Abbotsford Quilter’s Guild

                                                            General Meeting Minutes

                                                                    October 13, 2008

Call the meeting to order at 9:59 a.m.

1. Introduce self and ask that all please take a second and put their phones on silent for the meeting.
2. Welcome everyone and ask if any new members and guests. 1 new member and 4 guests
3. Ask for a motion to accept the minutes of the September meeting be adopted as read/corrected.

Motion:  By  Ellen Kingswell  - That the minutes of the September meeting be adopted as read.  Second ;  Lynne Weisgerber     CARRIED

4. Finance report.

Alice Stevenson reported that our finances were in good order.  The financial statements are in the detailed financial report in the binders.  

5. Correspondence:

 -         brochure for Elaine Quehl for her workshops and lectures

-         Chilliwack Quilter’s Guild newsletter

-         Threads newsletter

-         Sunshine Coast Quilter’s Guild newsletter

-         Connections magazine

-         Quilter’s newsletter magazine

6. Committee Reports: If you have a report would you please come up now. Whenever possible the Secretary would appreciate getting a copy of your report  prior to your taking the podium. In order to keep our meeting moving along I would ask that we have a three minute time limit for each report.

Archives-  No report

Community Events- Ann Gosselin and Iris Klenk  No report

Friendship- Linda Berg and Heather Kaiser No report

Hospitality- Tixi Andrews and Dee Rousselle No report

Invitational Workshops – Dianna Olson 

Reminder of Pippa Moore’s up coming classes

      Hawaii Applique  -  Dragonfly

      It takes a Village  -  Jan 16th

      The classes are $30 each and a kit is available for $35.

Library- Lorraine Walker, Eunice Hiebert, Kelly Sang, Leigh-Anne Povey

Lorraine Walker stated that one of the missing books has been found and then asked if anyone had found any of the books still missing.  No response    Lorraine then informed the members that next meeting members would be allowed to take out 5 –6 – 7 books each as this would make it easier for the library to move to our new location.

Membership- Nancy Campbell, Marilyn Schoenberger, Sonya Oblak, Tracy Neufeldt

                     members present including   81          guests,  4             drop ins.

    Newsletter- Rose Menassas and Nikki Dowsett  

            Rose Menassas  asked that because our Nov  meeting will be held a week earlier, that all submissions be  handed in as quickly as possible so the newsletter can be sent out in time for the meeting

     Phoning/Email – Joy Bean and Lois Brown No report

     Photography- Lois Brown and Darcey Peters  No Report

     Program- Alison Jeffery, Dorothy Hagglund

     Publicity- Ruth Olsen No Report

     Web Mistress-   No web mistress -  No report

      Retreat- Helen Mathews and Rita Van Veen

            Helen Mathews  informed the membership that it is time to fill out your applications for Retreat -  The same place as last year Rosemary Heights  and the price is still the same  $185

      Sunshine- Joy Bean

      We Care- Penny Howarth and Harriet Tomashewski

            Harriet asked that while on coffee break,  members look over the summer challenges that were hanging, and fill out a ballot for the one they think best.

       Workshops- Carolyn Jennings and Ingrid Chow  

Carolyn Jennings told members that they should see her not Nearissa or any other instructors as she has the class list etc.

Nearissa Kasper is doing the Square in a Square class.

Rose Menassas is teaching her bag - Class is $25 and will be held at A Great Notion

Marilyn Isaak will be teaching how to make a “Thread Catcher”

Carolyn Jennings will teach a Half Square triangle class, location to be stated at a later date.

Carolyn also gave some ideas of what she is planning for the next year and a half, but it is only in the planning stages as yet, stay tuned for further information.     

7. Old Business-  we need a co-president  no response from the members

-         the November meeting is a week earlier to allow for remembrance

day. Meeting will be held on Nov. 4.

-         the search committee has found a new location for our meetings. We have                                   decided on the Ross Road Community church which is located near the Mount Lehman   exit on Fraser Highway. We will have our first meeting there in December. A map will be provided in the newsletter.

-         I would like to remind everyone about the inventory lists for each committee. Could we please have them in at the next executive meeting?

-         who is doing the Christmas stockings this year?  Lois Brown volunteered to be “Christmas Stocking” co-coordinator.    Lynne Weisgerber has a number of stocking patterns if anyone is interested.  Lois also stated that members also make draw string bags that the ladies could use all year long.   Dee Rousselle will be collecting the items that fill the stocking etc that are donated to Transition house.

8. New Business- we are now having recycling bins for the guild. They are located and we want members to bring in magazines, patterns, orphan blocks, good material, threads, etc. Other members can take home what they want.

-         we need a new web mistress as Elaine Livingston is no longer able to do this job. This is an important job as this is how our guild is letting the evening people know what is going on.  Maria Kroeker volunteered to be Web Mistress.

9. Birthday club – Sherry Redekop and Dianna Olsen  Sherry announced that they had 3 bags still to be picked up for the month of Oct

Bus Trips – Rita Van Veen and Laurie Palmer

 Helen Matthews for Rita Van Veen – told the members that there were 2 sits left in the Martingale trip, November 17^th.  There was a limit of 15 members.  There are papers on each table, would you please indicate your interest in the following trips - Monroe Quilt Show   and/or   Anacortes Quilt Show.  Both are in March.

On Line Group- Lois Brown Lois reminded everyone that is they change their e-mail address, they should inform her so that her list is up to date when sending out guild related information.

 Red Hatters- Linda Peeling  No report.

10. Announcements- This is the time for any fiber related announcements

Bonita Lewinski informed the about the Harrison Springs Quilt Show on Oct 18^th

11. Set up and Take Down- Thank you to all you set up this morning.
12. Show and Tell – please tell photography if you don’t want a picture
13. Coffee Break
14. Next Guild meeting is November 4, 2008 here at Bethel Reformed Church. Next executive meeting is at the Abbotsford Collegiate School on October 21, 2008
15.  Meeting adjourned at    10:50a.m                  .
16. Program