April Guild Meeting

April 24, 2003 - 6:30 pm

Guest:  M.J. Felick

M.J. Felick is coming to talk to us about the pros and cons of many different quilting tools. She lives in McKinney, has had a place near Mt. Vernon and  is  a member of the Sulphur Springs Guild. The program should be interesting, especially to the quilter thinking about the purchase of some tools.

Pebble Rehm  

Joan Biggs          Sara Bobbitt*

ATTENTION: FOOD COMMITTEES
                                                  
If your name is listed on a food committee, it is important that you:
 1.   plan to bring your ( assigned ) dish, arriving between 6:15 and 6:30

 or
 2.   arrange for someone else to see that your dish is brought to the church by the above time
  or
 3.   notify your committee chairperson if you will not be able to attend the guild meeting

and
 4.   make arrangements to swap with another guild member

Our membership is growing - Yeah! - and we are having increased attendance at guild meetings. That's wonderful!!  But it also means that everyone's contribution is vitally important. If you, and any others on the committee, ignore your assignment on the schedule, well -  you do the math!  How does it look to our guests if we run out of food because committee members dropped the ball?  Chairpersons: Please contact your list!

Friendship Circles

Cotton Belles

Proposed Amendments to the By-Laws of the Cotton Patch Quilt Guild – 2003

(When considering these proposed revisions with the current by-laws in your previous directory, keep in mind that considerable re-numbering will be necessary, due to additions and deletions.)

Art. II      - 2.02              Add:  d) community service

Art. IV     - 4.04              Delete:  pro-rated

               - 4.07             Delete:  and their voting rights suspended

Art. VI     - 6.01              Second sentence:  The Parliamentarian is an appointed office.

 - 6.02               Delete:  (as such), and but they may serve the guild in any other capacity and receive just compensation.

- 6.06               Add:  following President, at the January meeting

- 6.08               Delete:  and control

- 6.08.5            Delete:  at mid-year and the end of the fiscal year.  Add:  in December

- 6.08.7            Delete:  at the annual meeting.  Add:  at the December guild meeting, with the exception of the Treasurer.  Insert:  Recording Secretary

- 6.08.9            Add:  appoints a Parliamentarian

- 6.09.3            Delete:  annual.  Add:  December

- 6.09.4            Delete

- 6.10.3            Delete:  semi-.  Add:  in December

- 6.10.5            Add:  annual meeting in January of guild members

- 6.10.6            Delete:  Executive Board.  Add:  President, no later than January 7,

- 6.11.4            Delete:  the current record books on hand.  Add:  this information available

- 6.11.5            Delete:  annual.  Insert:  December guild

- 6.12.6            Delete:  and greets

             - 6.12.7            Delete:  roster.  Add:  Directory

             - 6.12.9            Re-state:  Keeps the keys to, and maintains, the P.O. box.

             - 6.12.11          Delete:  annual.  Add:  December guild

             - 6.12.12          Delete.  Add:  Supervises ad sales for the annual directory

             - 6.13.1            Delete

             - 6.13.3            Delete (see #12)

             - 6.13.9            Add:  in the January newsletter

             - 6.14.              Delete:  /Librarian

             - 6.14.3-9         Renumber

             - 6.14.3            Certifies voting results

             - 6.14.9            Delete

             - 6.15.1            Former 6.14.3

             - 6.15.2            Former 6.14.4

             - 6.15.3            Former 6.14.5  Delete:  the    Insert:  designated

             - 6.15.4            Former 6.14.8  Delete:  annual   Add:  December

Art. VII    - 7.04              Delete:  $50.00 and $200.00.  Replace:  budget

              - 7.05              Delete:  monthly   Replace:  quarterly

 - 7.08              Add:  A combined meeting of previous and newly installed executive boards shall be held in early January.  The purpose of the meeting is to formulate a proposed budget to be published in the January newsletter and voted on at the January guild meeting.

Art. VIII   - 8.02.3           Add: …construction and completion…as well as ticket sales

- 8.02.6           Restate:  Every effort will be made to ensure that…  Add:  The chairman will select the committee.

- 8.03.6          Delete

- 8.03.8          Delete:  annual  Insert:  December

- 8.03.9      Add:  Prepares information flyers for distribution to area shops and outlets.

 - 8.04            Door Prize Committee

 - 8.04.1            Gathers donated door prizes for distribution at guild meetings

 - 8.04.2            Supervises the drawing of door prizes at guild meetings

 - 8.04.3            Maintains a list of names and addresses of donors of door prizes.

 - 8.04.4            Provides thank-you notes to be sent to donors.

 - 8.04.5            Provides an annual report at the December meeting.

 - 8.05            Community Service Committee

 - 8.05.1            Plans and implements community service projects for the guild.

 - 8.05.2            Proposes coordinates and carries out fundraisers to support the projects.

 - 8.05.3            Presents choices of recipients of community service projects for guild approval.

 - 8.05.4            Collects fabric donations for community service projects.

 - 8.05.5            Provides an annual report at the December meeting.

 - 8.06            Sunshine Committee

 - 8.06.1            Acknowledges, by sending cards or baskets of donated fat quarters, any illness, deaths,  etc. of guild members and their immediate families.

 - 8.06.2            Acknowledges members’ congratulatory events and achievements.

 - 8.06.3            Provides such information to the newsletter editor.

 - 8.06.4            Provides an annual report at the December guild meeting.

 - 8.07            Nominating Committee (see VI – 6.03) Ad Hoc

 - 8.08            By-laws Committee – Ad Hoc

 - 8.08.1            Receives written suggestions for by-laws revision

 - 8.08.2            Presents proposed revisions for April newsletter publication prior to voting at April         guild meeting.

Art. XI       - 9.02            Insert:   Executive board

Standing Rules

4.   Delete

       6.  Items not returned after two months…three months…four months.

     10.   Insert:  personal or individual profit

Just a Few Minutes...

Cotton Patch Quilt Guild members met at regular monthly meeting at Kavanaugh United Methodist Church March 27, 2003, with 43 members present and two guests, June Acker and Chelsea Childers.

President Katharine McCaw called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. following the Silent Auction which began at 5:30 p.m. and the regular social beginning at 6:30 p.m. McCaw thanked the hostesses who provided the food for the social.

Ten members shared Show and Tell projects, some members showing multiple projects. Louise Devenport showed her first quilt, a Grandmother’s Flower Garden featuring basketry with dimensional applique; Connie Cawthon, a handbag and quilt top; Lisa Coker, a Faceted Jewel she had quilted; Sherry Worley, a Tic-Tac-MO featuring an Alex Henry fabric background; Maxine Leverett, a red, white and blue Bowtie; Sharon Callahan, a Stars and Chains in brights; Roberta Vanderburg, baby quilts featuring novelty fabrics, Jo Ann Cross, Trip Around the World, quilted by Coker; Gwen Schroth, Dragon Quilt; McCaw, a western fringe benefit for grandson number six; and the Cotton Belles, 15 of 20 ABC quilts to be donated at the Tyler quilt show.

McCaw reminded members to leave their fat quarters for Sunshine in the basket on the sign-in table.

By-laws committee report was given by McCaw indicating revisions are to be in the April newsletter. “Several changes in committee structure, board meeting schedule; library time guidelines; duties of officers and committees; and re-numbering should be studied by members,” McCaw stated.

Betty Day reported that ticket sales are really up for the 2003 donation quilt, and that the binding will be put on the quilt in the next two days.

Pam Hodapp distributed the new directories as members signed in for the meeting.. McCaw offered kudos to her for the great job done on the directories. Hodapp reported a current membership of 76.

Librarian, Sue Childers’ report included an increase in books being checked out by members, that six new books have been added to the library, and that the arrangement of books are shelved alphabetically by beginning letter. In other words all of the A’s are together, etc.

Design committee report was given by Schroth. She reminded members to pick up block materials for the now 2004 donation quilt. A deposit of one dollar for block materials was required and will be returned to members when finished. Target date for finished blocks is June. An incentive will be awarded to members who finish blocks by the June date. It was moved by Coker and seconded by Betty Day that the 2004 donation quilt be an American Patriotic quilt in theme featuring red, white and blue. The motion carried.

Community Service chair, Worley made the following announcements: several donation quilts are now pieced and ready for quilting; Jennifer at Quilt Mercantile has quilted six quilts for the Guild; and the WIN group needs help with providing baked goods for its June 19 fund raiser.

In other announcements, Beth Winn offered to show the Shriners’ donation quilt to those that had not seen it, and that tickets for the quilt donation were still available for one dollar each or six for five dollars.

Sue Childers showed two garments from lost and found at the Lake Eufaula retreat. One garment owner was found but a green and blue plaid dress jacket is still looking for its owner.

After a 10 minute intermission, Quilto was played with a number of members winning fat quarters.

Door prizes were won by Winn, Coker, Shelly Childers, LaNell Bundrick, Gini Keith, Mary Alice MacDonald, Carolyn Burt and Kay Colcleasure.

Janice Bennett who headed up the Silent Auction announced that Colcleasure, Burt, Allen Day, Tracy Greenlee, and Hodapp had submitted high bids.

Meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m. by President McCaw

Carolyn Burt, Secretary

Mary Lou Strohm         04/06

Huey Nobles                 04/09

Paula Talley                 04/10

Gini Keith                 04/29

Linda Franklin         05/11

Pat Jonz                     05/11

Donna Moon             05/15

B. Wood                    05/15

Sheila Sunday             05/17

Joy Gregory                05/20

Norma Johnson         05/25

March Door Prizes

Carriage House Quilt Shoppe, Plano – $10 gift certificate

Linda’s Electric Quilters, Melissa – 2 packets of patterns and cone thread

Quilt Asylum, McKinney - $10 gift certificate

Quilt Mercantile, Celeste - $10 gift certificate

Sew Many Quilts, Sulphur Springs – 120” tape measure

Quilts on the Square, Commerce – Magazine, Packet of fat quarters, Red work pattern and pin

Be sure to send Thank you notes and to patronize these merchants!