From our President:
Greetings to all!
I want to thank each of you that attended our Guild meeting on Sunday. We had approximately 20 members and 2 visitors. It was nice to see a few more faces and discuss some issues at hand. Your input is very valuable to me and the other board members. We want to know what you are thinking as well as what you would like to see happen. Several members had some great ideas that we hope to explore and see how they would work for our guild.
There was one item that I meant to put on the agenda and missed it. That is our Holiday party. We have discussed ideas at previous meetings, but I want us to be sure to decide on what we want to do when we come together as a group in November.
In addition, we are in the process of updating our flyers that the Library does for us. It has been a work in progress for a few months now and for various reasons has been slow getting done. Hopefully we will have those by our next meeting.
Until November……
Enjoy the fall and keep knitting!
Brenda
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Our meeting began with a welcome from Brenda, especially to the new visitors. We went around the room sharing our current projects. There was some discussion of our members checking out knitting books when visiting the libraries. Anita recommended that our membership not be shy about suggesting knitting book titles to the library and directed us to a link on the search page of the catalog. The link is "Suggest a Title". The more we circulate the materials in the system, the more likely the library will purchase more for us!
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Executive Board Reports
Treasurer's Report (Keela)
Last month's balance was $688.97. There were no expenses to report and a deposit of $20.00, bringing this month's balance to $708.97. The taxes are done.
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Committee Reports
Library/Book Review (Bethany)
Our librarian has asked the members to email her or contact her through Ravelry to request any books they would like to check out next month.
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New Business
Charity Knitting (Linda)
Linda delivered the baby items to Integris and thanked the members for participating in putting together care packages for deployed service members. One of our members, a Blue Star Mother, directed anyone who would like to continue to contribute to the Blue Star Mothers' web site for information: http://www.okbluestarmothers.org/donations.htm.
There was discussion of asking a representative from the Sheriff's office to the November or December meeting to be presented with our bears.
The subject of finding other outlets for our infant items was discussed at some length, with several opportunities being suggested, such as Children's Hospital, the Red Cross, and even WIC centers.
Additionally, a call went out for donations of baby yarn for this project. Please toss those stashes for some spare skeins for babies in need!
In other new business, we are casting about for program ideas for next year. Knit alongs, swatch of the month, and themed parties were put before the membership for their consideration. Another of our members suggested book reviews and another suggested a study of knitting across cultures. When the subject of bringing in an author was brought up, Carolyn told us that The Knitting Guild of America's web site has a list of author/teachers who are willing to make presentations. The membership will decide on next year's presentations next month. New ideas are always welcome, so please feel free to share.
Our president will be sending an online survey to the membership to gauge what we would like to accomplish.
Looking ahead to January, Brenda asked the members to consider running for the offices of Vice President and Treasurer. Elections are right around the corner and GUILD NEEDS YOU!
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Jo Ellyn Wheeler gave the presentation this month on Color Knitting. She had examples of all kinds of color work, from simple stripes and slipped stitch to mosaic, fair isle and duplicate stitch.
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Following the presentation, the swap meet began, and the participants had a great time.
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Remaining meetings for the year
Sunday, November 16th
Sunday, December 14th
Presentations
Sara Braden - Correcting Knitting Errors
(this may be a good time to bring any knitting disasters you might like to work on!)
Anita Roesler - Deciphering Stitch Patterns
Volunteers for beginning Knitters
Carolyn Faircloth and Amanda Clemons
