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 By Kevin Keane, IAPHC CEO Columbus Print Expo We emceed the banquet which was held the night before the 13th Annual Print Expo hosted by the Columbus Club. Print Expo has grown to become a full fledged trade show, professionally managed by Bannister and Associates. We think it is worth reflecting on the fact that the Columbus Club, the Vancouver Club and the Grand Rapids Club are all able to generate significant dollars for Scholarships and other Club purposes through these events. The banquet was notable for three reasons, first, all four scholarship recipients were young women; second, the Craftsman of the Year went to Frank Block another fine example of a fellow who started a print shop in his garage and found Craftsmen membership to be instrumental in his success in the field; and thirdly, the Franklinton Award, the highest honor given by the Columbus Club went to a remarkable lady, Teresa A. Dowd who has dedicated her life to providing a safe harbor to entire families who have been rendered homeless through exigency. The presentation to Ms. Dowd by Ann Foster Miller, Vice Chairman of the Printing Industries Association of Ohio and the acceptance remarks by Ms. Dowd brought many a tear. It would not be overstatement to say that Ms. Dowd is the Mother Teresa of Columbus.Type Case Award Plaque With Club year-end now on the horizon, with Spring Conferences in the offing, you might be looking for a special award. If you aren't familiar with the Type Case Award, give us a call or send us an e-mail. We would be happy to fax you or mail you the order form. This handsome award has been made possible through the years by that wonderful Craftsmen member Don Samuel of the Cleveland Club. 10th Annual Gutenberg Awards The IAPHC is pleased to again sponsor, in conjunction with the International Graphic Arts Education Association, the 10th Annual Gutenberg Awards, the printing contest for Graphic Arts Students. If you are an educator and are unfamiliar with these Awards or are your Club's Education Chair and would like to obtain a supply of the awards brochure and entry form, please call IAPHC Headquarters or contact the longtime coordinator of the Gutenberg Awards Mike Stinnett of the Detroit Club. Mike can be reached at 248-280-0600, ext 407 or via e-mail at stinnett@mevw.mff.org Mike's tireless dedication to this program was one of the reasons he was presented with the IAPHC's highest honor, International Craftsman of the Year at the IAPHC Seattle Convention in 1997. 1998 International Gallery The Call for Entries for the 24th Annual International Gallery of Superb Printing will be going in the mail this month. Additional copies of the Call for Entries can be obtained by calling or e-mailing IAPHC Headquarters. The Entry period is now open and the first entries have been received: one from LDR in Portland and three from the Enteron Group (Revere Graphics) in Chicagoland. All four of these entries came in at the un-mounted, non-member entry fee of $65 thus providing early confirmation of our belief that the International Gallery remains the most economical print competition in the eyes of prospective entrants. The Gallery provides more than 1/3rd of the IAPHC annual revenue and support for this program from every member and from through-out the Association is essential. Each Club should have as a goal, one International Gallery entry per Club member.Prospective entrants can be found everywhere. For example, last week we were reading the Winter 1998 edition of Adobe Magazine and saw a display ad for a firm called InfoMania in Rancho Cordova CA. The firm is involved in digital printing so we sent them a Call for Entries with a note about the categories for emerging technologies and the fact that we have been receiving an increasing number of digital entries from around the US and Canada.Similarly, we were reading the January 1998 issue of Graphic Arts Journal and came across an article about Precision Litho in Salt Lake City, Utah. The award winning seven year old firm utilizes the Hexachrome 8 color process, and therefore we sent them a Call for Entries.Who do you do business with? Shouldn't they be encouraged to enter the International Gallery too? Maybe you should ask us for a dozen copies of the Call for Entries and pass 'em around?Portland Gallery The Portland Club was one of the first to conduct its local Gallery in 1998. The winning pieces are currently being prepared for early shipment to Gallery Headquarters. We thought this description of the creative process behind the Portland Gallery Best of Show winner to be illustrative of the excellence the Gallery was designed to promote and reward. The Portland Gallery Best of Show went to Graphic Arts Center for a piece called Reed College Viewbook, a new student recruitment book. Geri Ethen of Oregon Catholic Press provides these insights to the 'process': "The cover was to be made originally from an industrial product called Ropako, a product not guaranteed for offset printing. The trial run seemed fine, but the stock that was shipped would not feed through the press. Amy Kendig, GAC's rep for the account, and Bill McConnaughy, the designer, almost went into cardiac arrest when they got word of the disastrous run. Bill began considering options and came up with the idea of printing on normal paper but having it embossed to look like Ropako. He used a Vancouver, Washington company which manufactures 'hand protectors' the ruffle corrugated-looking band that goes around coffee cups.It is this imaginative approach, determination and nerves of steel that when combined with excellent resources and Craftsmanship which can yield a product that accomplishes the goal of the client and carries a message artistically and effectively."New and Renewed members-at-large Our thanks to Judy Cochrane (formerly of the East Bay Club and now living in the Rocky Mountains) and Nancy and Roger Banks of Impress Printers in Waco, Texas and Galen Bicking of Harvest Printing in St. Michael, Minnesota. All signed up for three more years of membership. All of us have friends who used to be a club member and who now live in an area without a local Club. Once a Craftsman always a Craftsman! Get us their name and address and we'll invite them to renew their ties to the mission and values of the IAPHC.New Platinum Members The IAPHC MidYear meeting saw a renewal of the Platinum program which saw its spontaneous debut at the Seattle Convention. Cathy Hatfield of Greater Lexington, Rick Salberg of North Shore, Karen Schuetz of Seattle and Dave Simas of East Bay all became Platinum members while attending the weekend events in Las Vegas. Dave asked that we invoice him and we are hereby repeating that offer to anyone who would like to join the growing numbers of Platinum members who underscore their pride and passion for Craftsmanship by making a voluntary annual donation of $100 to the IAPHC. Platinum members expect nothing in return for their generous support, save the expectation that the IAPHC will continue to assist future generations of members to Share their Knowledge. Jeff Cooper of the Sierra-Nevada Club has undertaken the marketing effort to let rank and file Craftsmen know more about this grass roots effort. We applaud his determination.So too we applaud the determination of Cindy Johnson, Governor of the Eighth District, and member of the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Club. Cindy has recruited 7 more Platinum members simply by talking to her Club membership and asked that we send each of them an invoice. They are Liz Neibauer, Carla Turner, Stan Paterni, Gregg Moser, David Hartley and Jackie and Larry Roy. Larry Leece of the Lansing Club read about the Platinum program in our MidYear Meeting report which was sent out via e-mail on Monday 2-8-98, and requested that we send him an invoice also.With this kind of combined dedication, the goal of 2,000 Platinum members by the close of the year 2000 seems quite attainable.And finally As you finish reading this lengthy broadside, ask yourself "What action points do I need to act upon?" Offer Y'KNOW expertise? Ask for Gutenberg Awards info? Send Gallery Entries? Get Gallery call for Entries? Identify member-at-large prospects? Set a goal for Platinum members from your Club? Order Type Case Award?This e-mail newsletter is obviously a powerful tool to frequently connect members far and wide. Can you provide more members e-mail addresses?Is your Club Bulletin editor receiving Tuesday Morning News? Each issue has many tidbits which can be freely re-printed in your Bulletin.And ask yourself about the many tidbits contained herein. Did you know that Craftsmen like Len Petitti of the Rochester Club and Marjie Swiatek of the Sierra-Nevada Club and Bonnie Kelsch of the Portland Club and Karen Lawrence of TAGA went out of their way to contribute to this issue?Could you Share some of Your unique Knowledge for the next issue? Thanks!
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