Hawberry Quilter December 2013 | Page 2

Guild Executive 2013-14 President - Myra Tallman Past President - Sheila Schuette Vice President - Colleen Edwards Secretary - Cathy Jeffrey Treasurer - Judy Brown Fund Raising - Pat Pepper Program - Colleen Edwards, Judy Brown, Lauren MacDonald Workshop - Colleen Edwards Historian & Internet site - Melissa McIntosh Hospitality - Barb Bright Newsletter - Lauren MacDonald Librarian - Judi Parkinson, Sue McIlquhamn, Evelyn Nelson Block of the Month - Barb Dawson, Kathy Grant Membership - Pam Martin, Nancy Lyne Publicity - Rolanda Tovey Fire Quilts - Barb Dawson Tinners - Sue McIlquham Charity Quilts - with BOTM 20132013-14 Meetings & Special Dates: Generally our meetings are on the third Thursday of each month: Sept. 19 - Let’s Get to Know Each Other! Oct. 24 (Trunk Show by Roger Kerr, certified Judy Niemeyer instructor, see p. ) Nov. 12 - Executive (Myra’s) Nov. 21 - Let’s Keep Moving! (Tinners Show ‘n Tell) Dec. 12* (please note this is the SECOND Thurs.) Let’s Celebrate and Help Our Community! Jan. 16 - Let’s be Quilt Designers! (bring paper scissors, glue, coloured pencils) Feb. 20 - Let’s Get to See What’s New! Mar. 20 - Let’s Learn a New Technique! Apr. 17 - Let’s have Fun! May 15 - Let’s….(wait for it!) and bring in your President’s Challenge! June 11 - 14 Quilt Canada St. Catharines June 19 - Let’s June 19-23 - Red Lodge Retreat Page 2-Dec./13 Island Quilters Guild General Meeting - Nov. 21, 2013 Myra opened the meeting by welcoming members and guests and saying bon voyage to Sheila who is going to South Africa from December to February. Show and Tell included Tinners projects from previous years. The CQA project for the 2014 conference is a wine gift bag. LibraryLibrary Evelyn asked everyone to check to see if they have any overdue library books and if they do to return them at the January meeting. She also gave a description of the 3 new library books. BanquetChristmas Banquet $20.00 must be in by November 30 for the December 12 dinner. Pat P. explained how Coupon Capers which is a fundraiser at Capers, the December meeting, works. QuiltVP Quilt Colleen encouraged everyone to make blocks for the quilt she has chosen to donate to a local charity for a raffle. She gave out pa