Letter From The Prez (Exaggerated Features 2009.3)
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| Author | Robert Bauer |
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| Published | EF Issue 2009.3 |
Publication date | Summer 2009 |
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| Pages | 2 |
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This Letter from the Prez is by 2009 President Robert Bauer and appears on pages 2 of Exaggerated Features Issue 2009.3.
Article Transcript
Greetings fellow members of ISCA!
I have to get used to saying that. In fact, we all do. Now that we have officially changed our name, we have to continue looking forward and adjust to the newness that is, “ISCA”. Notice that I didn’t say the ISCA? That is intentional. Part of the reason we chose the name, International Society of Caricature Artists was because its acronym spelled out something that we all could pronounce: “ISCA” (pronounced, “IS•KAH”) So saying, “the ISCA” sounds odd. If you choose to sound it out, then “the I-S-C-A” is good. But since we added an extra letter to our name, we chose to make it a word and drop the “the” to help simplify things. Once you get used to it, ISCA is easy to remember and quick to say.
One thing I really do like about the new name is when I tell people that I am a member of ISCA, all I have to do is then tell them what ISCA stands for and they get it. Whenever I told people that I was a member of the NCN, The National Caricaturist Network, they still looked confused at me. I would then have to explain what the NCN was. Now our new name does it all for us. We are the International Society of Caricature Artists!
As you can imagine, all these new changes have been in the works for quite a while. A proposal to officially revise our association to be international was proposed at the business meeting in 2007. A proposal to change our name to reflect our international presence was proposed and approved back in 2006. Three years later and we are now in the final stages of completing those goals. This is where all of you come in. In this issue of Exaggerated Features, you will see our newly drafted constitution. This constitution is different from its predecessor. It has been revised from beginning to end. The basic foundation is fundamentally the same but the language and procedures are now up-todate with how most international organizations are run. I urge everyone to please read over the constitution and then mail back the included ballot with your vote to our Secretary, Lorin Bernsen, so that we can officially approve it or revise it and make it our new constitution for ISCA.
One of the biggest changes that our attorneys made was to change the voting procedures for our officers. We will no longer be electing an individual for each office. Starting with the next election in November, members will elect four members to the board of directors who will then appoint the officers. In most cases, they will appoint themselves to each office and document this in written format for the official record. This will help us maintain leadership that is selected by you, the members, while allowing the board as much power and flexibility necessary to properly carry out their duties. If more than four volunteers step forward to be a board member, we will mail out ballots to each member and the 4 highest vote-getters will make up the board. If only four members or less volunteer to be board members, then we will conduct a simple vote approval at the business meeting to make it official. The board will decide whether to appoint someone to office or themselves. If they cannot agree as to whom will serve which office, we kick it upstairs to our Executive Committee to select who will hold which office.
Whew. Sorry for all the legaleze. But it will be the last time we all have to deal with it and then we are off and running and ready for the next convention. Speaking of which, I hope everyone is as excited as I am about this year’s annual convention in Sandusky, OH. I had the pleasure of checking out the Kalahari for a couple days in April and it was a blast! The indoor waterpark was huge! There were tons of fun tube slides, hot tubs, a lazy river and even a swim-up pool bar inside! Each guest room has its own microwave and refrigerator and the convention space is state-of-the-art and very spacious. Links for registering online and even booking your room are now on the ISCA website so don’t delay, lock in your room today! Some members are even heading out early so take one last trip on the rollercoasters at Cedar Pointe before they close for the season. Who knows, maybe you can get your caricature drawn at one of the stands around the…ok maybe not. In any case, this will be a once-in-a-lifetime convention for everyone to attend: the very first ISCA Convention, the very first annual convention in the midwest and the first time we’ve had four guests of honor in one convention. So plan to make history this November! See you at the 18th annual caricature convention brought to you by ISCA!
Robert Bauer
President of the NCN International
Society of Caricature Artists
chrismoore@caricature.org
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