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maureen dugan's email on behalf of phil rogers

updated fri 27 aug 10

 

Dinah Snipes Steveni on wed 25 aug 10


Dugan's email is coming up invalid. Please advise.


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Eric Hansen on thu 26 aug 10


Seriously folks, I have been advised that to "bombard" a customs
officer with emails, snail mail, or other "supportive" communication
is only going to backfire. NORMALLY, ACADEMIC TRAVEL IS TAKEN CARE OF
WITH A VISA, to do otherwise invites scrutiny, GET IT??? Phil has got
to sort this out, NOT US.

And TSA and Homeland Security has got nothing whatsoever to do with
Customs. Customs is an issue with every country, and most are more
restrictive than ours. For an American citizen to travel to Canada,
for example, to lecture and exhibit and sell pottery is expressly
forbidden - the U.S.A. may in fact be more lenient, but I would advise
leaving the Customs Officer doing their job alone -
h a n s e n

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 9:08 PM, wrote:
> Please don't bombard Ms. Dugan with email. This whole thing could backfir=
e, and everybody could wind up on the 'no fly' list. Then how would you get=
to NCECA?
>
>
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> I don't think they'd do that, but you never know.
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>
>
> Gail G., Indy
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dinah Snipes Steveni"
> To: Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 6:49:46 PM
> Subject: Maureen Dugan's email on behalf of Phil Rogers
>
> Dugan's email is coming up invalid. Please advise.
>
>
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Michael Wendt on thu 26 aug 10


Randy Brodnax and many others routinely present at MISSA
every year.
Clearly, there is a way to go to Canada and present. I would
ask the MISSA folks at Metchosin how they arrange it.
Regards,
Michael Wendt
hansen wrote:

"And TSA and Homeland Security has got nothing whatsoever to
do with
Customs. Customs is an issue with every country, and most
are more
restrictive than ours. For an American citizen to travel to
Canada,
for example, to lecture and exhibit and sell pottery is
expressly
forbidden - the U.S.A. may in fact be more lenient, but I
would advise
leaving the Customs Officer doing their job alone -
h a n s e n"

Lee Love on thu 26 aug 10


On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Michael Wendt wrote:
> Randy Brodnax and many others routinely present at MISSA
> every year.
> Clearly, there is a way to go to Canada and present.

Going to Canada and Going to the USA are two completely different
situtations. When I lived in "the not to be mentioned country in
Asia", it was always easier to enter there than to come back home.

We are just back from the North Shore of Lake Superior. We didn't
have enough time to visit Canada, so we left our passports home.


--
=3DA0Lee, a Mashiko potter in Minneapolis
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=3D93Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel
the artistry moving through and be silent.=3D94 --Rumi

Vince Pitelka on thu 26 aug 10


Michael Wendt wrote:
"Randy Brodnax and many others routinely present at MISSA every year.
Clearly, there is a way to go to Canada and present. I would ask the MISSA
folks at Metchosin how they arrange it.

I have taught several workshops at the Shadbolt Centre in Burnaby, just eas=
t
of Vancouver, and next summer I will be teaching at MISSA. As long as a
workshop in Canada (done by a foreign presenter) is five days or less, it i=
s
a simple matter, and all you need when you cross the border into Canada is
your passport, your employment contract signed by both parties and
indicating dates of the workshop, and your Canada tax waiver form, filled
out by the hosting venue. Shadbolt is very good about taking care of all
that. The first time I taught at Shadbolt, I forgot to bring my contract
with me, and all I had was the tax waiver. The Canadian border agent at the
kiosk had me park and go inside the customs building and an agent made a fe=
w
phone calls, and then they wished me a good time in Canada and sent me on m=
y
way. This time I had the signed contract and the tax waiver, and the
Canadian border agent in the kiosk looked at them, made a quick phone call
to his supervisor, returned my documents, wished me a good time in Canada,
and sent me on my way. Coincidentally, I returned via the Sumas crossing,
which is a ways inland but still west of the Cascades, and I was in line
behind three cars. Five minutes later I was in the US, and the American
border agent was actually PLEASANT. That's a first for me.

Things are far more complex if the workshop (or other teaching/employment
situation) is longer than five days, so I cannot address that.
- Vince

Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft
Tennessee Tech University
vpitelka@dtccom.net; wpitelka@tntech.edu
http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka

figglywig@COMCAST.NET on thu 26 aug 10


Please don't bombard Ms. Dugan with email. This whole thing could backfire,=
and everybody could wind up on the 'no fly' list. Then how would you get t=
o NCECA?



I don't think they'd do that, but you never know.



Gail G., Indy


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dinah Snipes Steveni"
To: Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 6:49:46 PM
Subject: Maureen Dugan's email on behalf of Phil Rogers

Dugan's email is coming up invalid. Please advise.


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