SEEKING NOMINATIONS FOR HBC BOARDDear HBC members, After suspending our regularly held board member elections for some years during the pandemic, we are finally resuming a regular schedule. We have decided to hold elections for half the board member positions each year, thus resulting in a suggested two-year term for each position. However as these are volunteer positions, anyone may resign their post at any time as necessary. We humbly thank each and every person who has ever served, for any length of time, on the board of the
Hand Bookbinders of California. The following positions are open for nominations to our slate of candidates for 2025, with a brief job description. If you are interested in any of these positions, or know someone who might be, please send a nomination to board@handbookbinders.org. Vice President: Generates the meeting agenda each month, provides general support to the president and other board members, can come up with new projects for HBC (past projects have involved assisting with the Exquisite Corpse project, creating a Roadworks linocut poster, suggesting and contacting new workshop instructors, etc). This is a great position for anyone with fresh ideas for things that would be fun for our members to do. Secretary: Mainly responsible for taking minutes at each board meeting, succinctly, accurately, and promptly. Must be able to attend all board meetings, which are collegial discussions held on zoom the third Tuesday evening of each month, 6-7:30 pm Pacific time. Exhibits Chair: Handles all aspects of our annual members' exhibition in conjunction with volunteer helpers. We are always looking for more volunteers to help with the many tasks involved with the exhibit. If you have already offered to volunteer, we will be contacting you! If you would like to volunteer, contact exhibitions@handbookbinders.org. Digital Projects: Coordinates with board members to post regular updates to our Squarespace-based website, such as creating updated web pages for our annual exhibit, current workshops, commissions list, membership renewals, and more; manages our board email accounts and tends our Google drive digital file/archive system; assists the newsletter editor with backend operations. Workshops: Comes up with new ideas for fun and challenging workshops to offer to HBC members and the general bookbinding public, contacts instructors and handles all logistical aspects of in-person workshops. This is a great position for anyone who is creative and wants to learn from the best in our field. Some workshops can be taken for free by the workshop chair. Voting will begin March 1, and close April 30. We will announce the winners on May 1.
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