GDC Meeting #3.5

GDC Meeting 12/2/11 - Shot meeting, not a lot of people there.

Bake Sale recap:

$314 Profit. We did great!

Signal Return – Non-profit organization offering workshops by famous artists about printing & letterpress. Including

Bread, Pots & Book (bake bread, throw a pot & bind a book)

Food & Wine with some workshops

Etc.

TypeCon is at Hamilton Type this year (2012), it should be mid July.

GDC Meeting #3

Graphic Design Club

Meeting #3

11-18-2011

5:00pm – 6:15pm

Main Points:

1.    Discussed other options in order to make money for the club because holiday cards wouldn’t make much profit.

·      T-shirt designs (minimal color usage would be best)

·      Consider appropriate placement of your design on the shirt and recognize “trends” that would sell. For example: designs that reach from the back of a t-shirt to the front.

·      Consider sizes of t-shirts and those who may have to special order a size that isn’t available.

·      Keep prices in mind and what would realistically sell to people. ($10-$25)

2.    Discussed concerns for the bake sale.

·      It would be best not to claim that anything that is made is gluten or allergen free because the club does not want to be responsible for any issues that could arise if one of these allergens were accidentally added.

3.    Talked about the identity of the club

·      As a group, used a collective group of words to describe the club.

·      Start sketching logos for the club. This is a website of a helpful website for inspiration: www.logopond.com. Logos will be discussed further during the next meeting.

Miscellaneous fun things:

Thanks to Gino for bringing in snacks for everyone!

This is the mind map that was put together during the meeting.

GDC Meeting #2

Graphic Design Club

Meeting #1

11-11-2011

5:00pm – 6:30pm

Main Points

i. Intro

• Jakob informs new members who we are, what we hope to accomplish, etc.
• Notes by Sam due to Monet's absence
• Next Meeting in one week! 11/18 (same place, same time)

ii. Holiday cards

Dates of sale

11/28-11/30

Want to sell

• holiday greeting cards (5 for $5)
• gift tags (10 for $5)
• assorted baked goods

Printing

• Kristi in charge or printing -- will find out pricing and specify size (of cards and gift tags) and make a post on the facebook group
• 200 cards total ( 40 packs of 5)
• Suggested printing options
• Allegra Print Imaging ** - probably the one we will go with since it is local
• gotprint.com
• cafepress.com

Card designs, gift tag, and poster design due by 11/15

Card designs & gift tags latest date accepted - 11/18

Card design/gift tag suggestions and restrictions

• set up designs in CMYK (orange looks terrible in CMYK, keep that in mind)
• pretty card on outside, but will remain plain on the inside
• nothing religious
• keep to things like "holiday wishes," "seasons greetings," etc. 
• no christmas trees (generic pine trees are ok, just nothing on them. snow ok)
• acceptable ideas: snowmen, cardinals, snowflakes, sleighs, etc.

Gift Tags

• Kristi will put up specs
• need designs
• 10 for $5
• will use bakers twine on them

Assigned Jobs

Bakers

• Kim: white chocolate & macadamia cookies, dark chocolate cookies, 7 layer bar, m&m cookies
• Beth: mint cookies
• Sam: brownies
• Britney: pumpkin crumb
• Kristi: will either make or buy something
• additionally Beth will see if she can get us some Expresso Royale coffee to sell.

Poster Design - Due 11/15

• Britney & Hafsah
• text for poster: WCC graphic design club Holiday card sale Nov 28-30

-Schedules for table duty are posted on the gmail calendar

Request forms - Sam

Need forms for

• bake sale: table, chairs (3), student center cafe
• lock box
• money for prints
• soda and water to sell or $ for soda and water

Misc

• suggest selling next year when students are registering

iii. Logo or tag for our group

• want something to maintain consistency
• get cards done first then work on logo afterwards

iv. peer review portfolio

• discuss when cards are done

v. Workshop & talk @ Grand Rapids by John Contino

• May 17th
• unsure of pricing
• talk is free
• look into student rates as date gets nearer

GDC Meeting #1

Graphic Design Club
Meeting #1
 10-21-2011
5:00pm – 6:30pm

Main Points:

1.    Chose officers within the club.
Results:
President - Jakob (coordinates with all of the officers and handles issues)
Vice President - Gino           (coordinates with the president)
Treasurer – Kim Wilds (handles money and fundraising)
Secretary – Monet (note-taking and posting notes on the blog)
Events Coordinator – Samantha (handles events, permission slips, organizing, coordinates with the treasurer)
Marketing Team – Peter & Alex (designing club posters and social media updating)

2.    Discussed what members and officers expect out of the club as a whole.

• Peer Portfolio Review
• Everyone can submit their work and have it critiqued by members for improvement and input outside of class and instructor critiques
• Building portfolios, marketing/branding yourself
• Promoting the club and fundraising for the club
• Etsy T-Shirts
• Creating holiday cards and calendars
• Portfolio review
• Having a bake sale
• Keeping current with the facebook group
• Talks/Events/Speakers
• Bringing in speakers from CCS, U of M and various other places to talk about design, illustration, typography, etc
• Taking trips to museums together (potentially trips to other states)
• Films/building a library
• Bringing in films and literature about design, illustration, design etc.
• Photography annuals, design annuals, illustration annuals
• Topics/projects not done in class
• Improving design skills and testing creativity

Miscellaneous fun things:
Pizza, pop and breadsticks were so kindly supplied for everyone by Julia G, thank you!
Alan introduced us to his adorable little girl, Daisy. Aww! :)
Jakob almost broke the projector screen. Aww :(
Everyone introduced themselves by telling two truths and a lie.