We’re always looking for volunteers. If you have an interest in helping the Guild and glass in our region thrive, please contact the person in charge of something that you have the skills to help or want to learn more about.
You can forward your message to the proper person with this form.
Planning Team
Plans and coordinates Guild events
Lead: President, Lesley Kelly
Members of the Board and volunteers for specific events
Specific Events 2026:
Vendor Fair Seattle/Redmond: March 28, 2026
Karen Seymour
Vendor Fair Portland/Vancouver: fall 2027?
Carlyne Lynch
Open Studios, Portland: September
Suzanne Tyler
Glass And Decor Studio Tour, Seattle: mid-October as part of RefractSeattle.org
Karen Seymour
Guild Information Team
Keeps Guild information up to date; posts minutes and other Guild documents on the website
Contact: President Lesley Kelly
- Guild Business posts: President, Lesley Kelly
- Guild Minutes and other Guild Documents: Secretary Rose McBride
- About the Guild Mission, Goals, Board, Committees and Teams, and Guild History: various Board members
Education Team
Helps inform people about glass and helps members share information between glass artists at different levels of experience so we can all learn from each other at General meetings and other Guild events.
Contact the VP: Barbara Kienle
- General Meeting set up and posting: VP, Barbara Kienle
- Glass Arts pages writers: NEEDED
- Guild-sponsored class coordinator: NEEDED
- Play Days coordinator: NEEDED
- Posting videos on YouTube and links to website: VP Barbara Kienle (Karen Seymour and Carlyne Lynch backup)
- Posting reviews of events: the Newsletter team
Membership Team
Coordinates membership and member benefits, distributes membership info at events.
Contact: Kate Nichlos
- Membership Team Lead: Kate Nichlos
- Sponsorship Team Lead: Carlyne Lynch (coordinates membership benefits given to members)
- FB Members group moderator: Janine Fitzpatrick
Sponsorship Team
Communicates with sponsors and keeps the sponsor section of the website up to date. Helps inform the membership of the benefits sponsors are offering, coordinates the Vendor Fair.
Contact: Carlyne Lynch
- Sponsor Contact: Carlyne Lynch
- Vendor Fair: Carlyne Lynch (Portland/Vancouver) and Karen Seymour (Seattle/Redmond)
Publicity Team
Helps get the word out about current Guild events including keeping the public face of the website current.
Contact: Newsletter
- Newsletter Team Lead: Karen Seymour
- Newsletter assembly: Karen Seymour, Debbie Marchione, Greta Schneider and several other contributors
- Home Page editor: NEEDED (Karen Seymour is backup)
- FB page moderator: NEEDED (Karen Seymour is backup)
- Other Guild Events: by the person coordinating the event (Karen Seymour is backup)
Communications Team
Coordinates the flow of information from forms to the proper email campaigns to reach members and the public. This includes forms for classifieds, member-submitted events, as well as Zoom information.
Contact: Stephanie Johnston
- Communications Team Lead: Stephanie Johnston
- Guild Meeting Member News posts and Public News Posts: VP Barb Kienle and President Lesley Kelly (Karen Seymour is backup)
- Classifieds posts: Stephanie Johnston (Karen Seymour is backup)
- Responding to form requests: Stephanie Johnston (Karen Seymour is backup)
- Member-Submitted Events form: Debbie Marchione (Stephanie Johnston and Karen Seymour as backup)
- Mailchimp Manager (keeps campaigns going out smoothly, manages member problems with emails, reports statistics to Board): Stephanie Johnston (Karen Seymour is backup)
- Zoom Manager: Treasurer Linda Roman
Website Team
Keeps website functioning smoothly. Untangles glitches, trains editors to post, helps visitors and members interact with the website. Helps write and update Website Help. Organizes and deletes old posts
Contact: Karen Seymour
- Website Team Lead: NEEDED
- Webmaster: Butterflyly.com contractor
- Web-Help: Karen Seymour, Debbie Marcione 2 or 3 additional volunteers NEEDED