New Jersey Chapter of Printing House Craftsmen

IAPHC - The Graphic Professional’s Resource Network

Minutes – Executive Committee

Date: January 6, 2005

Attending: Andy Shine, Steve Gleich, Al Zowada, Alice Lynch, Ira Shore, Sheila Blewitt, Jack Blewitt, Bill Van Jura, Tom Pini, Len Vadala, Paul Lamendola, Barb Pignato.

President Andy Shine called the meeting to order at 6:15 P.M.

President’s Report: President Shine thanked Sheila Blewitt for her team’s hard work in making our December holiday party a big success. He shared his excitement for the upcoming Print Week Program and looks forward to a line up of quality programs planned for the balance of the year. The membership committee is strengthening its efforts to sign new members. Anyone who knows anybody that may be interested can contact President Shine directly at (201) 294-3804 or amssunshine@aol.com.

Budget Report: President Shine will call a meeting for later this month to discuss the budget.

Sergeant-At-Arms Report: There were 31 attendees at the December “SOAPRANOS” Holiday Party held at the Bethwood.

Website Report: Ira Shore presented the board an updated timetable of website events along with a record of site usage statistics.

Programs:

• January 13^th Print Week will feature Jim Kohler of International Paper and Matt Young of Chung Design, as a designer and printer square off. This event will be preceded by a Q&A workshop exclusively for graphic arts students.
• February 10th will be an off-site presentation by AGFA.
• March 10^th Half-day (4 hrs. approx.) seminar by Man Roland to be followed with an evening educational program.
• April 14th Professor Dr. John Leininger of Clemson University will be conducting a half-day seminar on “In-Design,” followed by an evening program on the topic of “Ink and Substrates (to be confirmed).”
• May 12^th Sappi Paper “Paper Essentials” to feature “Life with Print,” an overview of how to measure the effectiveness of print vs. other media.
• June: Installation of officers to precede a minor league baseball game (Newark Bears or NJ Jackals).
• Still being explored as a supplementary event is an off-site, digital print presentation by HP Indigo featuring their latest technology, to be located at a NJ Printer.

Membership Report: Membership Chair, Len Vadala would like to develop a survey to explore innovative approaches to attracting members. He cited a need for increased publicity to the print community. Tactics he suggested include enlisting the aid of students to help publicize the club. “Once engaged in our organization, their participation may lead to even greater levels of involvement”. Existing members must see the importance of aggressively recruiting and sponsoring new members. We can also consider reaching out to past members. An additional, secondary e-mail list could be used as an effective tool for targeting new member prospects.

President Shine noted that Tim Dalton and Donna Farrell have expressed their willingness to assist Len in making contacts with prospective members. At the upcoming Print Week Program an application package will be given to every guest. Len will also be positioned to greet every guest and avail himself to field any questions about our organization. As an added incentive, sponsors of new members that evening will be awarded a bottle of wine.

Old Business: Paul Lamendola noted that invoices will be sent out shortly to renew sponsorship ads on our website.

Al Zowada will be representing our chapter at the IAPHC Mid-Winter Meeting February 18-19th. The board had approved the budget for this expense.

Barb Pignato will e-mail those members that have still not paid their annual dues. President Shine will also compose a letter to be sent to those members in arrears.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:15 PM.