Guild Meeting Minutes
September 14, 2013
Members present were Linda Carlson, Cheryl Rennick, Joan
Johnson, John Geppert, Peggy Junker, Sue Ranta, Cindy Swisher, Mandy Binder,
Jane Mailand and Patricia Miller.
Co-president Linda Carlson called the meeting to order at
1:00 p.m.
The August 2013 minutes were approved. They were available
on the HWGL website so everyone took advantage of reading them on-line.
Cheryl Rennick gave the treasurer’s report:
Recent checks not yet cleared:
$100 to College View Neighborhood Association – Advertising
during CV Celebration
$115 to Southwest High School Crafts Fair – space rental and
one table rental
$ Spin Off magazine – renewal
Jan has put up an email address on the Guild website which
will send messages to her. This can be transferred to another person if
necessary after election of officers for 2014.
We lost out on possibly purchasing a 56-inch loom at a
reasonable price because the information about the loom’s availability was
mailed to us instead of emailed. Now we have an email address.
Peggy Junker motioned that a fund for the purchase of major
equipment be established, setting aside $2500 to be drawn from current funds,
Sue Ranta seconded. Motion passed.
John Geppert mentioned that he is donating an oak bench to
the studio. The bench is 44 inches wise with a lid that is 26 inches wide.
___________ mentioned that we might consider changing our
phone account to phone and internet through Windstream for a combination charge
of $69 + taxes. We are now paying $63 just for phone service. John will investigate.
Cheryl moved that we allow John to take the $69 plan if the
total cost ends up to be less than $75. Motion was seconded by Sue. Motion
carried.
John reported that the Rug Group met and the Fiber Art Show
plans are going well.
Overshot Project – Cheryl Rennick
We would like people who have not woven on each of the looms
to do so soon so we can close out the looms in time to have them ready for
classes starting in January.
Fall Beginning Weaving class starts October 12 – Catherine,
Instructor
Winter Beginning Weaving starts January 11 – John and
Cheryl, Instructors
Advanced Weaving class will be held from 10:00 am to noon starting
January 11 – Jan and Cheryl, Instructors
Discussion of our By Laws commenced. There will be some
changes that will be voted upon one month after everyone has had a chance to
read the changed text (along with the old text). The changes will be forthcoming in written
form.
Library Books – MUST be returned by December 1, 2013. This
includes magazines. If you are working on a pattern, photocopy the pages and
return the book. We are missing some books and hope they all turn up by
December 1. Please sign books out when
you take them, and return them to their numbered spot on the shelf where you
first found it.
Studio Rules – How to Open, Close and Care For the Studio
and its Contents.
This will be posted by the door. Please read it if you are
the last one out so everything is properly unplugged, drained, turned off and
trash removed. Everyone will receive a copy.
Cleaning for Open House
LAST DAY TO CLEAN is September 21. PLEASE check the list of
things to do and pick something you are willing to do. Everyone needs to pitch
in so we can be proud of our Guild when we open the doors on September 28-29.
A Volunteer is needed for Saturday September 28 to weave at
the Prairie Hill Learning Center in Roca so students can watch and ask
questions. This is also our Open House
firsts day.
Victoria and Patricia represented the Guild at the
International Quilt Study Center by providing a spinning demonstration for
visitors.
Please note:
On Sunday, September 29th, there will be a
College View Celebration. 48th street will be blocked off for three
blocks. The prediction is for 1500 people or so coming to see a car show, visit
businesses, play games, kids bouncing in two bounce houses, live music playing
and food for sale by the people at Union College.
People will be going
to businesses to get their Crazy Eights game card stamped. We will be one of
the businesses and our logo is on the card. The good part is that it will bring
more people into our Guild, some of which might be interested in learning to weave
or spin. We are prepared to hand out the registration form for SECC to anyone
who is interested. The not so good part is that this will potentially draw
crowds to our shop who are not interested in weaving. We will evaluate this
after the weekend to see if it helped us garner more interest in the Guild. At
least more people will know where we are. Sue and Victoria will be sitting at a
table on the Union College Greens and will be sending people to the guild to
find out more about what we do. It will be a lively day!
We began a discussion of intellectual property and
copyright, but tabled the discussion due to the late hour. Linda will send
information via email. It’s a topic we need to discuss and be clear about when
weaving or spinning anything that is to be sold.
Need back issues of Handwoven? Camilla at Valley Farm
Weavers has a collection of back issues. This is something to follow up on to
fill in the spaces in our own collection too.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:10 pm
Respectfully submitted
Sue Ranta
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