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.