The president opened the July 2012
meeting at 7:12 p.m. by welcoming the guest and a charter member.
The minutes of the June 2012 meeting were approved.
The treasurer gave the treasurer’s report advising the guild’s
bank balance is $2967.15.
The president advised she will discuss proposed changes to the TKGV
by-laws at the August meeting. We will vote
on the proposed changes to the by-laws at the September meeting.
The president solicited volunteers to run for 2013 TKGV Board positions.
Please contact the president or vice president
if you are interested in running for a 2013 TKGV Board position.
The president advised the guild seeks volunteers to write articles
about other members or to volunteer to have an article written about them in
the guild’s newsletter. In addition, the
guild seeks articles about book reviews, new knitting techniques and the like
for the newsletter.
The president advised we are offering a super raffle item at the July,
August, September and October meetings. The
item is a large basket of high quality yarns from Joanne Fischer’s stash. The proceeds from the raffle will go to the education
expenses for the March 2013 knitting retreat.
The president advised we will hold a knitting retreat March 7 – March
10, 2013 at the Hampton Inn, Corolla, NC. A committee will meet on July 20, 2012 to organize
the retreat. If you are interested in working
on the retreat organization committee, please contact the president.
The president advised the guild will hold another judged knitting contest
in May 2013. The same rules as 2012 will
apply with the additional category of original work and the requirement of the submissions
being completed since the May 2012.
The vice president and other guild members assisted members with answers
to “Ask the Experts” knitting questions.
The August program will be the led by Sue Von Ohlsen on how to “kill”
acrylic yarn, i.e. how to block acrylic yarn projects.
After the guild enjoyed the show and share time, the guild enjoyed
the Ways and Means Committee’s raffle of yarns based on a red, white and blue theme.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 7:50 p.m.
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