Abilene Writers Guild Meeting Minutes

March 22, 2001, 7:30 p.m., Center for Contemporary Arts

President Stewart Caffey called the meeting to order. The minutes are now posted on the AWG web site, so reading them is waived, and the minutes are accepted by acclamation. Members may examine a hard copy of the minutes, which is provided at each regular meeting.

Many guests were introduced and "Brags and Sags" were reported by the membership. Some of the brags were: Laura Thaxton's book went to the printer yesterday, Donna Chapman's first assigned article for Texas Co-Op Power is due out next month. It's title is "How to Find your Ancestors: Seeking Kin in Cyberspace." She has also been asked to reprint her article "Henry K. Judd; Frontier Census Enumerator," for the June issue of the San Antonio Historical and Genealogy Quarterly. Ginny Greene has passed the milestone of two years, writing her "County Roads" for Callahan County newspapers, once cancelled, but brought back by reader demand. Barbara Rollins is doing extensive genealogy research on the web and beginning to write again. For a complete list of "Brags and Sags" be sure to read your next Big Country Writers.

Treasurer Gail McMillan reported the operating fund balance to be $2090.96.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Gail McMillan reported AWG now has 101 members. New members are Wanda Sanders, Mary Craig and John Busby.

The Southwest Writers Conference will be in San Antonio, and brochures will be out in May.

Shirley Strawn announced that Gladys Hume has been moved to a care unit.

OLD BUSINESS:

Jan Carrington reported 35 entries have already been received for the contest. Although this is close to the end of the contest period, most entries come in at the deadline, which is March 31. Jan also thanked Augustine Tennant and Jo Cox for putting up posters around town, and Barbara Darnall, who created the posters.

NEW BUSINESS:

Nancy Robinson's guest, our newest member, Mary Craig, is a trial lawyer who bought Nancy's house. She comes from the El Paso area and is also a quarter horse judge. Nancy also announced she would no longer be writing her column for Abilene Reporter-News. Although she was reportedly "on vacation" for several months, she is now officially not writing for AR-N.

Nancy gave the program about writers' legal rights in the form of a quiz. She then furnished all the correct answers. The new buzz words for writers' rights are "Intellectual Properties." Her presentation came from information e-mailed to her by Loyd Rich, a copyright attorney in Denver, Colorado. It covered the 15 most frequently asked questions about copyright.

After the program, the meeting adjourned for refreshments furnished by Mac Davis and his wife, Gerald Murphy and Joan Rodgers.

Respectfully submitted,


Carolyn Dycus
4-3-01


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