SSQG Meeting Minutes - 11/19/15

SSQG Meeting Minutes

November 19, 2015

Minutes taken by Valerie V.

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1. President/Call to order (Pam T.) –       6:36pm
2. Sign In, Welcome to Members and Guests – 14 members attended in person with 3 attending via text.
3. Reading of the minutes and motion to accept –

a)    Motion made by: Valerie V

b)    Motion seconded by:  Karol G

c)    Accepted by membership? - yes

4. Reports of officers and committees

a)    Treasurer’s report (Elsie H) –

                             i.     Beginning Balance:  $923.86

                            ii.     Deposits:  no deposits

                           iii.     Expenditures:  no expenditures

                          iv.     Ending Balance:  $923.86

                           v.     Motion to accept:

1.     Motion made by:  Mynan G

2.     Motion seconded by:  Renee H

3.     Accepted by membership? - yes

b)    President (Pam T) – gathered a list of pot luck items that will be brought to the Christmas party.

c)    VP/Programming (Sharon H) – Christmas party is scheduled for Wednesday, December 9^th and will be a pot luck at the library.

d)    Secretary/Blog site (Valerie V.) – minutes are added to site within a week of meeting, along with any additional information that is sent.  Marilyn H continues to add links for photos.

e)    Historian (Marilyn H.) – Marilyn H will continue to serve as historian in 2016 and has compiled two notebooks consisting of pictures, letters and thank you notes from previous years of SSQG.

f)     Unfinished Projects (UFOs – Kathy S) – Kathy S will continue to serve as the UFO chair for 2016. Jessie C showed off her wool krazy quilt handbag, Merlene L showed off 3 quilts that she finished from previous years.

g)    Tabs (Betty B.) – will continue to collect tabs for the Ronald McDonald House Charities in 2016.

h)    Door Prizes (Renee H.) – Renee will continue to be door prize chair with Cheryl A being the backup when Renee cannot attend a meeting.  This months door prizes were Mynan G (Red Work), Bonnie M (I Love to Draw), Pam T (Let’s Make a Beautiful Bag).

i)      Just Do It (SSQG membership) –

                             i.       Valerie V. showed off the Blinged Out Scrap Krazy quilt which had been displayed in the August show.

                            ii.       Jessie C showed off her wool Krazy Quilt handbag.

                           iii.       Valerie V suggested “Hack and Slash” for Just Do It 2016.  Take an orphan block, a leftover strip set or even a quilt top that you just are not in love with, then deconstruct, hack or slash it to remake it into something more beautiful.  Add fabric, take out fabric, but don’t waste that fabric.  Valerie has a quilt top that she will cut into quarters.  Valerie, Renee H, Mynan G and Cheryl A will each take a quarter and do their hack and slash best to transform the pieces.

                          iv.       If a member decides to do a Hack and Slash, please take before and after pictures of your project for the guild to see the transformation.

                           v.       If anyone else has a Just Do It suggestion for 2016, please present it at future meetings.

j)      Quilt Show (SSQG membership) – For anyone interested in making a storytime quilt for 2016, Miss Gail presented SSQG with a list of books that the children are currently interested in reading. This list was sent out via email to the membership and is also posted to the blog site. 

k)     Charity Quilts/Projects (Merlene L. & Cheryl A.) – Merlene L and Cheryl A will continue to chair this committee in 2016.

5. Unfinished Business –

a)    The Christmas Party is scheduled as a pot luck in the library on Wednesday, December 9^th.

b)    The nominating committee presented the current board (Pam T, Sharon H, Elsie H and Valerie V) as the slate to serve a second term for 2016.  Mynan G made a motion to accept this slate, Merlene L seconded the motion and Jessie C thirded.  The membership voted unanimously in favor.

6. New business

a)  Pam T filled out the application to reserve library space for 2016 which she emailed to the library.  Elsie H compiled a list of reservation dates for 2016 and Pam T turned it in to the library.

7. Program Report – Sharon H continued her demo on making folded fabric Christmas ornaments, this time showing how to finish and embellish the ornaments.
8. Show and Tell – members showed off projects, both old and new.
9. Announcements –.

a)    Christmas Party is scheduled for Wednesday, December 9, 2015. 

                             i.     Pot luck with the membership bringing food items to share

                            ii.     Everyone will bring their own drinks.

                           iii.     The guild will supply plates, napkins, etc.

                          iv.     Please bring a Christmas themed fat quarter to participate in the game

                           v.     Please bring a quilting related gift of approximate $15 value if you wish to participate in the gift exchange.

b)    Betty Braud announced there is a 5 day bus trip to the Paducah Quilt Show.  You can contact Pam Tennyson if you would like her to forward you the email with all the information.

10. Adjournment – 8:00pm