Committee Reports:
Minutes from
MMQG General Meeting 1-23-2012
Meeting was called
to order at 1:30 pm by Marilyn Hixson, 1st
Vice President, in the absence of Beverly Adkins,
President, who is currently out of town.
10 guests were
welcomed and introduced to members.
Motion made and
seconded to accept the December minutes as presented
in the Scrapbag. Minutes accepted.
Marilyn announced
that the Treasurer’s report is now part of the slide
presentation for members to review. If anyone wants
to see printed copy, one is available for review.
Sally Barker
announced that the Beginners’ Class will start in
April on Thursdays at the Sharp Memorial Church in
Young Harris. Students will learn the basics from
start to finish and make a sampler quilt in the
process. She said this is a No Stress, gently
guided opportunity to learn. Cost is $20 plus book
cost.
Ruth McKinley
showed the Japanese Lantern Quilt that will be
taught at the February Sewcial by Dolores Knight.
Jar Quilts that were on display will be taught in
April. Check the website for listing of upcoming
sewcials.
Beverly Gibson
reviewed GA Quilt Council Spring Convention to be
held on 3-17-12. You must be registered as a member
by 3-1-12 to attend. MMQG will host GA Quilt
Council 10-20-12 and there will be a class offered
by Cindy Brick 10-19-12. To have your name on the
Council Register you must join by February.
Linda Gorman
talked about the Quilts of Valor retreat she
recently attended where they completed over 90
quilts. She is still working on organizing a group
of MMQG members interested in Valor Quilts. She has
a sign up sheet to fill out what you would be
interested in helping with. Also, they will have a
meeting on 1-31-12 at the Mountain Presbyterian
Church at 10 am for those interested to get the
group organized.
Marilyn talked
about the festivals. Nancy Gillis will be in charge
of the cabin at both Summer and Fall Georgia
Mountain Fairs. If a MMQG committee group is
interested in a festival for raising money for their
cause or committee by raffling a quilt or other
item, they can see Marilyn. Hugs and Kisses have
scheduled the Butternut Creek Festival. We will not
be selling items made by members at the festivals.
Nancy Jensen is
the chair for the nominating committee this year to
nominate a new President, 1st Vice
President and Treasurer. Please make your
recommendations to Nancy over the upcoming months.
People attending
this year’s retreat should please stay for a short
meeting after the general meeting for Jennille
Martin to review things with everyone attending.
MMQG denim shirts
are in. If you ordered one, please see Anna Stone.
A change of by-law
for moving the General Meeting date from the 4th
Monday to the 4th Tuesday was presented.
The subcommittee from the board that developed the
presentation consisted of Rosemary Walker, Joanie
McGee, Diane Banakas, Sally Barker and Marilyn
Hixson. Sally explained to members that the church
conducts a daycare Monday, Wednesday and Friday and
because of this it is becoming more difficult for
MMQG to continue to meet on Mondays due to time
restraints. We cannot access the church any earlier
than 1 pm which makes it more and more difficult to
get our program speakers set up, the hostess to get
things set up, as well as all the other committees
that set up for the general meetings. Other
locations were researched by the committee and it
was found that the United Methodist Church currently
being used is the best location for our guild.
There are few places that can accommodate our guild
which at some meetings consists of up to 120
people. Kitchens were not adequate at other
locations along with parking. Also, many other
locations do not have the table and chairs already
set up as we have at this church. The issue of
change was opened to the floor for questions:
If decided to
move to Tuesdays when would this take effect?
Answer: It has
not been exactly determined as of yet, but the
earliest would be March Meeting.
If the date is
being moved can members request the time also be
changed to an earlier meeting time? Answer:
Was not originally considered but can be reviewed by
the board. Marilyn asked for an unofficial show of
hands of how many members would like to move the
time up and there was an overwhelming show of hands
to do so. Marilyn said this would be taken under
advisement at the next board meeting.
Would this
affect the program speakers that we already have
paid and scheduled for this year? Answer:
No money would be lost and no speakers would be a
problem. The only issue may be with Pat Knoechel,
but they are still working with each other to figure
out a schedule that may work.
If changed this
would affect the Tuesday Strippers. If meeting too
early in the day they may not be able to meet and
still attend meeting.
Answer: The
board had already talked to Strippers and they were
okay with day changing to Tuesday, but being meeting
time was not discussed they may need to revisit with
them.
Can Thursday be
an option for meeting date?
Answer: No,
Oasis meets on Thursdays.
Was new chamber
building in Blairsville considered?
Answer: It was
considered. However, they do not allow scheduling
for a monthly meeting.
According to
Article 13 of the by-laws, to change the by-laws a
30 day notice is given to members and posted on the
Scrap bag and then the vote will be taken at next
month’s (February) meeting. Today’s meeting is
considered to members as the 30 day notice. If there
were additional questions, please feel free to call
or email Marilyn.
Program:
“THREAD JAZZ FOR QUILTING
AND EMBELLISHING - Needle and Thread Know-How
presented by Nancy Sapin from Sulky of America.
Nancy showed many projects that can be made using
Sulky products and talked about the various types of
threads, needles, and stabilizers. She explained
the difference between variegated and blendable
threads and reminded us that the higher the thread
number the thinner the thread, just the opposite of
numbers on needles. Various weights of threads and
how they can be used for different effects were
discussed. She said that needles are the 2nd
most important thing next to our sewing machines and
that a needle should be changed after 6-8 hours of
sewing time. It is important to use the correct
type of needle to match the type of thread being
used. It was a very informative program. Sulky
handed out information packets along with a spool of
their newest thread. They also donated a number of
door prizes.
The Sulky Raffle (basket
of products) was won by Marta Myers.
Fat Quarter Raffle (black and white or combination
of) was won by Carleen Brock.
Drawing for Raffle Table held.
Show and Tell.
Meeting was adjourned at approximately 3:35 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Karen Godfrey, Secretary
