Golden Spike Decorative Painters

2022 December Newsletter

 

Happly Holidays Everyone,

Our Christmas Partry will be Saturday December 10^th at noon at the Union Grill in Ogden. We will have the Christmas raffle drawing for all who purchased tickets. There will be several other prizes for those in attendance. And we will have a White elephant gift exchange. So save the date and plan on joining us.

We are working on the schedule for next year. Already we have both seminars scheduled as well as several Paint-in classes. Keep checking the newsletter for more information. If you have ideas for projects or would like to teach a paint-in class, please let one of the Board members know.

The Club House at Westwood Village will be remodeled in January, so the only date we could use it is January 28. That is only 2 weeks before our scheduled February Paint-in. So the Board decided that instead of painting, we should use that time to meet as a Chapter to discuss our Chapter's future. As most of you know, a lot has been happened at SDP National in the last few months, and what happens to them will affect all of the Chapters. We encourage all of our members to attend the meeting on January 28th, and there will be Pizza for lunch. (See below for more information).

Ladies, make no mistake, this is important and we need as many members as possible to attend.

2022 Seminars and Paint-in

December 10^th (Saturday) - Christmas Party

2023 Seminars and Paint-in

January 28^th (Saturday)     - Chapter Business Meeting and Pizza Party 

February 11^th (Saturday)    - Gloria Eldridge - Valentine Plate
March 11^th (Saturday)         - TBA
April                                     - Spring Seminar with Bill Bayer
May 13^th (Saturday)           - TBA
June 10^th (Saturday)          - TBA
July 8^th (Saturday)              - TBA
August 12^th (Saturday)       - TBA
Septmeber 9^th (Saturday)   - Terry Pulver - Autumn Bucket
October                               - Fall Seminar with Michele Walton
November 11^th (Saturday)  - TBA
December (Saturday)         - Christmas Party

Chapter Dues

It is time to pay your 2023 local dues ($15). Checks can be made out to Golden Spike Decorative Painters and mailed to the Chapter care of Pat Reeder at 470 W 4900 S, Washington Terrace, UT 84405.

Christmas Raffles

This year at our Christmas Party we will again be having a special raffle. It will be large wooden Tine filled with lots of goodies, including pictures of ideas for painting or finishing your piece.

Tickets will be on sale from now until the drawing at the party. The cost is $1.00 per ticket. You do NOT have to be present to win.

December

Christmas Party

Date:        December 10th noon

Cost:       $10.00

                 Non-members pay own bill

The Party will be held at the Union Grill (315 24 St, Ogden UT)

Meal Choices:

    Open Menu

We will have the a wooden Tina  full of painting 'stuff' for our Christmas drawing as well as the 'Looser' raffle drawing and door prizes for those in attendance. This year we will again have a "White Elephant" exchange. So mark you calendars and plan on coming to enjoy good friends and good food.

If you plan on attending please RSVP to Nancy Litz at 801-391-0864.

Checks can be made out to Golden Spike Decorative Painters and mailed to the Chapter care of Pat Reeder at 470 W 4900 S, Washington Terrace, UT 84405 and should be paid before the dinner.

January
Chapter Business Meeting and Pizza Party

Date:       January 28^th (Saturday) 10 am

The last few years SDP has been in financial trouble what with falling membership numbers, rising costs and internal problems. This year it became apparent that they could not continue as they had been and they have been looking into their options, everything from desolving both SDP and the Foundation to merging them onto one organization with reduced functions. We will update you with the infomation we have received and where things stand as of now.

What ever the results, all Chapters will be affected, but the future will mean changes. SDP has offered us some information about what we might expect and will need to do to. We will also share this information with you.

Then comes the most important part of the discussion: What do we as members want to do? Do we want to dissolve the Chapter or continue on in some other form, and if so what? These are important decisions that need to be made and the Board cannot do it without the input and approval of the membership. We need all of our members to participate. For those of you who can make it to the meeting, the Chapter will provide a Pizza lunch. If you cannot attend but want to participate, you can email me your concerns, questions, ideas and suggestions at (tpulver1@weber.edu) and I will present them to the membership. You will be missed, your voice will be heard, but you won't get pizza. To repeat---- Ladies, this is important and we need as many members as possible to attend.

The Meeting will be held at the Westwood Village Clubhouse (1111 N. 2000 W., Farr West, UT).Take I-15 #346 and go north on 2000 W/UT-126 0.6 of mile. The Clubhouse is on the west side of the street with parking on the west side of the building.