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STSV Membership Form

W= elcome, “Sweet Thing”!!

To begin your membership, please send the information below, follo= wed by your dues (by mail or by bringing them to the next monthly meeting).= Dues are only $24 per year ($2 per month). New members pay for= the months remaining until December. M= embers joining before June 1st pay a total of $24 for dues through 12/31/20= 10. Members joining after June 1st pay $12.

Checks may be made payable to: S= weet Things of Silicon Valley and mailed to:

Sweet Things of Silicon Valley

c/o Patti Harrington, Treasurer

2032 Adele Place, San Jose, CA&nbs= p;

95123

Membership requirements:

A= ll members must submit the following information upon joining the club and keep this inf= o up to date:

F= ull Name:

Y= ahoo ID (…..@yahoo.com):

E= mail address:

P= hone #:

C= ell #:

W= ebsite (or myspace/cakecentralID/bakespace/etc.):

M= ailing Address (City, State, Zip):

S= pecialty (brief – fondant, whipped icing, etc.):

W= hat you’d like to learn (brief list):

A photo of you= and your cake (optional – email to Laurie_clarke@= yahoo.com = or bring to a meeting)

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P= lease send all of the above info to laurie_clarke@yahoo.com to activate you= r membership in the SweetThingsSV Yahoo Group

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All members should= have a basic understanding of decorating, to the extent that discussions m= ay be understood and participated in. Novices are very welcome, as ar= e self-taught decorators.

All members should= be sharing, caring decorators, interested in expanding the knowledge of ot= hers. “Secret Recipes” do not need to be shared, but shar= ing is encouraged wherever possible (photos, books, tools, ideas, recipes, = etc.).

All members are expected to rea= d emails from the Yahoo Group periodically, especially messages sent as = 220;Special Notices” or received directly to your email address. = ; S= TSV Yahoo Group can be accessed once your information is received: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sweetthingssv/ = . Please keep your email status on "Individual Emails" -- I= t's very hard to participate in the club if you aren't checking emails regu= larly. We don't have an overload of messages, so your inbox won't be = cluttered.

All members are in= vited to attend as many meetings as possible, as their schedules allow.&nbs= p; Participation in meetings is not mandatory, but you do get out of the cl= ub what you put into it. Many volunteer positions and projects can be= taken on outside of meetings.

All members are ex= pected to “go along to get along”. If misunderstandings o= ccur between members both parties are expected to sort out their issues tog= ether or contact a Board Member to serve as a mediator in the dispute = without involving entire club membership.

Social Meetings are held the last WEDNESDAY of each month at 7:00 at:=

CET Sobrato Center
701 Vine Street
San Jose, CA 95110
408-287-7924 (CET contact #)

Meetings consist of a brief club business meeting, a short demonst= ration by a member or guest, raffle and general cake discussion. Get = there early (6:45) for extra socializing before meeting begins! Membe= rs are encouraged to bring a small snack to share. Bring items to &qu= ot;share" with the group: Photo albums, books, tools, new recipe= s and new ideas.

Extra Membership Meetings are held every 3 months (more = or less) on a weekend day, g= enerally Sundays, from 1 to 5pm. These cons= ist of a couple of member or guest demonstrations, a pot luck lunch, recipe= exchange, and, generally, a raffle and/or gift exchange, etc. (to be deter= mined by host/hostess).

The Club is currently formatted in such a way that “big busi= ness decisions” are made by a B= oard of Directors, requesting votes= /approvals from members when necessary. This is meant to ensure fewer= “business” details need to be discussed at membership meetings= . All members are encouraged to participate as a Chairperson if they = would like to take a more active role in the direction of the club, or to p= rovide the Board with opinions and ideas when possible. For specific = projects and activities members volunteering as C= hairpersons are responsible f= or the details of their project. Chairpersons report to the Board for= decisions and the Board requests general membership approval when appropri= ate. A= current list of Board Members and Chairpersons is available in the Files a= rea on the Sweetthingssv Yahoo Group site. www.groups.yahoo.com/group/sweetthingssv

Thank you so much for your interest!! We look forward to sha= ring with you soon!!

Any questions, anytime:

Laurie Clarke

STSV Founder and President

408/505-5507

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www.sweetcelebrations.us=

www.groups.yahoo.com/group/swee= tthingssv

Barbara Blazer

Vice President, Membership Coordinator

bbswift53@hotmail.com

408-262-5335

Written correspondence may be sent to “Sweet Things”:&= nbsp; Laurie Clarke, 2256 Brega Lane, Morgan Hill, CA 95037