November Meeting Notes

LWD Discussion Notes – November 23, 2015

Attendees:

  • Bridgette Buckley, Sharon Burdett, Pam Daniels, Eve Fineman (remote), Sara Huston, Jamie Hayes, Kari Merkl (remote), Colleen Murakami, Florence Twu

Meeting Summary:

November’s meeting was held at Catalyze Chicago. The over-arching questions of the evening were: What does LWD hope to accomplish by becoming a formal nonprofit organization, and how will it go about accomplishing its goals? 

Issues discussed included:

  • coordination between Portland and Chicago groups
  • organizational mission statement
  • organizational logo
  • leadership structure
  • seeking membership dues
  • seeking grant funding
  • the process of becoming a nonprofit, both in Illinois & nationally
  • long-term goal of obtaining a dedicated space for hosting panel discussions, workspaces, and a showroom.

Other discussion items included:

  • Pronunciation of LWD – potentially “LoWD = loud”
  • Hashtag usage
    • #womendesigners
    • #lwdchicago
  • Member Sonia Yoon and Sharon Burdett’s event December 12th
  • Founder Kari Merkl will be in Chicago in January

Relevant Links:

http://womenscenterforcreativework.com/

https://www.doubleunion.org/

http://www.wbdc.org/

https://www.societyofcrafts.org/artists/mineck.asp

http://lwdportland.org/

http://www.grahamfoundation.org

http://www.smallma.org/

http://www.chicagoartistsresource.org/