PURPOSE AND INTENT

This inaugural issue of B,C, POTTER is not only intended to set the
tone for what is hoped to become a quarterly information pamphlet,
but to be the faithful reporter of anything going on in Canada and else-
where in ceramics that might be of interest to B, C, Potters at large,

It is also intended to reach and be of service to the isolated potters who
are out of reach, This form of report and information will keep them
informed also of any meetings, lectures, exhibitions, competitions, or
any decisions made by the Guild,

It will also be the spokesman cn policy, thinking and planning and
inform those groups with whom we are associated or which are
interested in hearing from us,

The times may be ripe for greater ventures both local and on the na-
tional scale, this being felt through several approaches made by com-
plementing organizations in the fermenting stage, We want them to
know about us and we want to bear from them, but before we as an
association can be effectively of help or be helped, it is essential that
the membership of the B,C. Potters Guild be reinforced both in quality
and quantity,

This we hope to achieve by making the Potters Guild as useful as
possible to the potters but also, and perhaps foremust, by establish-
ing standards,

It must be assumed that our Guild must comprise all peoples who wish
to associate themselves with Pottery making or Ceramics generally,
It must be clearly stated and understood, however, that tolerance is
expected from both the professional and the amateur (the word ama-
teur being used in the French sense "for the love of it" rather than a
dabbler), For, while a Guild would hardly be worth the name without
the professional, there must be ample room and accommodation for
the part-time potter.

Exhibitions and competitions will be open to all but standards will be
applied according to the intent and cultural emphasis of a given
exhibition,

ROBERT WEGHSTEEN (President)