Sassi Strippers Quilt Guild (SSQG) - Baton Rouge LA: November 2011

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

SSQG Meeting Minutes 17 November 2011

SASSI STRIPPERS QUILT GUILD MEETING

November - 17, 2011

Secretary Karol Guidry opened the meeting at 6:30 pm welcoming members & two guests.

President Linda Baumann was taking a final exam & Vice President Becky Fincher had surgery performed on her wrist and elbow that morning.

Treasurer Heidi Brochard reported a balance of $692.23 in the SSQG account

Secretary’s report was accepted as read.

Committee Reports were given:

Valarie Barth – Charity Chair – reported receiving thank you notes from:

Braveheart Children In Need, Inc., (braveheartchildren.org)

thanking us for the 8 quilts we made & donated to them that

will go into 8 backpacks for new children. The quilts will remain

will belong to the child who receives it always. School supplies,

toiletries, clothing (age appropriate) are also in backpack.

Lynn Clark, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity sent a

thank you note for the Wonky House Quilt the Guild made &

donated for their annual fundraising event. Eight quilts were donated

to HfH at our quilt show to be used in HfH homes being built in our

locality in the near future. A total of 9 quilts donated by SSQG

members in 2011.

Tabs – Becky Fincher – Please detach the flip tops from all aluminum soda, soup

juice, vegetable, etc. cans. Bring them in to be sent to Ronald

McDonald House to help with staff office expenses & allow

allocation of other funding to go into ill children& their families

facility needs & program supplies.

Jessie Comeaux – Unfinished projects – (UFO’s)

There are 10 players this year with a listing of 144 UFO’s to be

completed. The results of this year’s competition will be announced

at the Christmas Party. Thanks to Jessie for volunteering to conduct

opportunity for members to complete projects started & need a push

to finish.

Valerie Valle – will report on the SSQG Blog in January as her report was

inadvertently not written on evening agenda, entirely fault of

secretary.

Elsie Hamway – Christmas Party Chair – December 15, 2011 is the date City

Café is the place, located at the corner of O’Neal Lane & George

O’Neal. We will gather & start the festivities at 6:30 pm. Please

bring a $15 quilting related gift to exchange & a hearty appetite.

Separate checks will be provided & our waitress’s name is Dee.

Please e-mail Elsie (ehamway@bellsouth.net) if you missed the

Meeting & plan to attend so that she may have a # to let City Café

know approximately how many members & 1 guest plan to attend.

Thank you Elsie for making plans for the party!

Election of 1012-2013 SSQG Officers:

Members received one nomination from the floor for the office of

Secretary. Jan Delgehausen surrendered her nomination for that

office graciously in order to be able to enjoy being a participating

member at ease.

Valerie Barth was nominated & agreed to the assume the office of

Secretary.

Voting took place: The Incoming 2012-2013 SSQG Officers elected at this

Meeting are:

President – Becky Fincher

Vice President – Jessie Comeaux

Treasurer – Heidi Brochard

Secretary – Valerie Barth

New officers will be installed at the January meeting & will find a

Description of their Duties in the forthcoming coming updated

SSQG Constitution & Bylaws.

Merlene Lewis presented the guild an idea for the guild to consider as a charity

Project for 2012 as noted in the Aug. 18, 2011 minutes deferred to

Nov. 2011 meeting for up or down vote by guild. She showed the

Bears in three sizes, which may be cut from her patterns, sewn and

stuffed with or with out (pattern supplied) faces drawn or

embroidered. A bow is placed around the neck for color.

The bears would be distributed to hospitals to be given to children

that are on their way to surgery, inpatients, emergency room patients,

babies, neonatal units, firemen, police, etc. to give comfort & caring.

Voting took place & passed unanimously. Merlene will contact

people to prepare need & acceptance of the little bears & report she

has completed her research.

Door prizes were won by Madelon Mitchum & Jessie Comeaux.

Thanks were given to Madelon Mitchum for sharing two notebooks

of patterns from her quilt room with someone who would like to have

them. One was chosen by Kalpana Parekh & the other was designated

a door prize.

Show & Tell was held.

Members shared things that had taken them by surprise & happenings

in their lives unexpectedly that made each day better.

Meeting was adjourned at 8:40 pm

Strip Collection is ended.

Our Christmas Party Thursday Nov.15^th will take the place of our last

regular meeting for 2011. No minutes will be taken. Fun & a good time

will be had!

Members present were Valerie Valle, Valerie Barth, Merlene Lewis,

April Reeves, Jan Delgehausen, Elsie Hamway, Betty Braud, Andrea

Keith, Heidi Brochard, Karol Guidry, Jessie Comeaux, and Madelon

Mitchum. Guests were Kalpana Parekh & Renee Hoeprich who were

Invited to the Xmas Party & to join the guild in January.

The next actual meeting of SSQG will be Thursday January 19, 2012

at 6:50 pm at the Jones Creek Library.

Respectfully Submitted,

Karol Guidry

Secretary

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

SSQG Meeting Minutes - 20 October 2011

SASSI STRIPERS QUILT GUILD

Meeting - October 20, 2011

Meeting was called to order by V. P. Becky Fincher in the place of Pres. Linda Baumann at 6:33 pm. Guests welcomed were Renee Hoeprich, Kalpana Parekh, & Jacqui Kirkpatrick.

Treasurer’s Report – none stated, due to the resignation of Paula StRomain. Heidi Brochard was appointed to fill the vacancy for the remaining 2011 term. A new bank was found to service our guild, saving fees that would have accrued monthly. Free checks are also a savings. We also now have a Tax I D # as an unincorporated non-business association.

Secretary’s Report – accepted

Valerie Barth, delivered SSQG’s completed Wonky House donation quilt to Lynn Clark, the Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of our city. She just loved it & will show it to Diane Deaton. The quilt will be auctioned at the Art Auction on Nov. 5, 2011, HfH annual fund raiser.

Valerie gave thanks to all who contributed to the making of the quilt. Thanks to Val Barth for constructing it & Jessie Comeaux quilting it on her long arm & binding it with our label.

SSQG has donated 8 quilts to HfH & 8 to Braveheart Children in need Inc.

By-Law & Constitution amendments were brought forth by V P Becky Fincher for consideration & action by guild members as follows:

Separate office for Secretary. Vote passed to allow separate Secretary office.

Separate office for Treasurer. Vote passed to allow separate Treasurer office.

2 year officer term will be January of even # year thru December of odd # year. Vote passed.

Installation of new term officers will be 1^st January meeting of even # year. Vote passed.

A nomination committee will be formed in September of odd # year to present a slate of officers at October odd # year meeting. Members will be able to nominate from the floor at Oct. & November odd # year meetings. Voting will take place at November odd # year meeting. New officers will then be announced. Vote passed.

6. The 2 year term will begin in January of the even year after officers are installed. Vote passed.

A card/gift of thanks was to Bryan for his kindness hanging the quilts for 2^nd Annual

Quilt Show in august 2011.

Quilt Show hanging from the ceiling rods & attachments are in Valerie Valle’s home.

Becky Fincher will seek return of SSQG cookbooks.

Heidi Brochard resigned from the Nomination Committee.

The Nomination Committee members – Karol Guidry, Dee Jeffers, Andrea Keith, & Betty Braud – announced the slate of officers for the 2012 – 2013 term:

President – Becky Fincher

Vice President – Jessie Comeaux

Treasurer – Heidi Brochard

Secretary – Jan Delgehausen

There were no nominations voiced from the floor by members in attendance at Oct.20, 2011 meeting.

Nominations will be taken voiced by members not present at our October 20, 2011 at our next meeting November 17^th 2011. Voting for officers will take place at the November 17, 2011 meeting & New Officers for 2012 – 2013 will be announced.

Elsie Hamway volunteered to Chair this year’s Christmas Party December 15^th. A festive time is in store for all of us.

Our own Jan Delghausen treated members to an enjoyable demonstration of the creation of beautiful Christmas ball decorations for our trees, tables, mantels, centerpieces for our tables or wreaths. Everyone took part choosing fabric, applying it & creating their own style, a memento to last of an SSQG evening to remember. Thank you, Jan for preparing & sharing your technique with each of us. We are ready to make many more for ourselves, friends & family.

Jessie Comeaux has retired to devote her full attention to her long arm quilting business. Please recommend her to your friends to help more quilters to know she is welcoming new customers who may not be familiar with her talent. jcomquilt@yahoo.com

Valerie Barth has a new e-mail address valbarth1@yahoo.com. Please use this, never her old one. She thanks you.

April Reeves volunteered to be SSQG Historian. Thank you, April!

Show & Tell was held.

Our next meeting will be Nov. 17, 2011 at 6:30 pm at the Jones Creek Library.

Merlene Lewis will present a possible charity program the members may wish to participate in 2012. Little Bears in three sizes may be made & donated to children’s hospitals & neonatal units locally. Discussion will be held & a vote will be taken now that our charity projects are completed for 2011.

Strip Color will be turquoise.

Three guests were present. Members present were; Dee Jeffers, Elsie Hamway, Heidi Brochard, Valerie Valle, Valerie Barth, Merlene Lewis, Betty Braud, Jan Delgehausen, Ginny Hughes, April Reeves, Becky Fincher, Jessie Comeaux & Karol Guidry.