-All of our looms are great, nothing wrong with any of them.
-What reasons are we thinking of for buying another loom? Do we need more 8 S looms? Do we need portable looms? How often do they need to be moved? How many people come to the guild room to weave? How many of our members actually weave? How many only weave at their own home?
-Have we investigated other brands of looms, such as Macomber, LeClerc, Louet, etc.?
-Lis B commented that it is nice to work on good equipment.
-Sara H asked -Do we have the money to spend? Can we afford to spend half of our reserves?
29 Paper ballots were passed around and marked, then collected in a bag and counted.4 emailed votes were also counted
1. Yes to buy a new Schacht 8S loom 12
2. No don’t buy a new loom 9
3. Leave until Oct meeting to think & further discussion. 12
29 present voters and 4 emailed votes = total votes 33
We will revisit this question at the Oct meeting, hopefully with more answers to our questions.
Spin Out by Bea and Marianne
Date Oct 26th at St Joseph’s Catholic Church-same place as last 2 years.
Committee- Bea J, Marianne M, Marg F and 2 or 3 more people would be nice.
Job List was passed around, Contact Bea if you want to join her committee.
Registration will be thru Sherry B
The Spin out committee will get an advance at the Oct Meeting to cover costs.
New Business
Marianne M wondered about more Community Involvement- Making things and donating them to groups, etc. Hospice and Transition houses have material restrictions due to washing. Lynne Anderson suggested making extra things on our group projects, selling them at sales with a sign that the proceeds would be donated to a certain cause. That way the charity can use the money as they need to, the person buying the item feels good and we make a community donation.
Elections – Efficiently looked after by Judith G If anyone wants to volunteer for any of the open positions, please contact Sherry B. Job Descriptions are written up and available for all positions.
President- Sherry B
Vice President- Lis B
Treasurer- Noelle C and helper Jacquie H
Secretary- Position Open
Libarian- Gabriele C
Historian- Anne P with a slight change in duties to include writing and interviews
Equipment- Ann N
Scholarship – Judith G, Jill W and Sara H
Christmas sale- Judith G , Jill W
Sheep to Shawl- Sara H & Ann N
Spin Out -Bea J & committee
Facebook and Blog- Bea J & she will train anyone who wants to learn & help her
ANWG rep- Judith G
IPE Contact- Sharon W
SAFF contact – Elvi P
Workshop Coordinator- Open
Meeting Programs- Open
Mall contact-Open
Haney House Contact-Open
UpComing events
Lumby Days June 8 & 9th Monashee Spinners & Weavers doing demo’s on Sat June 8th only
World Knit Along June 8th
ANWG conference in Prince George June 11-16
Father’s Day at Haney House June 16th
Spin in at Lis B’s House June 24th 10:00-2:00
Pioneer Days at Haney House July 14
Spin In at Anne Patterson’s house near Pritchard. - Meet at the Pritchard Store at 10:00a.m.
Anne will lead us to her place as directions are hard to follow.
Enderby Art Festival- July 27- Guild booth and demo’s- Contact Lis B if you can come
Sharon W- wedding Aug 3 RSVP if you are coming to wedding and/or dance.
See attached invitation Below
IPE Meeting and Spin in Sharon W’s house- Aug 8th 10:00-2:00
Car Show- Haney House- August 11th
Interior Provincial Exhibition- Aug 28th -Sept 1 Sharon is the Contact
Salmon Arm Fair- Sept 6-8th Elvi is the Contact
Guild meeting- Monday evening Oct 7 -7:00p.m. Fibres Unlimited 2:30-5:00 p.m.
29 people attended our Pot Luck. The food was great and as usual more than enough.
Hope to see people through the summer at some of the events listed above.
Show and Tell was great with sheep themed items shown first and also some finished colour gamp bags. Every one of the bags is different.
40th Anniversary Reunion Tea report by Ann N Submitted by written report after the meeting
Total Cost was 197.48 which included The cake, Hall rental, table decorations, fruit, cheese, chocolates, Photocopying, coffee/tea/ supplies.
38 people attended with 5 original members, 2 of who donated equipment and handwoven Design Collection Magazines to the guild.( this is where the niddy noddy came from that was drawn for at the Pot Luck)
Many thanks to all who brought goodies, helped set up the room, brought items for the display, organized plates of food, greeted guests, made coffee, etc.
Thank-you to Julia A for playing her harp. A special event for all who attended.
We can use the fabric squares for other guild events that need table decorations or we could package them in groups and offer them for sale.
Minutes written & submitted by Louise Smith