The Handcrafted Soapmakers Guild and Association of Artisan Businesses Reach an Acquisition Agreement
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Marrijane Jones (AAB) or Gayle Vrla (HSMG)
AAB phone - 1-800-542-6183
HSMG phone – 1-866-900-7627
AAB Email: memberservices@artisanbusinesses.org
HSMG Email: info@soapguild.org
The Association of Artisan Businesses (AAB) and The Handcrafted Soapmakers Guild (HSMG) would like to jointly announce that an [...]
We are thrilled to announce, Mary Anne Walsh of Roetzel and Andress has been hired to represent the HSMG and the handcrafted soap industry in Washington, DC, she will commence work on September 1st, 2010.
For more information on Mary Anne please read my previous post.
Mary Anne had this to say about getting down to work [...]
We are now one step closer to hiring an advocate to represent our industry.
Yesterday, I met with Mary Anne Walsh from the law firm of Roetzell & Andress in Washington, DC. Mary Anne has over 29 years of experience and has held a variety of positions including Chief of Staff for three U.S. Congressmen. Read [...]
The Handcrafted Soapmakers Guild’s (HSMG) is an established and functioning non-profit trade association whose mission is to promote the handcrafted soap industry; to act as a center of communication among soapmakers, and to circulate information beneficial to soapmakers.
In the past three years there have been many threatening legislative proposals. The three most [...]
Sunday evening I flew to Washington, DC, to meet up with:
Donna Maria Coles Johnson of The Indie Beauty Network (@indiebusiness)
Kayla Fioravanti of Essential Wholesale (@essentialU)
Anne-Marie Faiola of Bramble Berry (@brambleberry)
Lela Barker of Bella Lucce (@bellalucce)
We have set up meetings with senior staffers of Representatives Schakowsky (D,IL), Markey (D, MA) and Baldwin (D, WI) who are [...]
I have written a letter that you can use to send to lawmakers in Colorado in opposition of The Colorado Safe Personal Care Products Act, HB10-1248.
Please put the letter on your company letterhead to fully identify yourself and your company.
Download the letter (MS Word format).
Leigh O’Donnell
HSMG President
President@soapguild.org
Whether you live and operate a business in the state of Colorado or not you need to pay attention to The Colorado Safe Personal Care Products Act, HB10-1248. Read the full bill here.
The main “intent” of the bill is to ban all ingredients known to be carcinogens or reproductive toxins in the state of Colorado [...]
Activities in Washington DC are back on the radar. Last week, I went to Washington DC on a fact-finding mission with Donna Maria Coles Johnson of The Indie Beauty Network and Lela Barker of Bella Lucce (IBN Member and cosmetics manufacturer based in South Carolina). We spoke with key people to try to determine current [...]