Meeting called to Order by: Pam St. Clair
Time: 7:22
President's Comments: Everyone was welcomed. We have 2 Guests today. Welcome!! October Birthdays were recognized.
What did the President do this month? Lots of knitting. Lots of traveling. Bought a lot of yarn on the travels. That is so much fun, but not going to buy anymore yarn for awhile. (Hummmmm – Guild Members... have you ever muttered those words?!!) Thanks to Trink for standing-in for the September meeting while Pam was away.
Minutes of the September meeting were posted to the TKGV blog and accepted as presented.
Treasurer's Report – taken from the August Newsletter
* General Fund: $3,024.66
* Charity Fund: $151.83
* Grand Total: $3176.49
Treasurer's Report was accepted as presented.
Treasurer: Dues for 2011 are now due. The Treasurer will prorate anyone who joined part way through 2010, in order to get everyone on the same month for dues. If you are a (relatively) new member who just paid, your dues will be prorated to get you on the same schedule so that next year, everyone will be on the same annual schedule.
Committee Reports:
Programs: Trink Dahl-Prince
- October – Birthday cake; Election of Officers and a program on Natural Yarn Dyeing
- November – Annual Dues are due; Installation of Officers and Lora Marin will share knitted items from her closet!!!
- December - Holiday Party
Charity Projects: Jackie Scott.
- There is a sign in sheet on the table coming in. ST Mary's did well tonight.
- The Caps for Kids Hat contest is 2 months from now. There are Four Categories: Technical Merit, Originality, Best in Show and Most Submissions. A $25 Gift Certificate goes to the winner in each of the 4 categories.
Charity Log Sheet: Debbie Henderson.
- Debbie needs the list of items submitted at the September meeting – please submite (or resubmit) any items donated in September
Welfare and Calling Tree: Karen Richardson
- We're thinking of Wanda. Wanda's father passed away.
- Joane Fisher is out of the hospital and with us at tonight's meeting.
Community Events: Linda Johnson.
- Oct 8/9 - Saturday /Sunday Great Bridge Lock Park, Chesapeake
- NYC Yarn Crawl – Oct 8/9
- Rhinebeck – Oct 16-17
- Stitches East, Hartford, CT – Oct 28-31
Newsletter and Publicity: Sonia Barisic.
- Newsletter is online. Another BEAUTIFUL Newsletter!! Thank you Sonia. On the website, there is also a link to the newsletter archive.
- Please get the items to Sonia by the 15th of the month so the newsletter can get out earlier.
Ways and Means: Angie Harris, Eleanor Cavin and Cheryl Cauthen-Bond.
- Yarns from Knit Wits this month. Some additional yarns purchased on Eleanor's “yarn crawl” on the way to the Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival(SVFF) – Hunt Country Yarn, Hand Dyed Yarn from Peggie Meyer, Knitting Corner, SVFF, Knitting Sister.
New Membership Committee: Angie Harris.
- Not present, no update.
- Two guests present at the meeting tonight.
Historical Knitting: Karen Richardson.
- Thank you Karen for another great Historical Knitting section.
- Really great articles about Needle Sizes and Knitting with beads.
- Anyone with ideas for the Historical Knitting section of the newsletter or just some knitting history they would like researched, please call Karen and let her know. Karen enjoys doing the research and writing the articles.
Old Business:
- Lots of discussion about a meeting place. Whether to continue to meet at the current location or go back to Westminster Canturbury. Kathy, Lora, Trink made suggestions and will follow up next month. Maureen suggested using Survey Monkey to get ideas on where to hold the meeting.
- Alison spoke to the Head of Catering at Westminster Canturbury. If the Guild wants to meet at WC, the guild needs 1) a resident sponsor (Chris Gerloff said she would be happy to be the sponsor starting in November) 2) a room available on the 1st Monday of the month with space for 25-50 people. The resident sponsor gets a form from Resident Services and fills in the form then works with the Catering Department for any catering services.
- Cost for WC is $50-$75. In the current location, we pay $75 per month plus $325 liability per year. We have to set up the seats and there is no catering.
- Other suggestions for a meeting place: Ray's Church or some members suggested a “bar”.
- Maureen accepted the idea of using Survey Monkey and working with Kathy Brown. Members will be surveyed for free – up to 100 people can be anonymously surveyed for free.
- Election Slate:
- President – Allison Hunt
- VP – Trink Dahl-Prince
- Secretary – Katie Gerwin (backed up by Lora Marin)
- Treasurer – Kathy Brown
- Update regarding last month's discussion about the TKGV “stash” of papers. Wanda called National Guild and they said the list of the original charter members and a copy of the Bylaws is all we have to keep.
NEW Business.
- Election of New Officers. Members voted for:
- President – Allison Hunt
- VP – Trink Dahl-Prince
- Secretary – Katie Gerwin (backed up by Lora Marin)
- Treasurer – Kathy Brown
- The New Officers will be installed next Month in November.
Raffle: Lucky raffle winners picked from a variety of yarns from Local Yarns stores and the SVFF Yarn Crawl
Show and Tell: Members showed many knitted garments and works in progress.
November Program: Installation of New Officers and “What's in Lora's Knitting Closet?”
Next Meeting Date: Nov 1, 2010
Meeting Adjourned Time: 9:15 pm
Respectfully Submitted,
Peggie Meyer
