottery
RR 1
Melbourne, Ontario
N0L 1T0
CANADA

"First, the clay told me what to do.
Then, I told the clay what to do.
Now, we co-operate."
sam 1994

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HYPERLINK "mailto:scuttell@ody.ca"scuttell@ody.ca


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Roy Odom on thu 17 may 07


The Texas Pottery and Sculpture Guild charges $30 but has no facilities to
participate in here in Ft. Worth , TX which has a population of 1,500,000.
We are contemplating the acquisition of a building and setting up something
for the members which might include a coop, a studio facility, and a
teaching area.

Roy B. Odom
president
TPSG

Stonecreek Studio Pottery






>From: Maid O'Mud
>Reply-To: Clayart
>To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
>Subject: North American Guild membership fee question
>Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 12:19:51 -0400
>
>Hi
>
>I'm trying to get an idea of what other guilds charge for membership;
>especially guilds that have/allow studio use. Our local guild charges
>$60 for membership and an extra $90 for full studio membership.
>This guild is located in a city of ~350,000; add the surrounding small
>towns etc. under a 1 hour drive and the pop. is probably close to 500,000.
>
>Given these parameters, can you please tell me what you guild charges;
>and what size city it's in?
>
>Many TIA
>
>Sam Cuttell
>Maid O'Mud Pottery
>RR 1
>Melbourne, Ontario
>N0L 1T0
>CANADA
>
>"First, the clay told me what to do.
>Then, I told the clay what to do.
>Now, we co-operate."
>sam 1994
>
>HYPERLINK "http://www.ody.ca/~scuttell/"http://www.ody.ca/~scuttell/
>HYPERLINK "mailto:scuttell@ody.ca"scuttell@ody.ca
>
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Eva Gallagher on thu 17 may 07


Hello,
The Deep River Potters Guild has a rooms in the Deep River Community
Centre - where we have 2 electric kilns, 1 gas kiln, a raku kiln, 6 wheels,
a slab roller, a sparay booth, a glaze supply room. Members get a key and
have access 24 hours a day. Memberhsip is $90 for new members, $115 for
returning and $125 for returning family membership. Membership also includes
8 free lessons in the fall and 8 after Xmas - the lessons are given by more
experienced members. For firing members pay by the pound. The firings
include bisque and glaze and include the cost of glazing . Total - 80 cents
per pound for electric and $1.12 for gas. The glazes are free and members
mix up from our supply room for communal use. We are lucky in that our rent
of $3300 per year includes electricity and heating. We do need a larger
space as we have about 35 members - about 15 quite active ones.
Deep River has a population of about 4500 - 5000 and the Guild has been in
existence since 1954 - so just about every family in town has had someone
who has been a member at one time or another! As a result the community is
very supportive of members who sell pottery through the Valley Artisans
Coop - http://www.valleyartisans.com/

Regards,
Eva Gallagher
Deep River, Ontario




----- Original Message -----
From: "Maid O'Mud"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 12:19 PM
Subject: North American Guild membership fee question


> Hi
>
> I'm trying to get an idea of what other guilds charge for membership;
> especially guilds that have/allow studio use. Our local guild charges
> $60 for membership and an extra $90 for full studio membership.
> This guild is located in a city of ~350,000; add the surrounding small
> towns etc. under a 1 hour drive and the pop. is probably close to 500,000.
>
> Given these parameters, can you please tell me what you guild charges;
> and what size city it's in?
>
> Many TIA
>
> Sam Cuttell
> Maid O'Mud Pottery
> RR 1
> Melbourne, Ontario
> N0L 1T0
> CANADA
>
> "First, the clay told me what to do.
> Then, I told the clay what to do.
> Now, we co-operate."
> sam 1994
>
> HYPERLINK "http://www.ody.ca/~scuttell/"http://www.ody.ca/~scuttell/
> HYPERLINK "mailto:scuttell@ody.ca"scuttell@ody.ca
>
>
> No virus found in this outgoing message.
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> melpots@pclink.com.
>