International Polymer Clay Association

IPCA Governance: Executive and Regional Board Nominations

IPCA News

Monday, 16 February 2015 23:38

Following the resounding vote in favour of amending the Governance of the IPCA, we have updated all of the descriptions for the positions on the Executive Board and produced initial descriptions for the Regional Boards. It is possible that the latter may change slightly as the two new Boards evolve.

We now need to hold elections to the three Boards. You may only apply for one position in all and must be able to speak and understand English. As previously explained, applicants to the Executive Board must have held a position on that Board within the last five years. This will ensure that the initial steering committee is populated by experienced members who will mentor and advise their counterparts on the Regional Boards. All three in each position will talk and correspond regularly to maintain cohesion in the Association.

Elected Officers receive complimentary IPCA membership while serving on a Board. They are expected to attend monthly meetings, conducted in the main by conference calls. At least one meeting a year will be by video conferencing. Officers must have daily access to e-mail for business and planning between calls. Social Media is a wonderful tool, but it takes up a lot of time so we have a team of people to monitor our Facebook pages and make sure nobody is posting things they shouldn’t. We ask every member of the Boards to be administrators and moderators, along with a dedicated group of volunteers. This should ensure 24 hour coverage.

We are amending the Bylaws of the IPCA and drawing up guidelines and a code of conduct for the Regional Boards to adhere to.

Our volunteers are the life blood of the IPCA and we thank everyone who has helped us grow, including Officers and event teams.

If you are considering applying for a position on one of the Boards, but have doubts or questions, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we’ll reply as quickly as we can.

To recap, the available positions on the Boards are as follows and descriptions of the positions can be found here:

Executive Board

President
Vice President for Education
Treasurer
Secretary
Vice President for Membership and Social Media
Vice President for the Newsletter
Vice President for the Website and Social Media

Regional Boards, The Americas and The Rest of the World (all positions in each Board and you can only apply in the region in which you reside)

President
Vice President for Education
Treasurer
Secretary
Vice President for Membership and Social Media
Vice President for the Newsletter and Social Media
Vice President Guild and Group Liaison.

The Nominee Questionnaire can be found here:

Tell us about yourself, what experience you have with polymer clay, how you would encourage growth in its popularity, how you would improve the IPCA and anything else you think the membership would like to know before voting.
Please email it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Applications will be open until midnight EST on Sunday, the 8th March and we’ll publish the questionnaires and open voting a few days later.

We hope to receive applications from all parts of the regions. Even if you’re thousands of miles away from Europe, or Virginia, you can join in the monthly calls and help shape the future of the IPCA where you live!

Thank you!

IPCA Executive Board

New members' only benefit

IPCA News

Thursday, 18 September 2014 12:14

member IPCA New Recently announced at The IPCA Retreat in August the newest member benefit is a special discussion group on Facebook titled IPCA Members Only.

This will be a group where members can meet, chat, share and learn together. You will be able to post your art work, works in progress, questions, tips and anything related to Polymer Clay. We will also be offering special weekly topics as well as swaps and contests; you don't want to miss this by-invitation-only FB group.

Please watch for an email invitation from Lee Ann Armstrong and Leila Bidler in your email box during the next few weeks. IPCA will be introducing more Member Only benefits in the coming months so stay tuned!