SSQG Minutes -- January 17, 2019

SSQG Meeting MINUTES

Thursday, January 17, 2019

Minutes taken by _Marilyn H.

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1. President/Call to order (Cheryl M.) – 6:30 pm
2. Sign In, Welcome to Members and Guests – 19 (includes 3 new members)
3. Reading of the minutes and motion to accept –
   1. Motion made by: Sharon H.
   2. Motion seconded by: Andrea G.
   3. Accepted by membership? - yes
4. Reports of officers and committees
   1. Treasurer’s report (Fran F.) –
      1. Beginning Balance: $923.87
      2. Deposits:
      3. Expenditures: $24.63
      4. Ending Balance: $899.24
      5. Motion to accept:
         1. Motion made by: Mynan
         2. Motion seconded by: Karol
         3. Accepted by membership? - yes
   2. VP/Programming (Pam T.) - Members please write your ideas and skills on your renewal/application form.
   3. Secretary (Marilyn H.) – I’m learning
   4. Historian (Elsie H.) - Marilyn will give her the scrapbooks and supplies.
   5. Blog (Marilyn) – Still available.
   6. Unfinished Projects (UFOs – Mynan) – Merlene/Karen tonight. Members who have shown UFOs in the past few months also selected items from the basket.
   7. Tabs (Sharon H.) - Sharon will take over collecting tabs for Ronald McDonald House.
   8. Door Prizes (Valerie K.) - Betty/Donna/Pam. The Door Prize bin could use more notions and fabric.
   9. Just Do It ( Cheryl) – Trip to deliver tabs to Ronald McDonald House and to visit quilt shops has been postponed until March.
   10. Quilt Show (SSQG membership) – The expected remodeling of the Jones Creek Library will begin soon. Guild meetings may need to be moved to other libraries/locations. The quilt show most likely will not be possible this year.
   11. Charity Quilts (Merlene L. & Karen W.) 253 bearskins are ready for stuffing at The Giving Quilt Show in February. Members are still making bearskins and many members mentioned their progress on charity quilts for future donation.
   12. Red/White/Blue quilts (Sharon H./Mynan) – Members please continue to make quilts for the veterans at the Louisiana War Veterans Home. If members have tops finished, Sharon will quilt them on her longarm. The SSQG has batting and backing to help finish these.
5. Unfinished Business – Set up for the SSQG table of stuffing bears at The Giving Quilt Show will be 9:30am on Friday, February 22.
6. New business – New member Sharon R. is ill. Members are encouraged to send cards. Marilyn will send one from SSQG. Old SSQG cookbooks were given to members who didn’t have one. Any leftovers will be given to future new members. National QOV Sew Day is February 2 at St. John’s United Methodist Church. SSQG could decorate one of the Christmas trees at the Jones Creek Library this year. The library provides the tree, the quild provides the ornaments. The guild is considering an Overnight Trip – either May 3rd/4th or May 31st/June 1^st. Everyone would be responsible for making their own hotel reservations. Members would visit Block Therapy in MS, A&E in FL, and Fabrics by the Pound in AL.
7. Program – Members finished flipping bearskins.
8. Show and Tell – Donna/Shirley/Merlene/Valerie – quilts. Pam – light box. See Blog for photos.
9. Announcements –
   1. Next meeting – Thursday, February 21, 2019
10. Adjournment – 7:45 pm