usk news & events
PEGGY WONG
RICHARD ALOMAR
GAIL WONG
HEARTFELT THANKS TO OUR DEPARTING EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS In December 2021, three key people in our organization ended their terms on the Executive Board: Richard Alomar as President, Gail Wong as Treasurer, and Peggy Wong as Events Director. All three have been long-time urban sketchers and have been vital in enabling fiscal responsibility in our organization, grant program inception, and a Sketch Together event. Here they share thoughts on their tenures:
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Peggy Wong: USk has given me the opportunity and platform to propose and grow new events that bring our community of urban sketchers closer together. We have seen over 900 global urban sketchers attending our 10th International Symposium, right before the world was brought to a halt by a pandemic. Recently, as the world slowly recovers, we kicked off the first 24-hour USk Sketch Together event, celebrating our urban sketchers community around the world, showing the world one drawing at a time where they are. In line with celebrating our grass-root organization, brought together by our USk chapters, we launched the first USk Regional Events Grant program, with the objective of fostering a closer knit regional community of sketchers and enabling them to host events together. None of these activities would have been possible alone – but with the collaboration of all USk Execuitve Board members, Committees, and urban sketcher communities, everything becomes possible. Gail Wong: I think the biggest contribution to USk during my tenure as Treasurer was in creating a budget and a formal process for budget requests and tracking expenditures. These make it easy to close out the year and send information to the bookkeeper and accountant to complete taxes in a timely fashion so as to forecast the financial health of the organization. Richard Alomar: I’m expressing my thoughts and thanks here.
4/16/21 8:14 AM
