The Association of Rhode Island Authors (ARIA) will be holding the February 2021 meeting via Zoom on 02-11-2021 at 7pm.
The meeting is open to everyone.
Click here to join the meeting on Thursday at 7pm.
Meeting ID: 891 4351 3956
Passcode: 024714
The February agenda PDF can be found here.
The minutes from the January meeting can be found here.
MINUTES
ASSOCIATION OF RHODE ISLAND ATHORS
Zoom
January 14, 2021
Call to Order 7:00 p.m.
PRESENT
Michael Squatritro, Debra Zannelli, Guy Natelli, Mary Catherine Volk, Judith Glynn,
Tabitha Lord, Wayne Barber, Robert Bentley, Jim Dyer, Deborah Katz, Don Deluca, Katiya Watts, Risa Nyman, Paul Caranci, Ray Wolf, Angelina Singer, Kevin Duarte, Pamela, Chris Paniccia, Richard Rezendes, Debbie Howarth, Janet DeLeo, Therese Zink, Pamela Carey
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
— Motion to approve minutes
– Paul Caranci, first
– Kevin seconded
– Motion approved
— 288 members as of January 13, 2021
— 105 paid members
— Membership open until January 31, 2021
— New Board Member Angelina Singer
— Money will be used for rebranding
— Judith Glynn will reactivate
– She is getting a go grant about $5,300
– She is getting together with the team from RISD job board, she will try to get in touch – withNew England Tech students and Don Hags- he designed web pages
– She would like to hear from anyone with ideas
– hope to have project completed in 3 or 4 months.
– Rob Bentley will be an integral part of website building
– Website needs to be more interactive
– Judith will react
. Guy suggests we use all our social media like Facebook and Linked in to direct people to the ARIA website
. Mike announced new board member Angelina Singer
— ARIA credit card versus Debit Card Credit card calls for personal responsibility a Debit card has been set up.
– Any use of the debit card must be forwarded to Guy
— Amount in checking account will only cover month to month cost. General Savings and Go fund
me account are separate from checking
– checking account $11,696.00
– Savings $2096.00
– Go fund Me $5316.00, Includes money from Robert D. Gray Charitable trust
. Guy balanced all accounts as of December 31, 2020, a tax statement can now be prepared
— Virtual event success but live event is a better format, everything worked fairly smoothly
— times were tight, registration was difficult for some. More work needs to be done. More training
Is needed.
— Expo next year will be a live event on December 11th from 10:30 – 4:30 A decision to change will be
made same time as this past year. If needed we will learn from what was done this year.
— J. Glynn asked if the raffle was worth the effort. It brings in $1,200 – $1,600 and may not be worth
worthwhile.
— More people are need on the committee and to help with the work. Steve and Dawn have stepped
aside. Steve will help with guest speakers. Vickie and Lee are stepping down.
— Therese is stepping away from her work in the resource area where other groups join us.
– Look at this as an opportunity to become more involved
— Angelina suggested having musicians join us
— Virtual expo is not a book selling event
– still on hold
– Joanne in East Greenwich still wants to hold the event
– when it restarts, there are places who want to host the events. There is a possibility of having one in Providence, looking to build a schedule and hopefully start up again in June
— Catalogs have been sent to all RI books stores and libraries
– a future format is being thought of in the future
– Opens March first The theme is green, same guidelines as before cut off is 5,000 words
— Mick suggests speakers from both inside and outside the organization
— Judith would like meetings to be both virtual and in person
– Rob says this is possible. He and Mike believe they can make this happen
– Kevin asked if non-members are welcome
– (Mike) they are welcome, Rob will post it everywhere he can to make information available
— Angelina will start up an Instagram page, with a special logo
— Angelina is looking for assistance, Rob will help with set-up
— There is a possibility of having specialized events
— Mike is looking to bring more people into the organization, have possible sub groups with
Information broadcast to all members
— Guy will pass on any connections he has
— It is not a book selling event
— Terra Con ( an early version of RI Comic Con) is scheduled for June
— Tampa Bay is scheduled for June
— RI Comic Con is scheduled for November
— Boskone will be a virtual even
— Rob will set up
— Debra Zannelli thinks this is an excellent idea
–RKBwrites.com
— if you have services you’d like listed, send information to Rob
– Guy first
– Kevin seconded
– motion approved
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