October 23, 2007 Four Corners Quilt Guild Minutes
OCTOBER MEETING MINUTES
FOUR CORNERS QUILTERS GUILD
GENERAL MEETING AGENDA
OPEN MEETING-WELCOME EVERYONE-INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS WITH MEMBERS.
Meeting opened by Pam at 7PM.
2 Guests
56 members
REVIEW MINUTES-CHANGES-MOTION: TO ACCEPT-SECOND-VOTE Minutes revised from last meeting. Proposed Board & Standing Committee’s were voted on. Motioned by Jeanne Wyrick & Marion Williams, voted & passed by members. New Board & Standing committee stays the same as list in last months minutes. Minutes were motioned to accept by Tina Giebel & Carolyn Oplotnik; minutes voted on & passed by the members
REVIEW TREASURER’S REPORT-CHANGES/QUESTIONS-MOTION TO ACCEPT-SECOND-VOTE
Treasurer Report motioned to pass by Judy McCoy & Sharon Boatwright; report voted on & passed by the members.
Board Meeting: Next Board Meeting will be 5:30 PM on Tuesday prior to & same night as the Guild Meeting. Officers that need to be present for the Board Meeting are as follows:
President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Program Chairman, Co-Program Chairman, Project Chairman, Project Co-Chairman, & Newsletter Editor.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
NEWSLETTER: Sherry Purcell/Carol Reed: Carol request any suggestions for the newsletter, you can email her.
PUBLICITY: Theresa Block will be putting out info in newspaper. Barb Pipkin will keep up the Scrapbook.
LIBRARY: Carol Reed/Sharon Boatwright: Some books are missing. CD’s & books have been donated.
TRIP PLANNER: Charlotte Duke/07-08 opened. Nothing new to report.
DONATION QUILT: Fran McDaniel for 2007 Quilt; members have one more month to sell tickets before drawing. $334 in ticket donations were made at the Quilt Show. Tina Giebel won this month for the most tickets sold by a member.
Arlene Schuberger/Cynthia Workes 2008 Quilt; currently having blocks sewn together. They request that you get the blocks turned in ASAP
Pam Braeckel 2009 Quilt.
QUILT SHOW: Susan Griffith for 2008.
WEB MASTER: Marolyn Medders/Lee Cushing; nothing to report.
RETREAT PLANNER: Marion Williams / Donna Underwood; planning for spring retreat the weekend before Easter in March & last weekend in September.
CHARITY: Chadalee Durham: Will vote for charity next meeting after quilts are given to the current charity. Suggestions for next charity: Children’s Haven, Lafette House, Project Parenting, Capstone, Community Clinic, Life Choices.
MEMBERSHIP: Theresa Block & 2 other people will work on membership books.
PROGRAM: Erin Wampler/Sherry Purcell: Mini Workshop & Quilt Shop from Anderson MO will be Vending.
PROJECT: Terri Hershey/Rachael Mobley; Nov. Block of the Month-Nine patch quilt as you go, 6" green, fat 1/4's Christmas print. Sign up for Ugly Fabric Challenge.
OLD BUSINESS:
Raising the Dues: After much discussion for reasons to raise or not to raise the dues a motion was presented by Carolyn Oplotnik & seconded by Marion Williams to vote on raising the dues to $20 per year. It was voted on & passed by the guild members to raise the dues to $20 per year.
Changes in the Bylaws Article VII was motioned to vote on by Sherry Purcell & Charlotte Duke, new change in Bylaws voted on & passed by the members.
Changes in Standing Rule #4 was motioned to vote on by Carol Reed & Sue Boyles, new change in Standing Rule voted on & passed by the members.
NEW BUSINESS:
Installation of New Officers & new Officers were introduced to the Guild.
The December meeting will be moved to Dec. 18th if the Church is available on this date.
Door Prizes: 35 Door Prizes were given out to members from the Creative Iron; thecreativeiron.com
7:45 Break
8:20 Show & Tell done
All the UFO quilts that were completed were shown. Others that didn’t complete their UFO’s had to pay their $5.
Other Show & Tell quilts were shown.
Trunk Show quilts were shown.
9:00 Mtg. Motioned to adjourn.
Minutes submitted by
Pat Barlow
2008 Quilt Show Winners
Best of Show: Antique “Lone Star” quilt owned by Sharon Matthews, Carthage.
Best “Antique” Quilt 1st Place “Cathedral Windows”, owned by Fred Campbell and pieced by Daisy Campbell; 2nd Place “Dresden Plate” from Nell Marie Brooks, Carthage; 3rd Place “Crazy Quilt” from Felicia Matthews, Joplin.
Best “Contemporary” Quilt: 1st Place “Giant Dahlia” from Marsha Delaney, Carthage; 2nd Place “Colonial Rose” from Patty Ritchie, Carthage; 3rd Place “Polly’s Peacock” from Martha Lewis, Joplin.
Best “Small” Quilt: 1st Place “Sweet Harmony” from Rosella Curtis, Sarcoxie; 2nd Place “Miss Rosie’s Variation” from Denise Whitener, Bonne Terre; 3rd Place “Embroidered Victorian” from Judy McCoy, Carthage. Small quilts included wall hangings, baby/crib quilts and miniature quilts.
Treasurer’s Report November 2007
Beginning Balance |
$4,141.33 |
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Income (10/23/07) |
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Expenses |
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Quilt Ticket Sales |
$654.00 |
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#1259 Ozark Camp & Retreat |
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$786.00 |
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Retreat Fees |
$835.00 |
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#1260 Rachael Mobley |
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$10.66 |
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*Projects - Ugly Fabric |
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Membership Dues |
$1,010.00 |
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Advertising * Prints of Piece |
$60.00 |
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No Name tags |
$2.75 |
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UFO Penalty |
$60.00 |
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Magazine Sales |
$0.50 |
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Total Income |
$2,622.25 |
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Total Expenses |
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$796.66 |
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Ending Balance |
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$5,966.92 |
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