The Member
Meeting at Rocky Mountain Land Library on September 29 was sparsely attended,
but those who did enjoyed themselves immensely. Teresa Burkert won the Door
Prize, a lovely hand-bound sketchbook from the prolific studio of Judy
Vanderbosch. Several guests came and asked many questions of the artists and
the Librarians, Jeff Lee and Anne Miller.
The RMSBA Board met earlier that day. We are glad to announce that a new
meeting schedule will shortly be published, and we will conduct meetings at the
Denver Botanic Gardens in 2020. More info will be forthcoming. The Board meets
on November 10 to plan next year’s activities. Please bring to the attention of
a board member any suggestions, concerns, or new ideas so they may be
discussed.
Published
Illustrator? If your illustrations are included in an ASBA Small Works Catalog or two, in either (or both) of SBAI’s Practice Makes Perfect volumes, or other
book or catalog, or a magazine or a website where your work is shown,
this InfoBud’s for you, from our colleagues at the Guild of Natural Science
Illustrators. Thank you, Taina Litwak, for this:
Hi All - Check it
out.
If you are a published illustrator (with minimum of 3 publications with ISBN numbers) and [have] not already signed up/joined ASCRL - the American Society for Collective Rights Licensing, you really should join. And if you are a member and have hesitated to sign onto one of the open claims, please do not hesitate. The system is working well now. The second claim just paid out and a third will open next month. I am on the ASCRL Advisory Board and I want as many illustrators to benefit as possible.
If you are a published illustrator (with minimum of 3 publications with ISBN numbers) and [have] not already signed up/joined ASCRL - the American Society for Collective Rights Licensing, you really should join. And if you are a member and have hesitated to sign onto one of the open claims, please do not hesitate. The system is working well now. The second claim just paid out and a third will open next month. I am on the ASCRL Advisory Board and I want as many illustrators to benefit as possible.
Many GNSI members got
bank deposits from these claim payments last week. The more of us who
join, the better the position ASCRL will be in to receive more funds from other
international Reprographic Rights Organizations. The 2 payments so far
have just been from only two RRO's, (Pictorights of the Netherlands and BUS
(Bildupphovsrätt i Sverige) of Sweden). It’s a big world out there, and
many countries collect non-title-specific reprographic monies and are charged
by the laws of their countries to get the money to the creatives who made the
images.
Cheers - Taina
Cheers - Taina
Cite the publication number (ISBN), along with
title of the illustration, which does not have to be registered individually with the copyright office. You may be eligible for a surprise bonus check for your work –
don’t let that get away!
