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May 28

The Buzz #8: Sharon Kyle Kuhn of Austin’s Wax Team

Posted on Thursday, May 28, 2009 in Artist Interviews, encaustic podcast

 
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Shannon Newby (BEE team co-leader) interviews Sharon Kyle Kuhn of Austin’s TexasWax team.  Listen in to hear Sharon talk about the Texas encaustic networks and all that they’re up to!

Subscribe to The Buzz podcast on iTunes.

May 25

Week of May 25

Posted on Monday, May 25, 2009 in Uncategorized

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One by Kari796

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1) Team requirements are listed below.  If you haven’t already made the necessary adjustments, please begin to do so.  The requirements will be “enforced” starting June 15th.  From then on, there will be active and passive members.  Only active members will have their information posted on the team website and will continue to get these weekly newsletters.  If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to reply to this email with your thoughts!  :)
  1.  Team tag of “beeswaxteam” must be on all items that are encaustic, or have anything to do with beeswax in your etsy shop.  
  2. Team blurb must be in shop announcement.  Feel free to change the wording, but team website must be mentioned.  “Proud member of the BEE team.  For more about our team visit www.beeswaxteam.com or search for our team tag – beeswaxteam”
  3. Annual member fee of $10 must be paid.  Each year, you’ll receive friendly reminders about the fee.  For more information about the member fee, please see the Q & A’s.
  4. Sign up to participate in the team forum.  To do this, go to the “forum” section of our team website and sign up for a username and password.  This is a great feature for us to begin using to connect with each other.  We highly recommend after you have signed up, to begin posting and replying to the threads!

2)  New Podcast interview!  A new podcast interview with Texas Wax leader, Sharon Kyle Kuhn will be launched at the end of this week!  Look for the podcast and don’t forget to sign up on itunes for an encaustic podcast subscription!

3) Ad space!  We are now working with a few individuals on designing their ad space for the team website.  If you are interested in buying ad space, please click on the more info link above the available ads in the right margin of our team website.  Our site gets A LOT of foot traffic.  Make your art and wax crafts more visible to beeswax enthusiasts worldwide – all the while, supporting the BEE team!

4) The Montserrat Encaustic Conference is fast approaching! Any BEE members that will be attending, participating, wanting to hang out, etc – let’s start chatting!  You can post your information on the forum section of our team website.  The BEE team will be meeting on Sunday, during the 4-5 pm slot.  Since both of us will be at the conference, we will not be posting or sending out a weekly newsletter June 8-14.  This will give us time to compile our conference notes, pictures and implement the new team requirements.  Thanks for your understanding!

 

Thanks and happy painting!

Shannon (newbyart) and Kathryn (kbean)

May 18

Week of May 18

Posted on Monday, May 18, 2009 in announcement

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Road Rage Theraphy by Haley Nagy

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1) Team newsletter was sent out last week.  In it, were details on the new team member requirements.  If you didn’t get a copy, please let us know ASAP!  Contact Shannon (writeshans [at] gmail [dot] com).  Requirements should be reviewed and taken effect immediately.  We will begin distinguishing between active and passive members, starting June 17th.  If you wish to remain an active member, please implement the team requirements ASAP!  Thanks for everyone’s feedback and cooperation!  :) 

2)  New Podcast interview!  If you haven’t checked out the newest podcast with Daniellexo from Etsy’s headquarters, be sure to do so!  Danielle shared lots of fun tips and gave all of the BEEs a big shout out!  To find the podcasts, go to the Buzz section of our team website: www.beeswaxteam.com

3) The Montserrat Encaustic Conference is fast approaching! Any BEE members that will be attending, participating, wanting to hang out, etc – let’s start chatting!  You can post your information on the forum section of our team website.

May 14

The Buzz #7: Daniellexo Etsy Admin Interview

Posted on Thursday, May 14, 2009 in encaustic podcast

 
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Shannon Newby (BEE team co-leader) interviews Daniellexo from Etsy Labs.  Listen in to hear Danielle’s thoughts on taxes, new etsy shops and more!  

Subscribe to The Buzz podcast on iTunes.

May 11

Week of May 11

Posted on Monday, May 11, 2009 in Uncategorized

 

 

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Poppy Blu Reproduction Print by Colorworks

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1) Team newsletter is being sent out today. Please read through the entire newsletter carefully. New team requirement information is in there. The deadline to meet all new requirements: Wed, June 17th.

2) The Montserrat Encaustic Conference is fast approaching! Any BEE members that will be attending, participating, wanting to hang out, etc – let’s start chatting!  You can post your information on the team’s forum page on our website: www.beeswaxteam.com

May 4

Week of May 4

Posted on Monday, May 4, 2009 in announcement

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Strength in Silence by Sonjaraven

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1) Our team meeting last week went well. We voted on some upcoming events and new team requirements. Notes from the meeting will be posted soon. Look for them later this week. Plenty of notice will be given before member requirements take effect. Thanks to those that participated and attended the meeting.

2) We are looking for a treasurer! This is a very easy way to get involved with the BEE team. Help us stay organized and brainstorm ideas of how to use extra dollars for team promotion!  If interested, please email Shannon with the subject line: Treasurer  (email: writeshans [at] gmail [dot] com)

3) The Montserrat Encaustic Conference is fast approaching! Any BEE members that will be attending, participating, wanting to hang out, etc – let’s start chatting! You can post your information on the team’s forum page.

4) This week’s new Etsy thread here.