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Workshop FAQ
(frequently asked questions -
revised/updated)
Simon Leach
Demo-Workshop October 8 & 9, 2010
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GENERAL WORKSHOP
INFORMATION
Do I have to
register on-line?
No, unless you
are a Guild member and want to take advantage of the "Working
Member" discount*, you can register through the college's conference
center during school hours. The number is provided on the main
workshop page.
(see their web site for hours
http://www.mchenry.edu)
You may need to leave a message, so please be patient. The
conference center staff work very hard and have many other tasks to
attend to, so they cannot man the phones every minute of every work
day.
*Working Member rules are listed below...Membership has its
privileges...
Do I have to
register for the whole workshop?
No, you can
register for Friday, or Saturday only, or for the whole workshop -
Both Friday and Saturday.
Why register
on-line?
You can register
24/7 on-line using our encrypted secure transactions.
If you choose to register through the college, you will need to do
so during school hours (see their web site for hours
http://www.mchenry.edu),
and you may need to leave a message, so please be patient. The
conference center staff has many other tasks to attend to, so they
cannot man the phones every minute of every work day.
How safe is it to
register on-line?
The Guild uses
PayPal encrypted transactions for on-line registration. It is
probably the safest on-line transaction you can make and it is the
easiest way to register.
Who gets my
information if I register on-line?
The Guild does
not give out your information except to the college directly. They
need to have a record of the participants who will be present in
their facility. They also need this information for their database
and to issue CPDU Illinois Teacher certifications for those
participants who request one.
Is there an
additional charge if I register at the door - or after the deadline?
There is a $25
additional charge for each one day registration or $25 additional
charge for a two day registration if you register at the door. You
will also be responsible for your own lunch. This is because the
lunches need to be ordered ahead of time and we cannot make
exceptions to this.
Can I get a CPDU
certification if I register on-line?
Yes. You will
need to let us know on the workshop form, so we can let the college
know of your intent when we notify them of your registration.
When do I need to
Check In?
Each day we will
have a Check-In Desk available 30 minutes before the workshop
begins. If you arrive after the workshop begins and no one is at
the desk, you will need to peek your head into the conference
center, to let us know you arrived, as all our volunteers will be
inside at that time. Our Guild volunteers will keep an eye out for
anyone who registered ahead of time and has not checked in before
the workshop begins.
How do I Check
In?
If you registered
on-line or through the college ahead of time, you will need to
present yourself at the Check-In Desk before the workshop begins to
receive your workshop name tag. Guild Members and Working Members
are responsible for wearing their official Guild name tag/lanyard to
the event. If you do not have an official Guild name tag/lanyard,
you must contact the secretary ASAP. Due to scheduling the
secretary will be unable to replace your Guild name tag/ lanyard the
week of the workshop. You must contact the secretary prior to the
workshop. Keep in mind, there is also a fee for a replacement.
This is your proof of registration. No one will be admitted to the
conference center without an official workshop name tag.
Where do I Check
In?
Check In begins
at TBA at the entrance to the McHenry County College Conference
Center.
Sometimes the line can be long, so please be patient.
Will food be
provided?
For the morning,
until the workshop begins, the Guild will provide a limited amount
of coffee (regular) and tea and bagel bits. For lunch, the Guild
will provide a boxed lunch with water. The workshop form has the
choices.
Can I get a
discount if I don't want the lunch?
No. Each
participant will have a choice of lunch options (we will provide a
vegetarian choice each day), but there is no discount if you would
rather eat elsewhere.
When is lunch?
We will break at
an appropriate place in the middle of the workshop for an hour
lunch. We will also open up the "Sale Room" for viewing during the
lunch hour if Simon sends pots to sell.
What is the "Sale
Room?"
The "Sale Room"
is where we will display Simon Leach's pots that are for sale (this
only applies if Simon sends pots for the sale).
If you would like to purchase one of Simon's splendid pots, see
THE SALE
for further details below.
Can I use my cell
phone during the workshop?
WELL...We realize
that everyone has different issues, however, cell phones in general,
are not allowed to be on during/in the workshop/conference center.
If you MUST turn you cell phone on during the workshop, you MUST
have it on VIBRATE ONLY! We record each workshop, so
cell phones ringing detract and overwhelm the artist(s)
presentation. If you need to address a call, please be considerate
of the artist(s) and the other workshop participants and step
outside to take the call. We are not trying to be pushy about this,
but rather we want to be fair and considerate of everyone.
Why do you say
that "Membership has its privileges?"
Our members get
certain "perks" that are not available to the general public and MCC
student participants.
See
Member Privileges
below.
MEMBER PRIVILEGES
What is the
advantage of being a member?
-
Members are
invited to our "meet the artist" pot luck. This event happens
the evening prior to each workshop. It gives members a chance
to rub elbows with visiting artists and gives the artists a
chance to meet the Guild members who will be assisting them
throughout the workshop.
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Members also
receive discounts on all workshops and are entitled to attend
Members' Only workshops and events.
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Members are
also entitled to view past workshop videos free of charge (based
on availability).
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There are
many more advantages to being a Guild member...For more general
information, see Member Benefits...
What kind of
discounts do Members receive?
Non-Working Members for this workshop:
·
$10 off
for attending both days of the
workshop, or $5 off
for attending one day.
"Working Members" for this
workshop:
·
$10 off
for attending both days of the
workshop, or $5 off
for attending one day plus,
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No minimum attendance required and your additional "working member
discount" has been increased! It is now $12.50 off your next year's
membership! This is half-off an individual membership renewed
before Dec.31st., or $12.50 off any other regular membership fee
(excludes half-year memberships). To qualify, you must sign up for
and complete two official jobs at the workshop. after you have
completed your job requirements, you will be eligible for your
discount!
Is there
any other advantage to being a "Working Member" beside the discount?
In addition to the
satisfaction of helping out your Guild (and receiving the best
discount), a "Working Member" is entitled to join the other "Working
Members" for first and exclusive rights to purchase a piece of
pottery from the visiting artist(s) before any other Guild members,
the General Public or the Student workshop participants can make
purchases.
What does a
member need to do to qualify as a "Working Member?"
The member must:
·
Be a full member in good
standing (paid-in-full and up-to-date/sorry,
half-year memberships do not apply).
·
Sign up for two or more
official workshop
jobs.
·
Register on-line as a
Guild Member.
·
Perform the designated
jobs at the workshop. You are then eligible to receive your
working member benefit (currently - $12.50 off your next year's
regular membership fee/sorry,
half-year memberships do not apply).
THE SALE
What is the Sale?
The Guild offers
a sale at each workshop. It consists of several parts.
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Guild
memberships at a discount - (see
Membership page for details).
We can only accept check or cash at the workshop. If you wish
to pay with a credit or debit card, you must go on-line and
register through our web site through PayPal.
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Guild items
(t-shirts, bags, etc.). All items are sold on a first come
first serve basis.
As
a 501 (c) 3 non-for-profit organization, we rely on donations
and memberships to survive. As with the workshops we offer, we
are not out to make a profit, but rather to keep afloat to be
around to serve our members and the community-at-large and to be
able to continue to offer top quality events and workshops like
this one in the future.
We can only accept check or cash at the workshop. We CANNOT
accept credit, or debit cards. NO EXCEPTIONS. The college has
a cash machine in the lobby, but we are not responsible for its
availability, use. or subsequent charges.
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Great Lakes
Clay - our partner - offers books for sale as well as clay and
will gladly take orders for other products from his catalog
(when possible, Tim even brings items Saturday for those who
purchase catalog items on Friday to save them the trip or the
shipping cost -- please note this is to Tim's discretion and
availability of the items...).
Please check with
Great Lake Clay
on payment options that will be available at the workshop...
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Pottery by
the visiting artist(s). Most years, we offer a pottery sale.
All the works for sale are created by the visiting workshop
artists. Only workshop participants have the opportunity to
purchase pottery with "Working Members" getting first dibs.
(In the past, our participants have been eager to own a piece of
pottery by the visiting artists, who often times reside several
hundred or several thousand miles from our location. It also
gives the artists an opportunity to sell their work.)
Simon is going to try to ship pots this year!
We can only accept check or cash at the workshop. We CANNOT
accept credit, or debit cards. NO EXCEPTIONS. The college has
a cash machine in the lobby, but we are not responsible for its
availability, use. or subsequent charges.
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Other tools
and interesting items - Some of our workshop artists also design
or promote specific tools, have videos (or DVD's), etc.
Whenever possible we offer these for sale as well.
We can only accept check or cash at the workshop. We CANNOT
accept credit, or debit cards. NO EXCEPTIONS. The college has
a cash machine in the lobby, but we are not responsible for its
availability, use. or subsequent charges.
What are the
pottery sale rules?
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All works are
on view before the workshop as well as during the lunch hour and
for a brief time after the workshop has ended each day, but no
works will be sold on Friday.
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"Working
Members" can make their choices on Friday and pay for them at
that time if they choose, but no works can be removed prior to
Saturday when all sales transactions are completed. Sorry to
the Friday Only people, but it just doesn't work for us to do
this any other way.
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All pots are
SOLD on Saturday ONLY by way of a drawing.
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We accept
cash or check only, so if you plan to buy a pot, please keep
this in mind. We CANNOT accept credit, or debit cards. NO
EXCEPTIONS. The college has a cash machine in the lobby, but we
are not responsible for its availability, use or subsequent
charges.
How does the
drawing work?
DRAWING RULES:
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Each
participant (known as "you") is entitled to participate in the
drawing for a chance to purchase one piece (initially) of
pottery from the participating artist.
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On both
Friday and Saturday when the sale room is open, the Guild will
issue paper strips for you to write your name on (printed and
legible!).
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You then
drop a strip (only one per pot) into each available* pot you
would like to purchase. To reiterate, you can only put ONE
STRIP with your name PER PIECE that you are interested in,
because everyone is only allowed to BUY ONE piece (initially).
NO EXCEPTIONS to the one strip per pot rule! Violators will be
excluded from the drawing.
*available pots
are those not chosen by "Working Members."
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There is no
limit to the number of pots you can choose to drop one strip
with your name in.
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On Saturday,
after the workshop, participants will have a brief last chance
to finish adding their names to the pots they would be
interested in.
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To begin the
drawing, either a "Working Member" or the visiting artist will
then begin to draw names. If there are pots with one name only,
they will be called first.
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When your
name is called you then proceed to the sale counter, pay for
your one piece where it is wrapped and bagged for you.
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If you decide
to "Pass" on a piece when your name is called, you do so at your
own risk, because you then take the chance that you will not get
picked for another piece at all! NO EXCEPTIONS! The Guild and
the visiting artist are not responsible for your choices, so
keep this in mind when you put your name in a pot.
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After a
"Pass," the next name in the pot to be drawn has the opportunity
to buy that piece...
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After all the
pots with names in them have been sold if there are any remain
pots, each participant who did not get to purchase a piece has
first choice of the remaining pots. The Guild will monitor this
process and keep this civilized, perhaps do a second round of
drawings if necessary. We want everyone who wants to purchase a
piece to have the opportunity, but we will not show favoritism
and will do what we can to make this work for everyone.
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After
everyone has purchased their work from the first and second
round, if there are any pots left, those who wish to buy more
than one may do so at that time. We want to sell as many pots
for the artist as possible.
What if I am a
Friday Only participant and I want to purchase a pot?
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We want to
offer the pottery sale to all participants, but we cannot sell
works on Friday, so it is up to you (the Friday Only
participant) to make arrangements for someone to be your proxy
in your stead.
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You must make
arrangements with someone who will be attending the workshop on
Saturday to be your proxy, and understand your choices in order
to make a purchase on your behalf. You and your proxy are
solely responsible for any transaction that occurs from this
arrangement and you and your proxy must also adhere to all the
other drawing rules that apply, so please pay close attention to
the details above...
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You must
authorize that person (your proxy) to decide to accept or pass
on a piece for you and it is solely your proxy representative's
responsibility to make the purchase on your behalf and their
responsibility for the piece once the sale has been completed.
The Guild assumes no liability for these transactions.
Any other
questions? Contact the Guild at: workshop0910 @ clayworkersguild.com |
