TKGV Minutes January 4, 2010

Meeting call to Order Called by President Pam St Clair at 7:30

President's Comments: Everyone was welcomed. Glad to see everyone came out in the cold and hope there is lots of yarn to sell. One new member was welcomed - Julia Poussiant – Julia was a guest last month and joined. Birthday wishes were made to all January birthdays.

Minutes of prior month posted on the TKGV website for members to read. Copies were also available at the meeting. Minutes were accepted as presented.

Treasurer's Report by Lisa Roberts:
- General Fund: 2937.02
- Charity Fund: 97.83
- Education Fund: 289.14
- Grand Total: 3323.99

Heiffer Fund Update by Lisa Roberts: The TKGV sent a Knitting Basket. All remaining funds were added to the new Heiffer Fund for 2010.

Committee Reports:

Programs: Trink Dahl Prince. Lots of Ideas presented such as:
o Class on Recycling yarn – Jean Mills and Trink Dahl-Prince will lead in February
o Basic Intro to Cables – Kate Gerwin and Carolyn Cox will lead in March
o Knitting Wizard – Linda Johnson, Peggie Meyer in April
o Finishing Class – Pam St Clair, Jackie Scott, Wanda Gunnoe, Eleanor Cavin will set up stations for various Finishing Tips in May
- Other suggestions:
o Knitting getaway in Sandbridge or Outer Banks
o TKGV Guild Knit-a long
o Trip to local Alpaca Farms
o Learn to spin class – Joanne Fischer was asked
o Yarn crawl to Richmond via Williamsburg
o Trip to St Mary's to learn how we can be most helpful with knitting or volunteering
o Speakers
o Wendy Johnson is booked for spring; Clara Parkes is scheduling for 2011; Natalie Wilson not yet contacted
o Member suggestion to look for a date in the Fall of 2010 and plan now for Spring 2011

Charity Projects: Jackie Scott.
o In 2009 the TKGV members created and donated a total of 176 items. Members may not be reporting all charity knitting as this number is down from prior years.
o For 2010, Members were asked if the Guild wants to continue to fund a prize.
o Motion: Jackie Scott made a motion to fund Prize budget of $100 for 3 prizes - Grand Prize $50 for the most prolific knitter and $25 each for the second and third place knitters in terms of points.
o Motion Seconded by Lisa Roberts and Motion passed by membership.
o Award counting is done on a point system. Jackie will report in February on the point system and Sonia will publish the point system in the newsletter.
o Charity Knit-In – Member get-together to spend a day creating knitted items for charity.
o Carolyn Cox will host sometime in February – the date will be announced in the Newsletter and at the February meeting.
o Other Charity ideas for 2010: Last year TKGV supported Caps for Kids, Pet Blankets, St Mary's and the Military with Helmet Liners.
o Members discussed and agreed to continue with St Mary's, Caps for Kids, Samaritan House, Volunteers of America (VOA) or NEST (Homeless).
o Suggestion to do VOA in Winter (Jan to April) St Mary's over summer (May to Sept) and Caps for Kids in the Fall.
o Homeless need caps, mittens, scarves, warm things.
o St Mary's can use lap blankets, socks, caps, scarves.
o Pet Blankets, Helmet Liners and scarves for Military needed all year.
o Citizen Sam has patterns, colors, sizes, etc for Military knitting
o Charity Log Sheet – Debbie Henderson will continue to log items.

Welfare and Calling Tree: Volunteers needed to organize a calling tree.
o Pam St Clair asked for a member to volunteer to lead a Welfare and Calling Tree.

Community Events: Linda Johnson. No Updates

Newsletter and Publicity: Sonia Barisic needs any information for the newsletter by the 15th of the month in order for the information to be included in the newsletter.
o Sonia would like road or trip reports, book reports.
o Currently “Snail” Mailing Newsletters to 24 people. An updated membership list will be available for February which may shorten the list of people who need to receive a copy via posted mail.

Ways and Means: Angie, Eleanor Cavin and Cheryl Cauthen-Bond.
o Tote bags available for $20.

New Membership Committee: Anji Harris agreed to lead the New Membership Committee.

Web Committee: Joanne Fisher, Lara Marin and Andrea Riddle. Not present; no updates.

Old Business:
MD Sheep and Wool:
o Price for a seat on the bus is $45 until April. After April 1, the price goes up to $55. Members interested in going to MD Sheep and Wool with TKGV asked to fill in the forms available at the meeting and send in the money in order to confirm the reservation.

Member recruitment
o TKGV membership asked to bring a friend to meetings and join the Guild!


New Business:
No New Business. Charity Knitting, Program Ideas were covered under Old Business

Program:
Yarn Yard Sale. Members brought yarns from their stash to offer the opportunity for other members to make stash enhancements.

Raffle:
3 members won yarn “kits” which included suggested patterns.

Show and Tell:
Members presented their knitted items and works in process.

Meeting Adjourned at 8:42

Respectfully submitted,
Peggie Meyer