Welcome to the Marys River Quilt Guild
November Meeting 2015
The Silent Auction
Undulating Flying Geese
Round Robin Finale
Block of the Month
Show and Tell
Raffle Quilt
MARYS
RIVER QUILT GUILD
GENERAL
MEMBERSHIP MEETING
NOVEMBER 19, 2015
The
meeting was called to order by President Sheri P at 7:02 pm.
There
were no new members in attendance and no visiting guests to introduce at this
meeting.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Volunteers
are needed in 2016 to help with setting up and taking down chairs and tables
for the meetings. A sign-up list was distributed. Also, a member of the Guild
is looking for transportation to the meetings so if you are able to help with
this, please add your name to the list being distributed.
Election
of certain Board members was conducted. Barbara G has accepted the nomination
for Vice-President for 2016. Jan C and Lisa U have jointly accepted the
nomination to share the Secretary position. Ballots were distributed for voting
for these positions. Election results: 35 votes for Barbara G and 1 vote for
Judy J for Vice-President and 35 votes for Jan C and Lisa U and 1 vote for
Sharon F for Secretary.
Sheri
mentioned that there is updated Guild information in the Newsletter.
Sheri
encouraged members to become Historical Museum members as the Museum is
gracious in allowing us to use their facility for our monthly meetings. The
annual dues are $25.
COMMITTEE
REPORTS:
LIBRARY:
There is nothing to report at this time.
SERVICE
COMMITTEE: Lynn G reported the updated inventory of unfinished projects is 144.
Lynn urged Guild members to consider machine quilting these quilts. There are a
variety of sizes available and suggested that if each member could commit to
quilting one per year then great progress would be made.
HISTORIAN:
Alice H reported that she is getting close to having the Blog done.
CHALLENGE
COMMITTEE: Judy J has packets available this evening for those interested. The
theme is “Not quite a zebra” which is black and white fabric with an additional
color.
QUILT IN
THE GARDEN: There is nothing to report at this time.
SECRET
SISTERS: Jan A-McK encouraged members to sign up. The group meets once a month
and is a great deal of fun as well as a way to get to know other members. New
season begins in January.
HOSPITALITY:
The winners of the drawing for fat quarters and a gift certificate were Lisa U
and Harriet P.
PROGRAMS/CLASSES:
Harriet reported that Nancy and Beth R will be discussing the workshops they
attended and sharing what they learned and created. This will be the program
for the January 2016 meeting. Members who attended the Undulating Flying Geese
Class shared their wonderful creations. Those members included Sheri A, Flo C,
Sheri P, Jan T, Beth R, and Glenda G.
ROUND
ROBIN: Cindy G introduced those members who worked on this year’s projects:
Linda B, Barbara G, Gail B, Karen G, Libby A, Judy J, Jan T and Cindy G. There
were many creative projects shared and enjoyed by all. Cindy encouraged members
to participate next year. This committee meets every two months and the firm
deadline to sign up is December 31st.
BLOCK OF
THE MONTH: Shelley B held a drawing for guessing the total number of blocks
completed this year. Diane D won the drawing with her guess of 152 blocks! A
prize was awarded. Next year’s theme is “How does your garden grow?” January’s
block will be a pansy theme. Blocks will be available on the website soon.
Linda B won the big drawing for BOM participation. Local quilt shops provided
gift certificates: Bolts to Block, Quilt Loft, Quiltwork Patches and
JanniLou’s.
NEW
BUSINESS: The Board discussed the budget for 2016 at the November board meeting
including the need to increase membership dues to cover any shortage and/or
loss. The recommendation was to increase the membership dues for 2016 by $10
for members and by $5 for seniors. Any members over 80 years old would still
not be required to pay annual dues. It was noted that there had not been an
increase in five years. Hence, the proposed regular dues would be $35, $25 for
members who were 65-80 years old, and no charge for those members 80 and above.
The vote was called for and was unanimously accepted. A sticker would be
created to add to the MRQG flyers reflecting the increase in dues. The $5
visitor fee for each meeting where the guild has an outside speaker would still
remain in effect. It was noted that if members wanted to pay more, funds would
be accepted for the Guild.
2017
RAFFLE QUILT: The Service Committee has a completed quilt top that they are
willing to donate for use as the Guild's 2017 Raffle Quilt. It is one of Judy
Niemeyer's designs. The lovely quilt top was shown and submitted for
consideration. It was noted that the Guild would need to obtain Judy Niemeyer’s
approval to use the design. Any member who is interested in volunteering to
coordinate completing the quilt which is nearly done should contact Sheri P.
The 2016
Raffle Quilt was shown by the committee and was a visual treat for the members.
Service
quilts were available to tie at the evening’s meeting. And a silent auction was
conducted to benefit the Scholarship Committee.
The
meeting was adjourned at 8:26 pm.
Respectfully
submitted,
Jan C,
Secretary
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