May Monthly Minutes
Shuswap Spinners and Weavers
Monthly Minutes
May 7, 2018
MINUTES for: Monday May 7th 2018 7pm-9pm
Call to Order by Carole
Acceptance and/or changes to April Minutes
The Motion to rescind the older Sheep to Shawl and the new Motion for
the Sheep to Shawl from the April Minutes was re-read by request from
Bea. No further discussion was made.
1st Jennifer 2nd Ann All in Favour Yes
Additions to Agenda 1. Letter from Armstrong Multi Club 4-H
Requesting someone to come and Judge Llama fleece and give an
informative talk on such.
1st Lis 2nd Jacquie all in favour Yes
Reports
Librarian/Book Report Gabriele
Gave a Report on a book Rep Weave and Beyond by Joanne Tallarovic.
There are 2 new Ply and 2 new Handwoven Magazines in the Library
Equipment Report Rod was not at Meeting, no Report at this time.
Workshop Report Louise was not at Meeting, no Report at this time.
Blog Report Bea The Blog is updated, with Sale Items and other
info.
Historian Report Bea Nothing to Report.
Facebook Page Bea Facebook is updated as well.
Scholarship Judith Update on Gwen’s Workshop held May 5th.
Gwen gave a very interesting and informative Workshop Talk on
Unpredictable Patterns resulting from the dying processes.
Many thanks Gwen.
OLD BUSINESS
CAROLE TO READ OUT LOUD
ANWG GRANT A big Thank You to Carmen who volunteered to take on
the beginning process on coming up with some ideas that we could use
to apply for this Grant. Louise also worked with her and between them a
proposal was presented to our Guild at the last meeting, for us to decide
together, on what we would like to accomplish. After much discussion,
we have decided to go ahead with 2 to 3 separate, one day Workshops in
the Crafts of Spinning, Weaving and Felting. We appreciate that Louise
has taken this project on as leader and with the expertise of Jacquie who
put together the first Grant Proposal Application along with a Financial
Balance Sheet, the final Grant Application has been sent in. We hope to
hear from the Committee by the end of May whether we will receive a
Grant.
DISPLAY CASE at Picadilly Mall Ann has removed the Blankets from the Display Case and were brought to the Meeting for pick up. The Cottons brought for the next display will be taken care of by Lis and Bea.
The Sign is up on our Display and the light has been fixed by Rod.
Thank you.
The Summer Displays will be lighter items such as lacy shawls etc, During August we will display items pertaining to the Fall Fair.
FALL FAIR 1-2-1, FUN FOR EVERYONE
There is a Sign up Sheet at the front desk, for everyone who is going to help at the Fall Far. Ann will hand in your names for a Free Pass and Name Tag to the Fair, for volunteering. A six hour commitment is required over the weekend.
As the time gets closer to the Fair, I will send out the list of members who
have signed up for the various dates and times.
There will be a Skein Display as part of our Exhibit and negotiations are
under way to provide space for FIVE Teams of Sheep to Shawl.
Very Exciting! There will be a reminder later on about bringing your
skeins for display at the Fair.
Nikki volunteered to be the 5th Member on our Sheep to Shawl Team.
You can sign up online for your Entries in the Fair and use Paypal to pay.
Bea will post the information on the Blog and Facebook.
Thanks Bea for all your work on these ongoing projects.
SHEEP TO SHAWL REPORT Lis There is now a full Team in Place for our Guild.
IPE REPORT Sharon was not at meeting, no report at this time.
SPIN OUT COMMITTEE REPORT
Sonia, Lynne and Bea are on the Committee.. The Church Hall has been
booked for October the 27th.
No Report at this time. Bea will contact Althea regarding more hand out
Cards that we can use during the Fairs and our Spin Out.
JOB DESCRIPTION / ELECTION REPORT Judith
Many thanks to Judith for assembling the Job Descriptions of each of the
upcoming areas for the June Election.
We are still requiring a Secretary and Treasurer for the Executive. Please
give this some consideration and contact Judith if you would care to take
on one of these positions. Our Elections are at the June Potluck and
Meeting.
REPORTS ON BLANKETS There is a new Warp o the loom and all spots have been filled for this time around.
TEA TOWELS there is no plan at present to put a new warp on.
ENDERBY ARTS FESTIVAL Louise
July 28th, are we interested in having a display and sale of our hand made crafts? We will need to pay for a table. Please contact Louise if you are interested in participating. The time is from 9 am to 4 pm.
The spots available are 10 x 10, if we pay for one we are able to have an
additional 2 spots to display and sell our crafts. There is a pancake
breakfast served during the morning. Lis, Louise, Barb, Anne, Michele,
and Nikki are interested so far.
APRONS, Lis brought two samples for us to decide on in order to make
several for us to wear at various events during the year. The bias cut Teal
one was the favourite and Lis will make a pattern from hers and later set
a time and date to get together to decide on fabric and make them.
SHAWLS: A reminder that the two Shawls from previous years of Sheep to Shawl will be given away by a name draw for those attending our JUNE Potluck and Meeting.
4-H Letter.
kellybrown@telus.net <b_kelly@telus.net>
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Hi Bea, |
Our 4-H group (Armstrong Multi-club) will be hosting a rally day in Armstrong on May 26, 2018. Members from the Vernon, Lumby, Armstrong and Enderby area come to learn how to judge various projects. One of the projects they will be judging this year is 4 llama fleeces and their suitability for hand spinning into yarn. We could use your participation in a couple of areas if you had someone willing :) One would be to judge the fleeces and explain the members your choice. The other would be to demonstrate some handspinning with the winning fleece. There is a wool project for members that I am considering sometime in the next couple of years. We have a little down time during the day and I think the members might find a demonstration interesting. Maybe they will take it up!
Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Kelly Brown
Armstrong 4-H Multi-Club
Llama Leader
Lis. Elvi, Marianne and Carole are interested in attending this and will get in touch with Kelly Brown to setup. I have attached the email for your information.
GOODIES for MAY 5th Meeting Jennifer supplied the goodies.
Lynne was not in attendance
Upcoming Events
May 13th O’Keefe Ranch, Mother’s Day Celebration and
Demonstrations
May 15th Spin In at Lynne Anderson’s. Directions will be
attached.
JUNE 4th Guild Summer Potluck 6 pm
June 8 & 9 Lumby Days
June 12th Spin In at Elvi’s
June 15 and 16th Yarn Okanagan Workshop, Kelowna
Grindrod Days July 21 and 22 9 am to 4 pm info attached.
July 28th Enderby Art’s Festival
Next Meeting JUNE 4th, 6 pm to 8 pm
Potluck Meeting
Elections
There will not be any Fibres Get Together
SHOW AND TELL
Meeting Adjourned at ____9____ pm
Attendance: __23__ Members