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
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No corrections
Motions
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None
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
Guild Groups /
Projects / Classes
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Overshot Project – No updates
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Rug Group
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Will be meeting 4/8/17 at 11 am to discuss ideas
and plans for The Rug Show
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Space Committee – No updates
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Classes / Workshops / Programs
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Advanced Weaving – 1/7/17 – 2/25/17 9:30 – 11:30a
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2 students
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Walk in and Weave
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$60 if using Studio weft
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$40 if using your own weft
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Ridged Heddle Class – Sue and Cindy -
1/29/17 – 2/12/17 1:30– 4:30
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Went well, taking a break before deciding on
future classes
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Beginning Spinning – 4/1/17 – 5/6/17 3-5
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Former students are invited to sit in
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Advanced Weaving
- 4/1/17 – 5/9/17 9:30 – 11a
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Fall Beginning Weaving – 10/21/17 – 11/2/17 - 9:30 – 12p
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Basket Weaving Oct 14, 21, 28 – 3 – 5p
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Class will be offered through SCC
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More info will be available in May
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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?
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Joan emailed Chris Krampe this week, no response
yet.
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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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10,000 Villages – 3/11/17 – 10 – 12p
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Sue Ranta will coordinate
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Sue, Teresa, Jane and Trish demonstrated, not a
lot of people in morning but had a lot of fun.
Would love to go back.
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Homestead Days - 6/4/17 – time TBD
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Linda Carlson will coordinate
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Camp Creek – 7/15/17 – 7/16/17 – 8 - 5p / 8 – 4p
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Linda Carlson will coordinate
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Lancaster Super Fair – 8/5/17 – 8/6/17
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Joan Johnson will coordinate
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Seward County Fair – 8/12/817
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Linda Carlson will coordinate
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Arbor Lodge – 10/28/17 times TBD
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Joan Johnson will coordinate
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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.
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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
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2017 Weavathon
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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
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Betty West donated a drop spindle, spinning
wheel and table loom.
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Spindles for spinning class
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Wheel needs a little maintenance, table
discussion until Victoria is here to discuss it.
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Loom has been spray painted, we will use for demonstrations.
Announcements
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Catherine
is selling items at Noyes Gallery 3/1/17 – 3/31/17
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Opening 3/3/17 6-9 pm
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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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Lots of classes available
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Jean is selling her 8 harness Baby Wolf for $500
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Carol Leigh Brack-Kaiser from Columbia MO, she
is willing to host a Natural Dying workshop
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Programs
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5/13/17 – Joan, Backstrap Weaving by KAREN Women
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6/10/17 – Linda, Robyn Spady
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7/8/17 – John, TBD
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8/12/17 – Cheryl, rug finishing techniques
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9/9/17 – Catherine, Indigenous Weaving
Techniques from populations of North and South America
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12/9/17 – Holiday party / potluck
Mandy Binder
Recording Secretary
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