Art and Pizza! What's not to love?

2nd Annual August Art Night, Logo Exhibition and first commentary, and Pizza Party Extravaganza

When: August 18th, 2012,  6:30-9:30 p.m.
Where: The Writer's Place (Map)
What: 2nd Annual August Art Night plus Pizza Party, plus choosing a LOGO!

This is a photo by Neelix, taken at the 2011 August Art Night.

Second Annual August Art Night 

We have reservations from Neelix, a totally new artist named Chris Frye, Nancy Nutt, Lucy A. Synk (with new prints!), and Jan Gephardt (hoping to be there with a new print!).

Art will be for sale at the show, but we cannot take credit cards on the artists' behalf. Most purchases will be by checks or cash only, so come prepared!

Logo Display 
We also will have our first chance to look at the logos that were submitted for the Logo Contest, and compare them with logos of the past. Each will have a "suggestion box" for you to submit suggestions or comments.

Pizza Feast

This is a "Papa Minsky's" pizza.

This meeting also features a Pizza Feast, via Business-Friend-of-KaCSFFS, 39th Street Minsky's--where your KaCSFFS membership card will get you a 10% discount! To see a PDF of a menu, check the Menus File on the KAXFEN Yahoo Group.

For those of you on the group email please find the menu in the files section and tell Cindy what you'd like. Thanks.

IMAGE CREDITS: "Neelix," A.K.A. Tracy Majkol, took the art show photo at last year's August Art Night; it is used here with his permission. We also should note that there will be a display of Neelix's photography in this year's show! The illustration of a "Papa Minsky's" pizza is from Jim Nichols' "Foodspotting" blog. The blog also includes images of food offerings from several other Kansas City-area restaurants.

Art and KaCSFFS!

Meet us at the World's Fairs!
Who: All interested KAXFEN and/or Laser Rangers
When: THIS Sunday, August 5, at 1 p.m.
Where:Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak St., Kansas City, MO 64111
Exhibit Title: "Decorative Arts at the Worlds Fairs, 1851-1939" (more information)
Admission: Museum admission is free; tickets to this exhibition are normally $8--for a $2 discount coupon, click here. Note: there is a $5 fee to park in the parking garage, but there also is offsite parking nearby.

Several of our members have already seen this show, and praised it as outstanding and enjoyable. Here's a chance to go (or go again!) with friends!

This is a photo by Neelix, taken at the 2011 August Art Night.

 

We go to see art--and 

Art Also Comes to Us: Second Annual August Art Night 
Several artists--including some who are new to the event--already have reserved their spaces for the Second Annual August Art Night! Others who exhibited last year will be back, with new artwork!

Art will be for sale at the show, but we cannot take credit cards on the artists' behalf. Most purchases will be by checks or cash only, so come prepared!

When: at the monthly KaCSFFS meeting, August 18, 6:30-9:30
Where: our usual venue, The Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania Ave., Kansas City, MO 64111.

This is a "Papa Minsky's" pizza.

Note: this meeting also features a Pizza Feast, via Business-Friend-of-KaCSFFS, 39th Street Minsky's--where your KaCSFFS membership card will get you a 10% discount! To see a PDF of a menu, check the Menus File on the KAXFEN Yahoo Group.


IMAGE CREDITS: The World's Fairs poster is from the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. "Neelix," A.K.A. Tracy Majkol, took the art show photo at last year's August Art Night; it is used here with his permission. We also should note that there will be a display of Neelix's photography in this year's show! The illustration of a "Papa Minsky's" pizza is from Jim Nichols' "Foodspotting" blog. The blog also includes images of food offerings from several other Kansas City-area restaurants.
 

April Meeting Follow-up

Sherri Dean Conquers All

With her Alien Eggs and her secretarial prowess, Sherri Dean
proved a hit with Kaxfen at the April meeting.

Our new Secretary is Sherri Dean. She leaped right into the job immediately, and began taking notes.

She also brought the winning *coughs -only!- * entry for the Eggceptional Eggcellence Awards with her very creative Alien Eggs entry in the "Cre-egg-tive Minds at Play" category.

Her Alien Eggs were concocted from dried figs, almonds and almond paste, and orange marmelade. They were tasty, as well as wild-looking!

Still Tweaking Bylaws till the End

More amendments were made
to the provisional draft of the
KaCSFFS Bylaws Saturday.

Several Kaxfen brought up questions and proposed adjustments to the provisional draft of the KaCSFFS Bylaws that had been submitted for examination at the March meeting by the Bylaws Committee. The process of bringing the club's bylaws into compliance with the Missouri requirements for a 501(c)3 corporation, begun more than a year and a half ago, continues.

The discussion session at the meeting Saturday night became rather lively at times, as the merits of various provisions were discussed. Several sharp-eyed persons also helpfully pointed out typos for correction.

At the end of the discussion, a majority of the quorum present voted to provisionally approve the Bylaws draft, as amended. The new version was to be posted as a PDF in the file "2012 Bylaws" on the KAXFEN Yahoo Group. It is now available there, for review by all interested members who have paid their dues and thereby have voting privileges.

A final vote to ratify this version of the Bylaws will be taken at the May 19 meeting. If it is not approved, the amendment process will continue.  Passage of an acceptable set of Bylaws is an important part of being approved for our 501(c)3 status, so this is an important issue for the club.

Do You Have Your Membership Card?
President Diana Bailey opened the meeting Saturday by reading aloud the names of persons who had not picked up their new membership cards.

Why is it so important to have your membership card? For one thing, it entitles you to a growing array of discounts!

First of all, there's your ConQuesT membership! The last chance to buy a membership in person with the club discount was the April 21 meeting, but you have until May 15 to buy it online! Check the instructions on the KAXFEN Yahoo Group for how to get the discount.

39th St. Minsky's now
offers us a discount!

We just learned on Saturday that Kaxfen now can get  a 10% discount at the 39th Street Minsky's Pizza! The discount is good anytime, but if you plan a run over there after a meeting, they request that you call ahead so they can be ready.

You also can get discounts at these other fine local merchants:

The Marrakech Cafe
Two Prospero's Bookstores locations
Aquarius books and gifts
Vulcan's Forge fine jewelry

IMAGE CREDITS: The photo of Sherri Dean's Alien Eggs is by Jan S. Gephardt. The photo of Sherri Dean is from her Facebook page. The "Bylaws Book" image is from the A.J. Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering "ByLaws/Standing Rules" page. The ConQuesT 43 logo/lettering is from the ConQuesT website. The photo of 39th Street Minsky's is courtesy of Yelp! Many thanks to all!