What's Happening in the Clay Studio
18 April 2021 Update
Quick note to all - the Board voted, on 16 April 2021, to reinstate the Studio Service Policy requiring 4 hours of service for Active members each month effective 1 May 2021. Paula Worthley, our Service Chairperson, will have the Service Book in place for you to record your hours of service after completion. You may review the entire policy either on your renewal form or in the Policy Manual.
Quick note to all - the Board voted, on 16 April 2021, to reinstate the Studio Service Policy requiring 4 hours of service for Active members each month effective 1 May 2021. Paula Worthley, our Service Chairperson, will have the Service Book in place for you to record your hours of service after completion. You may review the entire policy either on your renewal form or in the Policy Manual.
11 April Update
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We have just completed our third week since our opening – thank you for your patience, flexibility, and most importantly, compliance with our new procedures to help ensure we all stay healthy. I do believe this may be my last update to you all for a while – studio operations are running smoothly and we do not foresee any additional changes after this week for quite a while.
Here’s what is new this week:
A reminder to tag your projects AND clay with both your name and a date - before April 15th. We will be clearing space in the studio to make room for our Active members. Anything not tagged with a current date (including the year) and name will be disposed of.
As a reminder to those who have not renewed – contact me, via the website, so I may make arrangements for you to enter the studio during an unoccupied time to pick up your artwork/clean out your cubby.
Service Requirement Policy – will be reinstituted soon. Watch the website for updates.
Fiesta Room – the cabinets have arrived and are awaiting installation. Things will start to come together over the coming months.
In summary, I must once again thank all those who have made the reopening of the studio a success. Thank you for your willingness to pitch in and help wherever we have needed it.
Susan
Send questions or comments back to me by going to our website and
About -> Contact -> Click on Contact the President of the Studio
We have just completed our third week since our opening – thank you for your patience, flexibility, and most importantly, compliance with our new procedures to help ensure we all stay healthy. I do believe this may be my last update to you all for a while – studio operations are running smoothly and we do not foresee any additional changes after this week for quite a while.
Here’s what is new this week:
- We have eliminated the Spray Booth designation on SUG. If you wish to Spray, please sign up for a workstation in the Main Room and add “Wish to Spray” in the Comments section. Once you have arrived, then make arrangements to swap workstations with whomever is seated near the Spray Booth – just as we did before the pandemic.
- Drop-in time is now extended to all days and times we have workstations available for member signup. If too many people appear at one time, the monitor will control access (Max Occupancy at 34).
- Mon, Wed, Fri, and Sun mornings will remain for staff working on studio operations only. Committee meetings may take place at this time as well.
- For Monitors:
- You no longer need to print the workstation schedule at the end of your shift. You MUST print it at the BEGINNING of each shift.
- If a member comes by for Drop In and wants to stay to work, you may add them to an
- You no longer need to print the workstation schedule at the end of your shift. You MUST print it at the BEGINNING of each shift.
- We are now allowing two members in the Holding Room at a time - maintain social distance.
- The waiver program is reinstated effective 1 May 2021.
A reminder to tag your projects AND clay with both your name and a date - before April 15th. We will be clearing space in the studio to make room for our Active members. Anything not tagged with a current date (including the year) and name will be disposed of.
As a reminder to those who have not renewed – contact me, via the website, so I may make arrangements for you to enter the studio during an unoccupied time to pick up your artwork/clean out your cubby.
Service Requirement Policy – will be reinstituted soon. Watch the website for updates.
Fiesta Room – the cabinets have arrived and are awaiting installation. Things will start to come together over the coming months.
In summary, I must once again thank all those who have made the reopening of the studio a success. Thank you for your willingness to pitch in and help wherever we have needed it.
Susan
3 April Update
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I am happy to report to the membership that we will be expanding availability this week – this is, in large part, to the compliance of all our members with our new way of doing things. I can’t tell you how much we appreciate your cooperation and willingness to flex with our system.
Here’s what’s new:
By the way, if you are trying to use the Monitor Laptop and find you are unable to connect to the Internet, please review the note behind the Laptop that says – If You Can’t Connect to the Internet …. We have found that members are accidently switching off access to the Internet when cleaning the keyboard. Easy fix!
A reminder to tag your projects AND clay with both your name and a date - before April 15th. We will be clearing space in the studio to make room for our Active members. Anything not tagged with a current date (including the year) and name will be disposed of.
We also have an overflow shelf near the cash register, as well as workstation spaces, for items from the holding room. Please make a point of coming by during a “drop in” time (Tues, Thurs, & Sat from 8 – 11:15 am) to collect your items. Anything not claimed by April 15th will go to the patio and be up for grabs.
As a reminder to those who have not renewed – contact me, via the website, so I may make arrangements for you to enter the studio during an unoccupied time to pick up your artwork/clean out your cubby.
Service Requirement Policy – will be reinstituted soon. We are brushing off the old policy, updating it, and will be reinstituting the requirement for monthly service shortly. Please don’t be taken by surprise – come in and have some refresher training on a monitor shift soon. The sooner we have a full cadre of monitors who have had refresher training, the sooner we will expand workstation shift availability.
Susan
Send questions or comments back to me by going to our website and
About -> Contact -> Click on Contact the President of the Studio
I am happy to report to the membership that we will be expanding availability this week – this is, in large part, to the compliance of all our members with our new way of doing things. I can’t tell you how much we appreciate your cooperation and willingness to flex with our system.
Here’s what’s new:
- We have removed the 3 times a week limitation – you now may sign up as many times per week as you wish. We have not bee full most of our shifts.
- Drop ins for renewed members will continue on Tues, Thurs, and Sat from 8:00 – 11:15 am.
- We’ve expanded the number of workstations for all shifts. You will see the new numbers on the Workstation Signup Schedule. The workstations are marked with Blue Tape in the studio.
- The Monitor Calendar will be available for signups into May - 2 Monitors still required per shift.
- We have removed the requirement to sanitize hands before you enter the glaze station.
- We are now allowing two members in the glaze station at a time - maintain social distance.
- The Spray Booth is now functional.
By the way, if you are trying to use the Monitor Laptop and find you are unable to connect to the Internet, please review the note behind the Laptop that says – If You Can’t Connect to the Internet …. We have found that members are accidently switching off access to the Internet when cleaning the keyboard. Easy fix!
A reminder to tag your projects AND clay with both your name and a date - before April 15th. We will be clearing space in the studio to make room for our Active members. Anything not tagged with a current date (including the year) and name will be disposed of.
We also have an overflow shelf near the cash register, as well as workstation spaces, for items from the holding room. Please make a point of coming by during a “drop in” time (Tues, Thurs, & Sat from 8 – 11:15 am) to collect your items. Anything not claimed by April 15th will go to the patio and be up for grabs.
As a reminder to those who have not renewed – contact me, via the website, so I may make arrangements for you to enter the studio during an unoccupied time to pick up your artwork/clean out your cubby.
Service Requirement Policy – will be reinstituted soon. We are brushing off the old policy, updating it, and will be reinstituting the requirement for monthly service shortly. Please don’t be taken by surprise – come in and have some refresher training on a monitor shift soon. The sooner we have a full cadre of monitors who have had refresher training, the sooner we will expand workstation shift availability.
Susan
updated 4-11-2021- jdo