Hand Weavers Guild of Lincoln
Meeting Minutes – November 12, 2016
Guild members present
Mandy Binder Linda Carlson Emily
Cameron Shattil Catherine
Easton Claire Ehernberger John Geppert
Elaine Hoemann Mary Howell Joan Johnson Jane Mailand Sue
Ranta Jan Tooker
Jean Whitmore
Review October
Minutes
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Dee
Knisely moved into The Legacy, donated all her weaving supplies to The
Guild
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Kathy
brought some thread in to see if its acceptable but did not purchase supplies
for the Ukrainian Egg Workshop. John
will be purchasing supplies for the workshop.
Motions
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None
Treasures Report
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Checking account balance: $ X.XX
o
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
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John will double check the balance of the CD 1,
it should not have decreased as no withdrawals have been made. – difference of
$4.06
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John will provide the numbers for the Rag Rug
Rodeo and Walk in and Weave to report how much money the Studio made from these
projects in the yearend financial report.
Guild Groups /
Projects / Classes
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Overshot Project – No updates
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Rug Group
o
Rug Show at Civic Center in Seward – 2018 April
and May
o
Will meet in January to brainstorm ideas
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Space Committee – no updates
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Classes / Workshops / Programs
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Tamari Balls – 12/3/16 – 9a to 1p ish
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Cost is $20
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No limit on class size
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John will send an email about registering for
the class, if interested simply reply to his email with color preferences
o
Beginning Weaving Fall Class – 10/1/16 –
11/19/16 3 – 5p
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Going well and quickly, 3 students are excited and will probably
enroll in 102 class
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Cheryl will be moving fall beginning class to
mornings, will start 3rd week in Oct for 6 weeks and extend class
time by 30 min each.
o
Beginning Weaving Winter Class – 1/7/17 –
2/25/17 3 – 5p
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$80 for non-member (SCC $45, class fee $35)
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$35 for member if there is room in the class
o
Advanced Weaving – 1/7/17 – 2/25/17 9:30 – 11:30a
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Open to students who have taken Beginning
Weaving, Ridged Heddle or Walk in and Weave
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$50 for non-members
o
Walk in and Weave
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$60 if using Studio weft
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$40 if using your own weft
o
Ridged Heddle Class – Sue and Cindy -
10/30/16 and 11/6/16 1:30 – 4:30
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Class went well, next class will begin in
January.
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3 students will be repeating the class. Class is already full.
o
Beginning Spinning – 4/1/17 – 5/6/17 3-5
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St Mary’s College has asked us to host a Basket
Weaving Workshop at no cost to us. We
all agreed this would be a good opportunity for us but we have some questions:
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What is the maximum number of students?
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Will the workshop be held at The Studio or at
The College?
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How much prepping and time commitment is needed?
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What is the schedule and is it flexible?
o
Robyn Spady – Cutting Loose with Tied Weaves –
9/15/18 – 9/16/18
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Cost – TBD
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All 8 harness looms must be freed up by August 1st
2018, notices will be posted on these looms.
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Demonstrations
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Arbor Lodge State Historical Park Living History
Celebration – 10/29/16
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Went well, they are interested in having us back
next year. We requested expected date in
January so we can get it on the schedule.
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Prairie Hill – 10/8/16
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Tricia and Theresa volunteered to work this
demonstration. It was a little windy but
had a great time. They both would like
to keep this demo on the schedule for 2017.
o
Homestead Days - 6/23/17 – 6/26/17
Old Business
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Quilt Center Art Market – 11/18/16 4-8p,
11/19/16 10a-4p
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Jan, Catherine and Mary will be participating in
the sale.
New Business
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Start thing of fun new workshop ideas to create
items for our Annual Sale
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Dishtowels
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Placemats
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Scarves
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Baby blankets
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Rugs
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We need to update the loom inventory and go
through the card catalog
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When you are done with a loom please clean under
and around it
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Please clean up after yourself in general
Announcements
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Mid Plains Fiber Fair – York NE
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4/22/17 – 4/23/17
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Classes, Vendors and Demonstrations
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Programs
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12/10/16 – Bring anything you have been working
on, fiber related or not.
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Raffle
for prize – Catherine’s Poinsettia Tamari Ball
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Bring food for a holiday pot luck
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Bring ideas for Programs and Workshops, programs
do not have to be after the monthly Guild Meetings
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Election of Officers
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Teaching Assistance for Weaving Classes
o
Jan is looking for ideas for workshops, 30 min
long on days there is no class after our Guild Meeting.
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KAREN – is a group of refugee Indonesian
women. They are looking for donations of
fine thread for blackstrap weaving. Joan
will look through Dee’s donations for this and will see if they will come and
demonstrate for us.
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Finishing
Mandy Binder
Recording Secretary
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