Here are the updates of current CWG committee.

CWCO: (Leader: Karina Fabian)
– About: Annual online conference. Next conference scheduled for March 17-30 2012.
– Status: Committee currently in hiatus until September when planning and organization will begin again.

CWCL: (Leader: Ann Lewis)
– About: Annual Live conference
– Status: In the final stages of planning and organizing. The next conference will be held August 3-5, 2011 – in Valley Forge, PA at the Valley Forge Convention Center. It is held in conjunction with the Catholic Marketing Network Trade Show. For more details or to register go to our CWG Conference website at: http://www.catholicwritersconference.com/

Publicity Committee: (Leader: Maureen Martin/Clare Bills)
– About: Public promotion of Guild and our activities.
– Status: Committee just formed and is beginning organization of upcoming promotions.

Sunday Night Chats (Leader: Theresa Henderson)
– About: Weekly chats with guests of interest to our membership
– Status: Next chat this Sunday with Matt Swaim. Dave Armstrong will be chatting in June.

Seal of Approval (Leader: Sarah Reinhard)
– About: Review of books for a seal certifying that content is Catholic
– Status: Additional volunteers added and latest collection of titles are currently under review.

Seal of Excellence (CALA) (Leader: Nicole Langan)
– About: Annual award of excellence for book length titles.
– Status: Judges are currently going over entries and we should have finalists announced sometime next month.

Facebook Page (Leader: Ellen Hrkach/Karina Fabian)
– About: Promotion of the Guild on Facebook.
– Status: Additional volunteers are now helping maintain our Facbook page at:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Catholic-Writers-Guild

Inside the CWG newsletter (Leader: Maria Rivera)
– About: Monthly newsletter to members
– Status: May newsletter was recently sent out.

Marketing Bulletin (Leader: Ellen Hrkach)
– About: Monthly email sent to bookstores highlighting two members’ books
– Status: Our last bulletin was sent out on Monday.

Membership Relations (Leader: Mike Hayes)
– About: Committee to greet new members and improve membership communication.
– Status: Membership relations is going well.

Showcase (Leader: Dave A. Law)
– About: Showcase for members and others to present their books and/or services.
– Status: Slowly trying to caught up with previous SoA books. You can check out currently listed titles at: http://catholicwritersguild.com/marketplace/

Author’s Wiki (Leader: Dave A. Law)
– About: Online knowledge base (like WikiPedia) of Catholic authors
– Status: Currently being setup.

CWG Blog (Leader: Jennifer Fitz)
– About: Blog for promoting the Guild and posting new and articles by members
– Status: Going well.