Membership Committee: Michael R. Shelton cwg@holylance.net

New Members: Patti Dohn, Jeanette Block, Neil Combs, David O’Keefe, Incarnate Institute, Robert Farris, Nadra Fischer, Nancy H. Murray, Gregory Walker, Julian Bauer, Roger Dubin, John James Gillespie, Patricia Lea Olson, Elizabeth Brunner, Nancy Smith, Judith Meneses-Emami, Christine M. Hanus, Denise A. Spicer, John Horvat II, Jean E. Ewing, Ellen Marie Edmonds, Sister Patricia McCarthy, Catherine Galloway, J Vick, James Banister, Cynthia Toney, and Brian Conley.

We welcome these outstanding additions to the Catholic Writers Guild. I ask that all current members extend a welcome, especially when Mike Shelton introduces them on Facebook. Thanks Mike.

CWCO:  (Catholic Writers Conference Online)—Lowder (laura.lowder@gmail.com), Karina Fabian (http://fabianspace.com), Ann Margaret Lewis

Like magic, the Catholic Writers Conference Online came together under the guidance of Laura Lowder with assists from a host of presenters, moderators and participants. Chats averaged 15-20 people. Some audiences numbered as high as 30. The forums did not fare as well. The Orientation e-mail proved helpful to chat-room novices thanks to Ann Margaret Lewis.  Karina Fabian untangled technical difficulties, thereby facilitating participation.

A New Website: Work continues on the CWG website. The next CWCO would benefit from its support as would just about every other form of communication within the Guild.

The Seal of Approval Committee: Sarah Reinhard, Ellen Gable Hrkach (ellengablehrkach@gmail.com) Now that the SoA committee has completed work on the first round of books for 2014, submissions for the second quarter of SoA reviews opened on April 1, 2014.

Volunteers: Please step forward. Every committee needs help. Those interested in supplying that assistance, please contact Ellen Gable Hrkach (ellengablehrkach@gmail.com).

Directory of additional CWG Committees and Contact Persons:

CBN: (Catholic Book News)—Ellen Gable Hrkach (ellengablehrkach@gmail.com)

CALA: (Catholic Arts and Letters Award)—Michelle Buckman (michellepbuckman@gmail.com), Ellen Gable Hrkach (ellengablehrkach@gmail.com)

Blog: Jen Fitz

Catholic Writers Conference Live: Which is about to spring into action… Ann Margaret Lewis

Facebook: Karina Fabian (http://fabianspace.com),

Newsletter: Inside the CWG: Maria Rivera

 

Public Relations: Ellen Gable Hrkach (ellengablehrkach@gmail.com)

Retreat: (Seasonal) Ann Margaret Lewis

Zenit: Connie Clark  

Call for Committee reports: I ask each committee chairperson to submit a report of activities in anticipation of the April officer’s meeting. Many thanks!

 

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4 Replies to “Report on CWG Committee Activity”

  1. Don thank you for this run down and update. I really feel like I have a handle on what’s new and what’s ongoing within the guild. This is (for me) a much appreciated upgrade in communication 🙂
    Kassie

      1. I’m in the middle of writing a book, but something not overly time consuming or brain draining sounds fun!
        Let me know what I can do to be helpful

        1. Hi Kassie,

          Happy Easter and good luck with the book.

          How would you like to help with my committee? It’s fairly light work but would get you involved with other members. The task I would gladly share with you is to gather monthly reports from the other committee chairs. That means that I send an e-mail and hope for the best.

          I then assemble and edit the reports, forming my own report that is added to the agenda of the officers meeting. The officers discuss and act on the reports.

          Some committee chairs are busy and forget to file reports. They need reminders.

          I’m an elected officer of the CWG. If you learn the ropes, maybe you would like to run for election at the end of the year and I could become your assistant.

          RSVP,

          Don

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