General Membership Meeting – May 11, 2006
60 MEMBERS AND 1 GUEST
President Jeann’e Butler called the
meeting to order and cautioned the members against unruly violations in the
Silent Auction. Rosalie then gave the rules for the auction at which time the
auction began with browsing, bidding and snacking as it was combined with the
social break. Various owners of auction
material were allowed to give a brief statement promoting their items.
The meeting resumed and Rosalie
Raudsep thanked the participants and the owners then announced the winners of
the bids and payments were made.
Jean Bishop displayed the Raffle
Quilt benefiting Samaritan House and invited members to purchase tickets.
The President thanked Jan and
Rosalie for all of their efforts in the successful auction. Berta Beachell
thanked the May hosts and announced the June volunteers. Show and Tell followed with 16 participants.
Darcy DelaRosa
won the block of the month. Rose showed
an example of next month’s block and mentioned the staples have been abandoned
with the instructions and put in bags, which the committee requests be returned
with next months block.
Quilter’s Surprise and Pam’s
Special Raffle followed.
The minutes of the April meeting
were accepted and approved.
The Treasurer read the newest
Report. The records reflect December 1,
2006 through May 11, 2006. The report
reflected a bank balance of $8,020.82.
Committee reports were next
beginning with Shirley Gilmore encouraging all participants to turn in their challenges.
Membership reported 60 members
present with one guest, who was introduced and welcomed.
Liz Ritchie reported for charm
squares. June’s fabric will be juvenile
prints. She requested members to
continue turning in their 5”squares for quilt show.
Nan Scott reported raffle ticket
sales are doing well and offered some incentives for numerous sales and
announced an upcoming tea party. She
also reminded members that July would be the deadline for turning in the tickets.
Paulette discussed the Row Robin,
which reportedly is on track and reminded participants to bring their bag to
the June General Meeting.
Gretchen Lord Jolie thanked members
for turning in 18 community quilts. She
also announced a tying scheduled in conjunction with Healthy Quilters May 20,
2006 from the hours of 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
She said the committee is requesting more quilts which reflect boy’s
interests.
The Quilt Show Committee reported
they are proceeding on schedule and mentioned entry forms and sleeve instructions
are available at the entrance table. Jen
reminded members that July 7 is the deadline for entrance applications and
encouraged everyone to e-mail their quilt histories to Virginia Dale. A brief discussion followed regarding the
necessary photo.
Jean Bishop mentioned that the Kids
Corner Chairman Position is vacant and needs to be filled for the Quilt
Show. Suzanne Dandoy requests more items
for the grab bags and Isabelle Blower discussed the bed turning briefly. Cheryl Motther
reported 61 blocks have been turned in for the 2007 Raffle Quilt and reminded
members that June is the deadline for turning in blocks.
Linda MacKown discussed the
upcoming Stained Glass Workshop, which has openings remaining; encouraged
sign-ups. It was announced that Patti Hyder will be at the General Meeting in June, 2006.
The President mentioned the recent
survey would be a topic of discussion at the Executive Board Meeting on May 18,
2006 at the
The President read a touching
letter from a
The meeting was then
adjourned.
Jean Maupin, Secretary