Meeting minutes:- the main focus of the April meeting was to discuss deadlines on getting prepared for May 2011 Motor City convention. It will be happening on May 14-16 at The Rock Financial convention center in Novi Michigan. The goal is to have a Detroit tradecraft booth in the artist alley section (TBD- on my part)- so what we would like to see as far as presentation for this May outing is The book- "the door- issue one completed and printed for the convention and a banner completed as well. T shirts will have to wait for Detroit Fan fare- . We discussed cost for the book to get printed and what each individual involved with the book would pay. We also discussed the pitch in cost for the banner and the convention. All monies should be turned in to Patrick Jackson by end of April 2011. I will be handing out receipts for all those paying . Here is where the lateness of this note hits me- those wishing to have their bios and two pages of images or other in the book should have got them to Michael Marcus by this past weekend. I just got my info in this morning by 3:00 am- so I am beat down currently. And I still need to get images for advertisement in the book as well. I do need to say this- I applaud Michael Marcus again for getting on our ass about deadlines-. We still need to get in items to Teon so he can forward to Dave to get the banner done if we are going forward with that- again turn monies into me by months end for banner and booth space. I will give receipts for those who pitch in. I will arrange that everyone will either get a badge of we will rotated attendance- so keep on me on that point.......
Green Brain outing- On wednesday, some of the crew made their way to Green Brain to participate in a comics Jam- Green Brain Comics is located in Dearborn, Michigan on Michigan avenue and is a cool place to get great comics and hang out. It was a more close setting so the folks who came- Marco Evans, Teon Walker and Patrick Jackson met Michael Marcus ( a comics jam regular) at the store with a few regulars to draw some comic strips- It was a different experience for us comic book heads- who wanted to do this long winded drawings in the jams that came by- but near the end we were able to see it was about writing and communication as much if not more than about the image. It was telling on how bad my mind works cold- but I think I got use to it near the end. The only short end was that we stayed too long and couldn't eat afterwards.... will be learned next time. It was told to us about the jams were every Wednesday in Hamtramck and Green Brain hosts it in Dearborn on the second Wednesday--- something to know....
future events- FYI Next Monday- April 25th 7:00 pm ACM SIGGRAPH Detroit meeting at Eprize in Pleasant Ridge, Mi- design focus
Dr Sketchy sketch event, Hamtramck, Mi April 30th about 6:00- check website
All monies for Motor City convention goers- due April 30th, 2011
$45/person for total- book, table,and banner cost
more for others with ad space
