CCW SinC Chapter- July Meeting

A Message from our Chapter President

All,

Our next chapter meeting is scheduled for Sunday, July 16 at the Alafaya Library Branch (Alafaya Public Library, 12000 E Colonial Dr., Orlando, FL 32826) from 4:15-5:15 pm.  This meeting will be an hour as it was last month due to their summer activities schedule.  This means that there will be no guest speaker at this meeting due to the time constraints.  We do have other chapter business to discuss, such as what progress we have made regarding business status, banking information, and marketing/communication channels in the way of promotion of the chapter to include obtaining guest speakers or site visits for the chapter.

It had been discussed at previous meetings about obtaining a chapter booth at this year’s Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading.  This is a large event and one I have gone to for the past two years.  This year I have submitted an application in the chapters name for the event and submitted a grant to the national organization to pay for our attendance.  They have already reviewed the application and contacted me about adding in marketing swag for our chapter as well to our submission.  I would like to discuss those suggestions at our meeting.

Regarding the actual event, the festival is November 11 on the USF campus in St. Petersburg.  All chapter members are invited to participate whether being present at the event or by sending items to represent them if they cannot make it.    I send out a follow up email after our meeting outlining the event information, details of what the chapter discussed regarding chapter swag, as well as participation in any form for the upcoming event.

Please check our Facebook and WordPress pages for updates to the chapter as we continue to grow.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.  Hope to see you next week or hear from you soon.  Kat Lopez, Chapter President

May Meeting – Of Logos & Copyright

Hi all.  The Citrus Crime Writers are meeting this Sunday–on a spacious Orlando lanai, of course.  Come help us plan for chapter activities, including finalizing our logo, joining fun committees, and hearing from a local law professor about copyright basics for authors.  Hope to see you there!

Date/Time of Meeting: May 21, 3:30pm to 5:30pm.

Meeting Location – Anthony Awtrey’s home: 16215 Birchwood Way, Orlando, FL 32828. (Gate code: #2820)

 Agenda                                                                                     

 

– Financial Business – establishing an EIN and bank account

– Formation of committees – generate a plan to actively formalize committee groups

– Create and maintain meeting location list

– Logo discussion – collect all feedback and finalize logo

– Festival participation – generate a list of all potential book festivals; discuss SinC funding opportunities

– Bridges DelPonte presentation on The Basics of Copyright for Authors

 

We Have SinC Lift Off!

Our first official SinC chapter meeting is in the can.  The Citrus Crime Writers, led by President Kat Lopez, met at the Maitland Public Library on Sunday, March 26th.  The enthusiastic group discussed plans for the coming year, such as holding monthly meetings, connecting with other author groups, reaching out to potential guest speakers, possible writers’ tours and upcoming writer conferences, and finalizing the chapter bank account and other organizational issues.  A free book exchange capped off the meeting.  Meeting minutes are being drafted and will be posted soon.  The next meeting is planned for Sunday, April 23, at the Maitland Public Library, including a presentation on “The Basics of Copyright Law for Writers.”  More details will follow in the coming weeks. Check out a few pics from our first official meeting.  What a good-looking group of crime writers!

 

Time for Our First Formal Chapter Meeting – March 26, 2017

Hi all.  On behalf of the Citrus Crime Writers’ Executive Committee, President Kat Lopez invites you to join us for our first official chapter meeting. We have a lot of introductory information to cover and I have included an agenda here of topics for the meeting. Feel free to invite others to join us as guests are welcome.

Date: March 26, 2017 – Sunday
Time: 1:30 -4:30 p.m.
Place: Maitland Public Library
501 South Maitland Avenue
Maitland, Florida 32751
(407) 647-7700
www.maitlandpubliclibrary.org

Fun Book Exchange! For those who would like to participate, we are asking meeting attendees to consider participating in a book exchange. Please bring a copy of a book you either wrote or enjoyed for the exchange. Everyone who brings a book can participate (that goes for CCW members and their guests).

We hope to see you there!

MEETING AGENDA
Introductions
o Welcome and Introductions from the Executive Committee
o Member Introductions
· Membership
o Ensure all members are current on dues
o Ensure all members are associated with CCW (with SinC)
o A snapshot of membership to let us know who are readers, writers, published, etc.
· Committee Creation
o Membership Committee
o Events Committee
o Meeting Committee
· Monthly Meetings
o Meeting locations
§ Members to find potential location(s) where we can book and develop a meeting calendar
o Speakers/themes
§ Members suggestions and ideas to assist with planning
o Frequency
§ Determine if we meet once a month, quarter, etc.
· Announcements/Chapter & SinC Information
o SinC and CCW updates
§ CCW Newsletter (monthly, quarterly?)
§ CCW Website (subscribe)
§ CCW Emails
o Event Coordination (book festivals, workshops, etc.)