Hand Weavers Guild of Lincoln
Meeting Minutes – June 13, 2015
Guild members present
Mandy Binder Joan Johnson Sue Ranta
Patricia Miller John Geppert Linda Carlson
Theresa Vitzthum Tonya Leach Trickle Jan Tooker
Review May Minutes
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Approval of May minutes was tabled, will review
in July meeting
Missing Items List
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None to report
Treasures Report
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Checking account balance: $ X.XX
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CD 1 balance: $ X.XX
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CD 2 balance: $ X.XX
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Total Net Worth: See
In-house Minutes
Old Business
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Demonstrations and Sales
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We discussed having a notebook for
demonstrations for people to sign in and give us contact information.
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Linda will send an email with sign up sheets
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7/18-7/19 – Camp Creek Threshers, Waverly – Sat
8-5, Sun 8-5
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Contact person - Linda
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Set up Sat at 8am
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Spinners are needed
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8/1-? – Lancaster County Fair
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Contact person – Patricia
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They want us 12N to 8PM, Sat 8/1 and Sat 8/8 –
we will propose 8/1 and 8/9 but we will not commit to staying until 8pm.
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8/8 – Seward County Fair, Seward, Ag building –
12-6
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Contact person - Linda
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We will be in a booth if any are available, if
not we will be out in the open by the Pie Ladies
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Spinners are needed
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Aug-Oct – Old Cheney Farmer’s Market
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Contact person
- Victoria
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6/21,
8/16, 9/20 (open house), 10/2,
10/18
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A weaver needed for 6/21/15 – Sue volunteered
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9/19/15 – 9/20/15 - Annual Guild Sale / Open
House
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Nov – Quilt Museum Sale
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Sue will coordinate this event
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Classes / Workshops / Programs
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SCC Fall Class catalog
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Sue was not able to get a class in the fall catalog;
she only had a few days until the deadline.
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Fall Beginning Weaving Class – 10/3/15 –
11/21/15
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Double Warp Overlay class (Theo Mormonn based) –
Oct
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Limited to 9 students
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Due to flooding at Jan’s she may decide to
postpone this class –
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Say it with me kids…”It’s supposed to be fun”…Right?
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She will let us know when she decides
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Printing
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Directory
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Copies are on the table in the education room,
please take one (Thanks Jane)
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Jan suggested adding Guild phone number and
website
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Studio Update
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Will is planning on
finishing the classroom floor in July
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Committee to work on
sprucing up The Studio
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Catherine’s husband
will replace ceiling in bathroom in July as well.
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Cleaning will be done after floor and ceiling
repairs
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John mounted the
electric bobbin winder to the wall just outside the classroom
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If using please wear
gloves to protect your hands
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Landlord
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Front door lock is an
interior lock and does not always work due to the weather.
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No incidents of the lock malfunctioning were
reported to Theresa
New Business
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Annual Guild Sale / Open House
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We combined the two organizing committees
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Organizing – submission criteria, tracking,
inventory, sales, set up etc
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Jan, Mary, Linda, Mandy and Elaine
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Sue provided a list of people / organizations to
invite to the Open House / Annual Sale invitations are on the table ready to
address and mail July 1st
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Deadline for artists’ submission of inventory
list is August 29, 2015
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All pieces must be tagged and submitted to the
studio no later than September 12, 2015
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Tonya has some nicer plastic bags she will
donate for the sale
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John will rig up some kind of backdrop to hang
weavings in front of the student looms
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John would like to update the loom inventory
Announcements
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Please check the garbage be sure to take it out
to the dumpster by the light poles, Linda will take recyclables.
Mandy Binder
Recording Secretary
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