mel jacobson on mon 24 jan 11
we are in soft negotiations with nceca to
bring clayart together with nceca as a major
communications arm.
joe molinaro is working on several special projects
for necea and one of his aims is to bring us together.
the` board of directors` of nceca has started this
conversation, and has asked him to talk to me.
(we spoke on the phone yesterday for an hour, and we
are certainly on the same page...totally.)
i have sent out a general mailing to a dozen long
time clayart friends and the consensus is overwhelmingly
in favor of this project.
it will not change in any way our association with acers,
and our goal of `bringing quality clay education to the world`
will remain the same.
in fact, the goal of all three organizations is the same.
`CLAY EDUCATION`.
nceca has a new director and president. the board is
pro/clayart for the first time in history. we know they
are catching on. on any given day clayart reaches 10,000+
clay interested people. yahoo mirrors clayart as does google.
the numbers are becoming staggering. clayart also has the
word's experts on all phases of ceramic learning. the best there
is. it is just a fact. from toxicology, to physics, to chemistry
to building. we cover it all. and, it includes almost 90 countries.
the life of computer glaze computation started its journey with
clayart friends.
i/clayart received a message that paul soldner had died within
thirty minutes of his passing. thousands knew about paul minutes later.
almost as fast as CNN. clayart members read their mail. just a fact.
i have offered our services to nceca many times....but, we are finally
in a climate of cooperation that seems very good.
doris seems able to provide some sort of space for us at the
tampa convention. i think this will happen. we will keep our fingers cross=
ed.
we would like to expand our service with the `clayart room` to many others.
the idea of a rest place that is safe and honorable is appealing. a place
to meet others, find friends, and have simple educational activities going
on. it costs nothing to be classy. and for those traveling alone, it is a
god send.
we have no hard evidence, but clayart has increased the numbers for
nceca a great deal. many that would never join without clayart.
and, we know we have filled some hotels to capacity with clayart members...
i am talking about 500 people+...not bad.
this will not cost nceca any money. it will only benefit both parties.
we can build on our nceca conference presence, and nceca will have
a vital communications arm for information that needs to be spread to
the world of clay.
this should be a win, win, win for all parties. i am assuming it will be
a fact in about two weeks.
i am going to do a telephone conference with the major players on
friday afternoon. joe molinaro will moderate the call.
mel jacobson/moderator
as joe and i talked about sunday....internet, computer
computation, digital pix and film
will dominate clay education in the future. clay education had better
figure it out. or, we all lose. what happens to elementary, junior high
and high school clay education will be the life or death of college ceramic=
s.
a fact.
from: minnetonka, mn
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Paul Lewing on mon 24 jan 11
On Jan 24, 2011, at 6:15 AM, mel jacobson wrote:
we have no hard evidence, but clayart has increased the numbers for
nceca a great deal. many that would never join without clayart.
I'm really glad to hear this. I just had a conversation with Marge
Levy, the onsite coordinator for Seattle, at our last meeting. I was
telling her about the trouble Clayart was having in Tampa, and how I
hoped we could get a little more cooperation in Seattle. I did make
just this point to her, that Clayart, and particularly the Clayart
room itself, has probably done more for NCECA's attendance in the
last ten years than anything else, and that there are many people who
will not come if there isn't a Clayart room. I'm glad they're hearing
this.
Paul Lewing
www.paullewingtile.com
www.paullewingart.com
marta matray on mon 24 jan 11
mel, this is wonderful news!=3D20
some of us on facebook were so sad when we heard that there wont be a
clayart room at the tampa nceca,=3D20
that we insisted that we'll have to have a place to meet, to see old
friends, so right now we came up with the idea of the bar at the hotel
hyatt, where most of us will stay. (not the bar, the hotel :))=3D20
marta
Dale Neese on mon 24 jan 11
Excellent plans!
nothing has recruited more new clay people to Clayart at the conference tha=
n
those little orange stickers on our NCECA name tags.
Thanks Mel !
Dale Tex
"across the alley from the Alamo"
Helotes, Texas USA
www.daleneese.com
monkeymind88@COMCAST.NET on mon 24 jan 11
>we are in soft negotiations with nceca to
>bring clayart together with nceca as a major
>communications arm.
Snip--
Wow
Great, Mel,
The best of all worlds!
--
Jeanette Harris in Poulsbo WA
http://www.jeanetteharrisblog.blogspot.com
http://fiberneedlethread.blogspot.com/
http://www.washingtonpotters.org/WPA_Gallery.htm
http://www.southernarizonaclayartists.org/gallery/jeanette-harris
Fred Parker on tue 25 jan 11
Nice work, Mel.
Fred Parker
On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 08:15:08 -0600, mel jacobson wrot=
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e:
>we are in soft negotiations with nceca to
>bring clayart together with nceca as a major
>communications arm.
>
>joe molinaro is working on several special projects
>for necea and one of his aims is to bring us together.
>
>the` board of directors` of nceca has started this
>conversation, and has asked him to talk to me.
>(we spoke on the phone yesterday for an hour, and we
>are certainly on the same page...totally.)
>
>i have sent out a general mailing to a dozen long
>time clayart friends and the consensus is overwhelmingly
>in favor of this project.
>
SNIP
Fisher Cheryl on tue 25 jan 11
I think this could be great for all. I am so glad something is coming =3D
together. Thanks for all your great work and support of Clayart.
Cheryl Fisher
potterytalk@verizon.net
Sarasota, FL USA
On Jan 24, 2011, at 9:15 AM, mel jacobson wrote:
we are in soft negotiations with nceca to
bring clayart together with nceca as a major
communications arm.
Susan Fox Hirschmann on wed 26 jan 11
Thanks for working on this, Mel.=3D0AYou know, better than most, what a pro=
du=3D
ctive amazing vehicle this is for all of =3D0Aus potters. ....this connecti=
on=3D
to each other is like no other.=3DA0 There are those =3D0Athat speak openl=
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hose that lurk.=3D0ABut no matter what, NCECA and the clayart room that is =
pa=3D
rt of it, have been a =3D0Awelcome feature for many years.---a visual conne=
ct=3D
ion in this=3DA0virtual world.=3D0AI hope your=3DA0"soft negotiations" are =
a posi=3D
tive step forward.=3DA0 It is really about =3D0Atime that NCECA helps suppo=
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ur efforts, the way we have supported them over =3D0Athe years!=3D0ARegards=
,=3D0A=3D
Susan=3D0Asusan fox hirschmann=3D0Aannandale, virginia=3D0Awww.potteryart.b=
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Veena Raghavan on thu 27 jan 11
Hi Mel,
Congratulations on what sounds as if it will a great development for both
Clayart and NCECA. I am delighted to hear that they have finally recognized
that Clayart is a large contributor to the world of clay and to the NCECA
Conference. It is time they realized that your efforts have brought in a gr=
eat
many conference attendees, who might not otherwise have even considered
attending NCECA.
As always, you are working hard to bring more and more to Clayart, which is
wonderful. My appreciation to you and Joe Molinaro and all the others who
have obviously been working hard behind to scenes to make this happen. I ho=
pe
that it will be a great success.
Thank you.
All the best.
Veena
In a message dated 1/24/2011 9:15:19 AM Eastern Standard Time,
melpots2@VISI.COM writes:
>
>
> we are in soft negotiations with nceca to
> bring clayart together with nceca as a major
> communications arm.
>
> joe molinaro is working on several special projects
> for necea and one of his aims is to bring us together.
>
VeenaRaghavan@cs.com
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