Meeting call to Order Called by: Pam St Clair
Time: 7:20
President's Comments: Everyone was welcomed. We have five new people at the meeting tonight!! Three new members signed up, one member has returned and we have a visitor. Welcome!! June birthdays were recognized.
President's activities this past month: Not many activities in terms of “official” duties or junkets, but the President has done a lot of knitting this month.
Minutes of the May meeting were posted to the TKGV blog and accepted as presented.
Treasurer's Report – taken from the June Newsletter
* General Fund: $3,448.64
* Charity Fund: $97.83
* Grand Total: $3546.27
Treasurer's Report was accepted as presented.
Committee Reports:
Programs: Trink Dahl-Prince
* June – The “Why Spin?” program will be moved to another month. Joanne was not able to attend the June meeting, so the June program is “Recycled Yarn”. “Recycled Yarn” was on the calendar for February, but was cancelled due to the snowstorm.
* July – Yarn Sale – Bring items from your stash that you would like to trade or sell – and get ready to check out some great stuff from everyone's stash!!
* August – Charity Knitting-The Program will be more in depth information about St Mary’s. Many Guild members help to support St Mary's and create and donate wonderful knitted items to the folks at St Mary's. We will also discuss other Charity Projects and ideas.
* September - Yarn Sale Deux – We'll be back again with more from the stash!! Just in case you have a change of heart and want to dive deeper into your stash – or perhaps you have had a “Stash Intervention” …. now you can bring more to trade or sell!!
Charity Projects: Jackie Scott. Jackie makes sure the Sign-up sheets for Charity knitting are always near the Sign-In sheets. Please make sure to continue to log your charity knit items.
Charity Log Sheet – Debbie Henderson is continuing to take the log and tally the point count!
Welfare and Calling Tree – Karen Richardson: We are thinking tonight of Lisa Roberts and Joanne Fischer.
Newsletter is online. Another BEAUTIFUL Newsletter!! Thank you Sonia. On the website, there is also a link to the newsletter archive. Also a special 'Thank you” to Karen Richardson for the “Knitting History” section of the newsletter. Several members commented they enjoyed passing the “Knitting History” to grandchildren or other family members.
Ways and Means: Angie Harris, Eleanor Cavin and Cheryl Cauthen-Bond.
Ways and Means: Angie Harris, Eleanor Cavin and Cheryl Cauthen-Bond.
Please buy raffle tickets... The Lovely Ways and Means Ladies brought more nice yarns from the Yarn Basket this month.
New Membership Committee: Angie Harris. STRONG work Angie!! Three **NEW** Members, One **Returning** member and One Visitor!!
Old Business:
1. WWKIP – Yeah!! It's almost here. WWKIP is on Sunday July 13 at the D'Art Center in Norfolk. The WWKIP Ladies have done an OUTSTANDING job!! The Tidewater WW Knit in Public Day is promoted on Ravelry. It's on WAVY 10!! It's on the D'Art Center Website!! Trink sent information to all the local newspapers. Knitwits Newsletter mentioned it. Knitting Corner has it posted. The WWKIP Committee has made arrangement for door prizes, yummy yarns to taste and more!! A big shout out to membership – this is one event NOT to miss.
New Membership Committee: Angie Harris. STRONG work Angie!! Three **NEW** Members, One **Returning** member and One Visitor!!
Old Business:
1. WWKIP – Yeah!! It's almost here. WWKIP is on Sunday July 13 at the D'Art Center in Norfolk. The WWKIP Ladies have done an OUTSTANDING job!! The Tidewater WW Knit in Public Day is promoted on Ravelry. It's on WAVY 10!! It's on the D'Art Center Website!! Trink sent information to all the local newspapers. Knitwits Newsletter mentioned it. Knitting Corner has it posted. The WWKIP Committee has made arrangement for door prizes, yummy yarns to taste and more!! A big shout out to membership – this is one event NOT to miss.
What next? Bring a chair, bring your own snacks and beverages. There is a Starbucks next door. Look up the Harborfest Parking suggestions. There are maps that show all the Parking lots. There is also a free shuttle that runs in the area. Car Pooling is a great idea.
New Business:
* Any interest in going back to Westminster Canterbury? Some members have expressed an interest. The view is great and the chairs are all set up. Carolyn Cox volunteered to talk to one of the residents about sponsorship and get information about who to contact for details. Thank you Carolyn.
* Date of July Meeting – July Meeting will take place on Tuesday, July 6 at 7pm due to the 4th of July Holiday.
* Participation in Chesapeake Heritage Days: Chesapeake is not having the Heritage Days this year – it's been cancelled due to lack of funding.
* Anyone with ideas for the Historical Knitting section of the newsletter or just some knitting history they would like researched, please call Karen and let her know. Karen enjoys doing the research and writing the articles.
Raffle: Lucky raffle winners picked from a variety of yarns from The Yarn Basket.
June Program: Recycled Yarn
Jean Mills and Trink Dahl-Prince led the program on all kinds of ways to save money and be “green” by recycling yarn found in Thrift Shops or in your closet. Look for wool sweaters with a stain, or sweaters that a child has outgrown. Don't throw the sweaters out or pass up that unwanted gift on the shelf in the Thrift Store... FROG it! Jean and Trink shared Internet Sites for information on recycling yarn, tips on what to look for, things to avoid, and how to unravel.
They also mentioned looking in the craft sections of Thrift shops for bags of yarn, books, needles, magazines, crochet hooks and other tools. Be wary of afghans as many of them are made of acrylic yarns!
Show and Tell: Members showed many knitted garments and works in progress.
Next Meeting Date: July 6, 2010
Meeting Adjourned Time: 9:00 pm
Respectfully Submitted,
Peggie Meyer
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