Quarterly Newsletter
resident’s
CONTENTS
President’s Notes.......... 1
Upcoming Meetings...... 1
About RMSBA............... 2
RARE Exhibit Update..... 3
Exhibits Report.............. 3
Workshops of Interest.... 4
Computer Helpful Hints.... 5
Society Calendar........... 6
Exhibits of Interest......... 6
F.Y.I............................... 7
Common Botanical
Illustrators...................... 9
Help Wanted.... back cover
• continued on page 2
Congratulations!
to Julie Sprinkle, the winner
of the Curator’s Choice
for the RMSBA exhibit:
Botanical Realism-Science
informs Art at The Wildlife
Experience. Check out
the Common Botanical
Illustrator interview with
Julie on page 9.
RMSBA Fall 2008
First Chapter of the ASBA
Notes
Have you all had a memorable summer? Today, as
I walked in the autumn air with my dog, I was trying to
commit to memory the feelings, the smells, the sounds and
sights I experienced about this particular day. I was recently
participating in a tour of a vineyard and winery and the old
Italian owner said in his broken English, “It’s the wood, the
rose and the grape that you must put to your mind”. He was
trying to tell us that the elements which make the particular
taste of a particular wine must be remembered so they can be reproduced in each
new barrel of that wine they want to again produce. I like a good glass of wine but
I sincerely doubt I could “put to my mind” what it is I am tasting. Yet, I understood
what he was trying to say because I have found myself attempting to do the same
with committing to memory the tastes, sounds, sights, and feelings (both touch and
emotion type) so I can use those elements when I don’t have them with me as I try
to do artwork in the winter in a closed up, studio-like room. The green and liveliness
of the spring and summer are indeed leaving us and as botanical artists we are all
probably feeling a certain sadness about that. Soon, greenhouses, grocery store flower
suppliers, and my own feeble attempts to keep plants alive inside my house, will have
to do for “green and lively” subjects. But when I begin needing to work from all
Inset photo of Botanical
Illustrator and winner
of the Curator’s Choice
for the RMSBA exhibit:
Botanical Realism-
Science informs Art at
The Wildlife Experience
Right: Winning
entry,“Ecce
euphorbiam” Courtsey
of Julie Sprinkle
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CONTINUED
those photos I took during these growing seasons I hope to
supplement the stagnant photos by unlocking the memories
I have tried to “put to my mind”. If my memory serves me at
all, maybe I will be more successful in enjoying my artistic
attempts during the coming winter months. And, with any
luck, those senses and feelings might make my efforts look
better too!
May we all be served well this coming winter by memories
reemerging with the good feelings we’ve had during the
warm growing times of 2008!
Botanically yours,
Upcoming
RMSBA MEETINGS
The December gathering will be at Susan Rubin’s house,
2568 South Columbine, Denver, Colorado, on December
14, 2008, from 1:00 to 4:00 in the afternoon. It will be a
time to see the rest of the RMSBA colleagues you may not
have seen for a while, meet new members, talk about shows
and art in general, and drool over Susan’s beautiful house
and, especially, her studio. Bring the latest works you would
like to share as well as a favorite hors d’ouvre or sweet for
the season. Elections for 2009 officers will also be held, so
think about something you might be interested in doing for
the group in the coming year.
The spring 2009 meeting is tentatively scheduled for
March 22, 2009 at Koelbel Library, 5955 South Holly
Street, Centennial, Colorado, from 1:30 to 4:00 in the
afternoon. Frequently, as botanical artists and illustrators
we are so concerned with portraying our subject that we sign
the finished work with relief and feel we are done. We put
a mat and maybe a frame on the work and consider it good.
Not so fast!!! This may not result in the best professional
look. Susan Rubin will show us things to consider in the
framing process to make the most of our labor … and
without spending an arm or other body part to accomplish
it. The final date and location will be in the next newsletter,
but put a tentative bookmark on March 22. Let Susan show
you that your creativity should not stop when you sign your
work.
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About the
RMSBA
The Rocky Mountain Society of Botanical Artists founded in
1997 is the first chapter of the American Society of Botanical
Artists and is open to all persons interested in botanical
illustration.
RMSBA Officers 2008
President......................................... Patty McAuliffe
Vice President................................. Renee Jorgensen
Secretary . ...................................... Susi Olson
Treasurer......................................... Vicky MacWilliam
Marketing........................................ vacant
Membership Chairperson................ Sharon Garrett
Programs Development .................. Terry Ruiter
Exhibits............................................ Carol Till
Logistics.......................................... Martha Long
Web Coordinator............................. Susin Rubin
Newsletter Editor............................. Katie Nichols
To join the RMSBA, please contact Vicky MacWilliam,Treasurer
Tele.: 719.495.2986
E-mail: hgvmacwm@worldnet.att.net
8285 Freeman Drive • Black Forest, CO 80908
Your $75.00 membership includes regular individual
membership in the RMSBA* and American Society of
Botancial Artists* and entitles you to receive both the ASBA
and RMSBA newsletters, as well as participate in all open
exhibits and functions. Membership is for the calendar year.
Memberships received after the first of December in any year
will be applied to the following calendar year. On September
27, 2007 the ASBA Board of Directors voted for an increase
in dues for 2008. This increase is only for the ASBA portion of
your RMSBA fees and everything else will stay the same.
Newsletter Submission Deadlines Newsletter Published
January 12th Winter
April 12th Spring
July 12th Summer
October 12th Fall
Questions or contributions, please contact
Katie Nichols, Editor
E-mail: katienichols@comcast.net
Tel.: 303.513.5453
7636 Gray Way • Arvada, CO 80003
• Artwork is donated to RMSBA for exclusive use in this
newsletter. Any other use is strictly prohibited without
written authorization of the artist.
• The membership list is printed in whole in the Spring
Edition of the newsletter.
• Reproduction of this newsletter is prohibited without
written permission from RMSBA.
• We welcome your articles, calendar events and images.
Please submit all text as an electronic file in .DOC (Word),
.XML (Excel), or the body of an e-mail. Please submit
images in digital format; .JPG, .TIF, .PDF and at least 300
dpi (resolution; dots per inch) in color.
 RARE EXHIBIT
UPDATE
Entries for the RARE exhibit must be postmarked by
October 31, 2008. The entries will be juried in early
December to select the forty that will be part of the
traveling exhibit.
Then the real work of assembling this traveling exhibit
begins!
• C
 opy for gallery labels, catalog and cards must be
prepared.
• Card design, layout and packaging cards.
• Artwork must be submitted and framed.
•  S
 olicit locations to sell our T-shirts, cards • Th
and prints.
• Promotional program developed.
• Post all entries to an on-line gallery.
• Plan receptions, speakers and gallery events.
I have volunteers to do some of these tasks, but we still
need more help! This exhibit will be showing in four
locations, but most of the work needs to be done between
this December 6 and March 7 (the opening). This is your
opportunity to participate in a really important project to
promote botanical art and preserve rare plants. The exhibit
will be running from 2009 to 2010, so there will be plenty
of opportunities to become involved.
Don’t forget to order your “RARE, but really Well Done”
T-shirt! Profits will help support exhibit expenses. Guess
what my friends will be getting for Christmas?!
Contact me if you can help.
Carol Till, 303-330-3687 cell or leave a message at 303-
423-2687.
E-mail at: caroltill@mindspring.com
RMSBA Fall 2008
EXHIBITS
REPORT
Thanks to all of you who participated in the Echter’s and
The Wildlife Experience exhibits this fall! The artwork
submitted for both shows was outstanding and has received
many compliments.
• W
 e had a very well attended reception on September
6 at our Fourth Annual Show at Echter’s. The artwork
displayed this year was first rate! We had a decrease
in total sales this year from last year, but still sold just
under $4000. We did not have the (higher priced)
original sales we had in 2007. We had 75 total receipts
(up from last year’s 64) and we collected 40 names for
our mailing list.
 e Botanical Realism exhibit at The Wildlife Experience
will be on display until November 9th. Our members
were treated to a sit-down brunch on Sunday, October
28th. The winner of the Curator’s Choice $100 award
was Julie Sprinkle for her graphite/carbon painting
“Ecce euphorbiam”. TWE General Manager, Dr. Richard
Smartt and Exhibits Manager Connie Mohrman really
enjoyed selecting the award winner and expressed their
regret at being limited to selecting only one award! If
you haven’t been to see the exhibit, don’t miss it and
the nationally traveling Blossom exhibit in the main
gallery, which contains some fine artwork by nationally
recognized botanical artists.
* P
 ick up your Botanical Realism artwork on Sunday,
November 16 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Terry Ruiter’s
house, (same location as the drop off ) 6260 South Grant
Street, Centennial, Colorado 80121, 303-798-9452.
Who Sees our Exhibits?
We’ve been working to book RMSBA exhibits in more
visible locations. Here is some interesting information about
some of our current and future exhibit venues.
• I n August, the Denver Business Journal ranked
Denver-Area Cultural Attractions in 2007, according
to attendance. Koelbel Library ranked 6th (460,284),
Denver Botanic Gardens ranked 7th (327,078) and The
Wildlife Experience came in 13th (134,812).
• F
 rom the Denver Post: “Manitou Springs made a
Yahoo! list of the 10 coolest small towns in the U.S.
The Web site noted its unusual mix of galleries, shops
and restaurants, all within a short distance of a bigger
city- Colorado Springs.” The final location of the RARE
continued on page 7
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 WORKSHOPS
OF INTEREST
ASBA has an immense list of workshops available online.
Click HERE to be directly taken to the web site page.
DBG, of course has wonderful courses and workshops
available for the New Year. Click HERE to be directly taken
to the Educational web site page.
GREECE – History, Painting and the Hellenic
Mediterranean, May 5-19, 2009
A 2-week plein air sketching and watercolor workshop in
the Peloponnese & the island of Hydra
The INSTRUCTORS: MARJORIE LEGGITT is a
nationally recognized scientific lllustrator and instructor.
(www.science-art.com/leggitt)
LEON LOUGHRIDGE, an award-winning painter and
print maker. (www.dcartpress.com)
JOAN MAST-LOUGHRIDGE, BA in art history with
an emphasis on Early Christian art in the Roman Empire
and medieval manuscript illumination.
The ITINERARY: This 2-week sketching and painting
workshop offers a classical tour of some of the better- and
lesser-known sites of ancient Greece.
The first week includes historical tidbits as we motor
by private minibus from ancient Athens to Olympia,
the Byzantine town of Mystra, Mycenae, Epidaurus and
Nafplion. Instruction includes a review of landscape
composition, techniques for sketching in the field, “portable”
color theory and color mixing, and the artistic tools to
produce quick watercolor “snapshots”. The emphasis is on
painting on the go.
The second week provides a restful stay, free time to
explore, and plenty of hours to paint on the island of
Hydra. The emphasis is on practicing and developing newly
acquired skills and working on more complete sketches and
plein air paintings.
The LOCATIONS:
1. PELOPONNESE: Originally an island, this large
peninsula on the southernmost part of mainland Greece
known as Peloponnese, has played an important role in
history since 2000 B.C.
This rugged land of two mountain ranges, olive trees, and
vineyards dates back to the Bronze Age and the Mycenaean
civilization. Peloponnese was once the cultural center of
the Byzantine Empire and did not receive its independence
from Turkish rule until the 1840’s.
Beautifully preserved examples of the Greek, Roman,
Byzantine and Ottoman periods grace the region. From
ancient ruins to bustling seaside towns, the Peloponnese is
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the richest cultural example of ancient Greece.
2. HYDRA: This beautiful island, long known as an
artists’ colony, lies in the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea.
Although not much is known about the island’s ancient
past, some believe it was the home of Hydra, the monster
slain by Hercules.
This eco-friendly, car-less island has only one real town
and no real roads. Besides walking, donkeys and water
taxis are the main mode of transportation. The picture-
perfect small harbor is filled with traditional red tile roof
shops and tavernas while narrow cobblestone steps lead
up the mountain to white-washed churches, monasteries,
and mountain villages and farms that overlook the sea.
Late spring offers a botanical palette of red poppies, yellow
margaritas, and camomile.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
• All hotels (double room) in Athens, the Peloponnese and
Hydra, breakfasts while in Athens and the Peloponnese,
2 dinners (drinks not included)
• E  ntrance to the National Archeological Museum in Athens
• All transfers, 2 hydrofoil trips
• A custom painting kit (including paint, brushes,
watercolor papers, pencils, case)
• Sketching and watercolor instruction by Marjorie Leggitt
and Leon Loughridge
• Oral history by Joan Mast-Loughridge
• Not included: Meals (besides those mentioned above), air
transportation to and from Greece
The PRICE and REGISTRATION
$4500.00 per person, double occupancy
(single room supplement of $600)*
*prices subject to change due
to currency fluctuation
• For more information and/or to
register, contact Marjorie Leggitt
Tel. 303.394.0566
E-mail, mcl@leggittdesign.com
• To reserve a seat, a nonrefundable deposit of $1500.00 is
due November 28, 2008. Balance due March 30, 2009.
• Group size: limited to 14 participants.
 COMPUTER
HELPFUL HINTS
Do you have questions, frustrations, or a learning curve Here is a zoomed in image of where you can type in a
with computers? If so, please contact me and I will post members full name and bring up their contact file for contact
the questions/answers here, so that everyone may improve information and history
their computer skills. Plus, always remember that I am
always willing to have a phone chat or e-mail to help you
out. You may have to bear with me as I am a Mac head and
haven’t recently been refreshing my Windows experience.

SALESFORCE SHORT TUTORIALS (for RMSBAs

users [board members] )
Type in full name
Ok, I have to unfortunately admit that I have been awful
with training RMSBAs users Salesforce. It is up and and click Go!
running, but I believe Vicky MacWilliam and I have been
the only ones using it due to my lack of availability in
training all of the users. My apologies to you all! Instead
of keeping it on the back burner of my lists, I’m going to
try to do short tutorials within the newsletter and see if
that helps any of you.

Log In:
Go to www.salesforce.com and a log in screen will come
up. (I have set up accounts for all users and obviously E-
mailed you regarding your accounts.) Type in your user
name and password. The home page of Salesforce.com will
come up and it will look like this image below. (I know
The next window will be a list of matches to the name that
you searched for. It will look like this image below:

Click on the name listed and it will bring up all the

information you are looking for under that contact. Each
user of SF.com is set up with different “rules/allowances”.
Some users are able to modify a contacts info, some are
not allowed to modify. If you are one of those user that
doesn’t have access, please let Vicky MacWilliam or
myself know and we will update the info.

the images are small and not the greatest resolution, but it
gives you an idea of what to look for when you log on to
ADOBE
Here is the link to Adobe Reader. This is the application
you will need to open and read the RMSBA newsletter.
The next newsletter will continue with this tutorial. Any
questions, give a holler.
Thanks, Katie Nichols

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 SOCIETY EXHIBITS
CALENDAR OF INTEREST
2008 • Café Botanique Lectures September 6 - November 2, 2008
http://cb-lectures-mervi.blogspot.com/ Denver Botanic Gardens - Student Art Show
November 6
November 7 - November 28, 2008
Alexander Viazmensky, St. Petersburg, Russia:
Mushroom Magic (mushroom hunting in Russia) Colorado Artist Guild Show at Art’s Place
4424 Tennyson Street, Denver, CO 80212.
November 20
Heidi Snyder is exhibiting at this show.
Roy Roath, Ph.D., CSU: TBA (Colorado Grasslands and
Range management)
November 14, 2008
You are all invited to attend the opening reception for
August 27 - November 9, 2008 the Denver Plein Air Festival, for which I was fortunate
Botanical Realism-Science informs Art enough to have a painting chosen. The reception is at the
RMSBA exhibit at The Wildlife Experience main Denver Public Library downtown, Level 7, 6-9 PM.
Sept. 6 - Nov. 2
Student Art Show: Highlights of the Botanical Here is a link where you can learn more about the festival
Illustration Program: and also preview the artwork:
Students of the Gardens’ certificate program display their http://gtmd.org/companyinfo.aspx?companyid=58
best work exploring botanical art and illustration. Many I hope you can come! Kathy
of the paintings will be for sale (proceeds benefit the
Botanical Art and Illustration program). www.KathyImelGallery.com
Sept. 6 - Nov. 30, 2008 303-438-9565
Observing Orchids
The Gardens’ Botanical Illustration program exhibits
artful renderings of tropical orchids. This exhibition will
be complemented by rare books and prints, as well as
herbarium sheets of preserved orchids. A living display of
orchids will be on view in the Gardens’ Lobby Court.
November 7
Reception for a show commemorating the 80th
anniversary of the Artists of Colorado at the quaint
gallery district along Tennyson at Art’s Place at 426
Tennyson. Come, browse, relax, have some wine.
See you there!
Heidi Snyder
(303)989-7577 • www.natures-portraits.com
November 16
Pick up art from Botanical Realism show at Terry Ruiter’s
house 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
October 31, 2008
RMSBA RARE, but really Well Done!, Imperiled Plants of
Colorado Exhibit Entry POSTMARK DEADLINE.
General Links to Events
DBG
http://www.botanicgardens.org/
ASBA
http://amsocbotartists.org/

“Texas Blue Bonnet” Courtsey of Peggy Turchette

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 EXHIBITS
REPORT F.Y.I.
continued on page 3
Aardvark Imaging
exhibit in 2010 is the Business of Art Center in the 1400 S. Lipan (near Florida and Santa Fe in Denver)
officially cool, Manitou Springs! As many of you know, Denver, CO 80223
Manitou is known as a busy tourist stop. They have been 303-282-6695
renovating the town and the rubber tomahawk shops www.aardvarkimaging.com
are being replaced by nice restaurants and galleries. Liz Coates, VP

Exhibits 2009 Canterbury Media Services, Inc.

We will be exhibiting next April 4, 5 and 6 at Tagawa For slides of your work
Garden Center in Centennial. It will be a similar event to 2117 Fourth St, Studio C
our show and sale at Echter’s Garden Center. Our thanks Berkeley, CA 94710
to Mary Jo Ramsdale who has been working diligently to 1-866- 649-3004
get this scheduled. She will be managing this event and will www. ArtCompetitionSlides.com
be looking for help from our members in the south Denver
area. We will be returning to Echter’s Garden Center for Colorline
the fifth year in September of next year. These two shows, I just found out that Chuck Renstrom recently sold
with an emphasis on sales, give our members an opportunity Colorline and started up Double Take. Colorline is basically
to show and sell cards, prints and originals to plant lovers. a print shop now and doesn’t offer the services for giclees and
Tagawa and Echter’s are premier garden centers in Colorado fine art. Double Take is specifically operating for giclees and
and attract a very good clientele whose interest in plants fine art. Chuck has new hardware and lighting to provide
extends to interest in plant artwork. high quality giclees and scans for fine art. I’m not sure of
Finally, our annual member’s exhibit will be at Koelbel the new address for Colorline, but I’m sure Chuck wouldn’t
Library in Centennial in November of 2009. These three mind directing you to their location.
events combined with three RARE exhibit openings will
make 2009 a very busy and visible year for RMSBA! Double Take – Artistic Images
Giclees and Fine Art
RARE Exhibit Locations 2009 and 2010: 303.275.9224 Office • 303.619.3212
830 Kipling Street, Suite 300
1. March - May, 2009 – at Denver Botanic Gardens. Lakewood, CO 80215
Chuck Renstrom
2. M
 ay - September, 2009 – at Steamboat Art Museum in
Steamboat Springs FMS Digital
Marj Leggitt is a fan of Kathy’s and recommends her work
3. N
 ovember 2009 – May 2010 The Center for Southwest 1255 S. Pearl St.
Studies at Fort Lewis College, Durango Denver, CO 80210
303-744-9800
4. D
 ates TBD 2010 – The Business of Art Center in sales@fmsdigital.com
Manitou Springs Kathy Hadsall
Also: dye sublimation on tiles, coasters, trivets, mouse pads.
Deadlines:
Rare Entry deadline is October 31, 2008 – Entry forms Reed Photo-Art
may be downloaded from our Web site. Bob Reed has been at the forefront of digital technology
for a long time.
888 Federal Blvd
Contact me with any questions, Carol Till, Cell-303-330-3687
Denver, CO 80204
or leave a message at 303-423-2687.
303-573-8084
E-mail: caroltill@mindspring.com
www.reedphoto.com
Bob Reed

If you know of another resource, vendor or good info to

offer, please let me know and I’ll post it in the next issue.
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 “When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for the
moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city
rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it
whether they want to or not.”

– Georgia O’Keefe

Colorado Rare Plant Field Guide

Earlier this year at the Koelbel Library RMSBA
meeting, Carol Till mentioned that you could get
the Colorado Rare Plant Field Guide from CSU for free.
Here is the contact info to have one sent to you.
Note: the guide comes to you packaged without
a small 3-ring binder. It is pre-hole punched
and you can get a binder at any office supply store.
Michael Menefee was great to communicate with
and was more than happy to send one out to me.
Just be patient to receive it, it takes some time to be
processed through the department.

Michael Menefee
Environmental Review Coordinator
Colorado Natural Heritage Program
Colorado State University
8002 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-8002
Phone: (970) 491-7331
“Goldenrod” Courtsey of
Marj Leggitt Michael.Menefee@ColoState.EDU

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 COMMON
BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATORS
Busy, busy, busy, so often we are so busy that we don’t What are the other items in your life that you would
get a chance to sit down and get to know each other. Put like to share?
a face with a name and find common ground. So, I had My life would be incomplete without a Springer Spaniel
an idea to interview a member with every new issue. Here or two. I certainly share the tendency to be really creative on
is an interview with Julie Sprinkle, she lives in Colorado many fronts, simultaneously: when I’m producing happily
Springs. in the studio, I’m also prolific with my knitting. It’s even
better, if I can be skiing and/or climbing lots at the same
How and why did you time, too, although my hands start telling me it’s time to
become interested in slow down!
Botanical Illustration?
Stumbled onto the program Who/what is your inspiration/muse?
through a soap-making course Inspiration comes from my husband, to a large degree, in
with a friend and wanted that he’s willing to live a much less lavish lifestyle in order
to work on the formal art to support and encourage me to devote so much to art, just
instruction that I’d missed so long as I’m happy. My brother also works at making a
in pursuit of my previous living from art (large-format oils of landscapes and Biblical
degrees. Since then, I’ve found allegory using barn-yard animals) and we spend lots of time
that illuminating overlooked encouraging, critiquing and theorizing together.
corners of the landscape can lead me to great insight and As to muse-ing, I’m finding that the many years I spent in
appreciation of the infinite. my father’s (black-and-white) darkroom are pushing me in
interesting directions I really want to follow.
What has been the one piece that you are most Other than that, I’d really like to be the John Singer
happy about? Sargent of the botanical world ...
Hard to say — there are so many that represent successful
What is your favorite plant/flower?
meeting of challenges I’ve set myself, whether or not they’re
I’m very partial to my Great-Grandmother’s Amazon
really fabulous. I’m happy with my “Easter” series of carbon/
Lily, Eucharis grandiflora.
graphite pieces.
Visit Julie’s Web site, www.juliesprinkle.com for more
What are your other interests; gardening, etc.?
information.
Rock climbing, telemark skiing, ice climbing
(occasionally), fly fishing and tying, knitting (especially
lace), tatting, baking, gardening, hiking, hunting

What is the medium that you really enjoy and easily

flow with?
Graphite, graphite, graphite! Carbon dust is fun, too, and
colored pencil works really well for me. I just like to draw.

Do you have your certificate from DBG in Botanical

Illustration?
Yes.

Do you have a challenge to accomplish?

Artistically, to feel less like I’m jumping off a cliff (without
a rope) when beginning a new, challenging piece. Otherwise,
to make my artwork more of a career and less of a Quixotic
quest.
“Trumpet” Courtsey of Julie Sprinkle

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Wanted: A few good members of RMSBA
It’s that time when we look for new blood!
Please, members think about helping to keep
this great organization running. You will make
new friends and do your part for something you and
I have benefited from being a part of! We are looking
for officers for several vacating positions on the Board
of Directors. It is not hard because there is a great
force of interested people like yourselves all helping
each other to make it all happen! That actually makes
it fun!! The Board of Directors and Officers typically
meet 4 to 6 times a year to make plans but nothing
is written in stone. If you have ideas about member
meetings and exhibits and what you think is most
important to our organization, we want to hear it.
Please call me at 303-469-6583 or E-mail
me at pattymcauliffe@comcast.net to talk
about where you want to see the organization
go and how you can help get it there!
“Wild Autumn Rose” Courtsey of Dorothy DePaulo

7636 Gray Way • Arvada, CO 80003

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