Friendship Knot Quilters’ Guild

Executive Board Meeting

May 1, 2007

Present: Tena Davis, Cass Bowen, Sheri Cooper, Sue Hootman, Marlene Kurtz, Susan Ott, Linda Pearce, Jane Shannon

Old Business: Information on the Venice Art Quilt show has been added to the FKQG website.

New Business: Board members are submitting proposed revisions to our Guild Bylaws and Policy documents. Specific policy guidelines will be included in the revised FKQG policy document; the Bylaws will contain the more general guiding principles to be followed. Nancy Adams will review the final proposed version.

Committee Reports:

Treasurer: The Quilt Show financial report will be included in the newsletter.

Membership: The Guild currently has 272 members.

Library: Sue Hootman will try listing newly acquired library books in the newsletter.

Programs: The June program will be a workshop. In August Chi-Ke Moore, a Seminole quilter, will give a lecture and trunk show.

Education: The May classes will be held as scheduled despite low enrollment. The education committee will be meeting on May 16 to set the upcoming schedule.

Respectfully submitted,

Jane Shannon, Secretary

 

New Business: A Board committee will look at the Guild’s advertising policy and at class policies. Sheri Cooper has volunteered to take over as newsletter editor, although she is only here for six months of the year; the mechanics of this were discussed. The position of Guild Historian was discussed, and it was decided that instead of the scrapbooks that have been kept in the past, perhaps this function could best be carried out online by posting a written history of the Guild on the website as well as photographs of Guild members, quilts and activities.

Committee Reports:

Treasurer: The 2005 financial records have been reviewed by Bette Behanna, found to be in order, and were accepted by the Board.

Membership: Current membership is 264. New cards are being printed.

Website: Use of the Google group is growing. Adding photographs of members was discussed.

Programs: Possible plans for future meetings were considered, including a members’ flea market in June, working on donation quilts in July, and showing antique quilts at the August meeting.

Education: Upcoming workshops were discussed, including the possibility of canceling Jan Krueger’s third class if enrollment for it does not increase.

Respectfully submitted,

Jane Shannon, Secretary