SSQG Meeting Minutes
November 19, 2015
Minutes taken by Valerie
V.
- President/Call to order (Pam
T.) – 6:36pm
- Sign In, Welcome to Members and Guests – 14
members attended in person with 3 attending via text.
- 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
- 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 9th
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.
- Unfinished Business –
a)
The
Christmas Party is scheduled as a pot luck in the library on Wednesday,
December 9th.
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.
- 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.
- Program Report – Sharon H continued her demo on
making folded fabric Christmas ornaments, this time showing how to finish
and embellish the ornaments.
- Show and Tell – members showed off projects,
both old and new.
- 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.
- Adjournment – 8:00pm
