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March Guild Meeting minutes

Hand Weavers Guild of Lincoln
Meeting Minutes – March 11, 2017

Guild members present
Mandy Binder             Barb Dickason             Catherine Easton         Elaine Hoemann         
Jan Jaecks                    Joan Johnson               Sue Ranta                    Jan Tooker      
Jean Whitmore            Justin Eller                 

Review January Minutes
·         No corrections
Motions
·         None

Treasures Report
·         Checking account balance:     $   X.XX
o   CD 1 balance:             $   X.XX
o   CD 2 balance:             $   X.XX
o   Total Net Worth:       $  See In-house minutes
                                                                                                                             
Guild Groups / Projects / Classes
·         Overshot Project – No updates
·         Rug Group
o   Will be meeting 4/8/17 at 11 am to discuss ideas and plans for The Rug Show
·         Space Committee – No updates
·         Classes / Workshops / Programs
o   Advanced Weaving – 1/7/17 – 2/25/17  9:30 – 11:30a
§  2 students
o   Walk in and Weave
§  $60 if using Studio weft
§  $40 if using your own weft
o   Ridged Heddle Class – Sue and Cindy  -  1/29/17 – 2/12/17   1:30– 4:30
§  Went well, taking a break before deciding on future classes
o   Beginning Spinning – 4/1/17 – 5/6/17  3-5
§  Former students are invited to sit in
o   Advanced Weaving  - 4/1/17 – 5/9/17  9:30 – 11a
o   Fall Beginning Weaving – 10/21/17 – 11/2/17  - 9:30 – 12p
o   Basket Weaving Oct 14, 21, 28 – 3 – 5p
§  Class will be offered through SCC
§  More info will be available in May
o   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:
§  What is the maximum number of students?
§  Will the workshop be held at The Studio or at The College?
§  How much prepping and time commitment is needed?
§  What is the schedule and is it flexible?
§  Joan emailed Chris Krampe this week, no response yet.
o   Robyn Spady – Cutting Loose with Tied Weaves – 9/15/18 – 9/16/18
§  Cost – TBD
§  All 8 harness looms must be freed up by August 1st 2018, notices will be posted on these looms.

·         Demonstrations
o   10,000 Villages – 3/11/17 – 10 – 12p
§  Sue Ranta will coordinate
§  Sue, Teresa, Jane and Trish demonstrated, not a lot of people in morning but had a lot of fun.  Would love to go back.
o   Homestead Days - 6/4/17 – time TBD
§  Linda Carlson will coordinate
o   Camp Creek – 7/15/17 – 7/16/17 – 8 - 5p / 8 – 4p
§  Linda Carlson will coordinate
o   Lancaster Super Fair – 8/5/17 – 8/6/17
§  Joan Johnson will coordinate
o   Seward County Fair – 8/12/817
§  Linda Carlson will coordinate
o   Arbor Lodge – 10/28/17 times TBD
§  Joan Johnson will coordinate
o   Prairie Hill -  We did not hear from them prior to our deadline and will not participating as a Guild this year.  Tricia really enjoyed this event last year and will contact them about volunteering for this event this year.
o   Joslyn Art Museum – They do not have an event for us to participate in this year, we         will check with them again for next year.

Old Business
·         2017 Weavathon
o   Meeting 4/8/17 at noon to discuss details of the weavathon.  If you would like to thread your loom ahead of time please wait until 4/1/17 to prevent interference with the Advanced Weaving class and mark it for the weavathon.

New Business 
·         Betty West donated a drop spindle, spinning wheel and table loom.
o   Spindles for spinning class
o   Wheel needs a little maintenance, table discussion until Victoria is here to discuss it.
o   Loom has been spray painted, we will use for demonstrations.

Announcements
·          Catherine is selling items at Noyes Gallery 3/1/17 – 3/31/17
o   Opening 3/3/17 6-9 pm
·         Mid Plains Fiber Fair – York NE
o   4/22/17 – 4/23/17
o   Classes, Vendors and Demonstrations
o   Lots of classes available
·         Jean is selling her 8 harness Baby Wolf for $500
·         Carol Leigh Brack-Kaiser from Columbia MO, she is willing to host a Natural Dying workshop
·         Programs
o   5/13/17 – Joan, Backstrap Weaving by KAREN Women
o   6/10/17 – Linda, Robyn Spady
o   7/8/17 – John, TBD
o   8/12/17 – Cheryl, rug finishing techniques
o   9/9/17 – Catherine, Indigenous Weaving Techniques from populations of North and South America
o   12/9/17 – Holiday party / potluck

Mandy Binder

Recording Secretary 

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