June 2009 AGM Minutes

Thanks to everyone who attended our Annual General Meeting and shared feedback, opinions and ideas.
Here's a summary of what we discussed and what we decided.

Location
There were many ideas thrown around. We have chosen to stay at our current meeting location, with the possibility of holding meetings with speakers off site.
Everyone was assigned homework to research locations close to the Marlatt Funeral Home that would be affordable to us, could accommodate knitters and a speaker or workshop. Please bring this info to the September meeting.
Anne Pennington will call to book our fall dates and to inquire about how we could work with the staff to organize the furniture to suit our needs a little better.
Important to note- The group does not pay any fees to use the house.

Programming Ideas
Finishing
Rare sheep breeds
Amy Singer
Debbie New
History of Knitting in Canada- Shirley Scott
Rochelle Smith- from Paris Yarns
Marsha White from Needleart Books
Knitting around the world
The 3rd annual charity stash auction
Cabin fever
workshop on alternating patterns to knit in the round or in one piece

Members who were not at the meeting who have more ideas, please send them to me and I can add them to the list. Also if you have any knitterly friends who have expertise in any of the above topics could you let me know too.

Executive

I am officially retired as Head Knitter. Anyone willing to step up and fill this job should let me know. Please.

Pam and I will stay on as treasurers and membership organizers.
Mandi will stay on as secretary. We need a back up secretary. Any volunteers?

We have formed a new Programming Committee. The goal of this committee is to book speakers and organize workshops.
Ruth and Theresa have agreed to take on these responsibilities.

Membership and Dues

Membership dues will stay at $25.
Visitors are invited to join us for 1 free meeting. If they opt to join, they pay $25 dues.
Visitors joining us on speaker nights will pay a $10, though this will be waived if they opt to join and pay $25 dues instead.
Membership will include a membership card. Many yarn stores will give a discount so be sure to ask. Needle Emporium and Spun give 10% off to guild members.
Only members will be included in the door prize draw.
Only members can attend the Annual General Meeting. Well, visitors can attend but don't have any voting rights.

One the same topic we have decided to keep the blog running until December, then decide if it is worth continuing. We will advertise in the Hamilton Spectator for the September meeting. We will re-evaluate the need for the ads on a monthly basis.
Thanks to Anne and Mandi for this.

This new information about dues and membership will be printed out and made available to new and returning members in the Fall.

The September meeting is Tuesday September 1st. It will be a meet and greet, summer show and tell and getting ready for the K-W Knitter's Fair.

Thanks to everyone for a great season and happy summer knitting!!

May's meeting

Attendance was up this meeting- we had five new members! Welcome to the group ladies!

We had show and tell, and a great discussion.

Next month it is our 'annual meeting'. We will be looking for people who want to sit on the board. Kristin has been Head Knitter for two years now (thank you Kristin!!) and we are looking for someone to pick up the needles for 2009-2010.

Please bring any ideas you have for the group.

See you June 2nd!

April's Meeting

Tonight we had a very quiet meeting. It was small enough that we all had a good chat and showed off some of our recent projects. Keep knitting and see you next month!

Don't forget about the Knitter's Frolic on April 25th!

March's Meeting

This month we were lucky enough to have Jane Edmondson from Dye-Version http://www.dyeversion.com come and speak with us. Jane gave a very entertaining and interesting talk about using colour in knitting projects, and dying yarn. She also spoke about some of the different fibres that are now available. Jane brought along a HUGE selection of her different yarns. I was unable to leave without purchasing some for my stash!

For those of you that were interested in trying some of your own yarn dying, here is the link to the store Jane mentioned: G & S Dye http://www.gsdye.com

Don’t forget to mark the Downtown Knit Collective’s 12^th Annual Knitters Frolic on your calendar! http://www.downtownknitcollective.ca/dkc_frolic.html The marketplace is open on Saturday April 25^th from 9am to 4pm. Admission is $5. Check the website for a list of the workshops that are offered.

Have a great March! See you at the next meeting on Tuesday April 7^th, 2009.

February's Meeting

Why does it always seem to snow on Guild nights?  We had a
quiet turnout at the meeting this month.  Once again we
welcomed a few new members!  Welcome to the group ladies!

We had a question and answer session- some members brought
in questions about knitting, or problems they had encountered
and addressed the group. We had some very good discussions!

Next month we are having Jane Edmondson from Dye-Version
coming to talk about colour.

Happy knitting and see you on Tuesday March 3, 2009 at 7pm!

December 2008 Meeting

It was a very quiet night tonight at the meeting.

It was snack and knit night. We had a few treats: Ruth brought some "fibre" shortbread cookies (...mmmm...melt in your mouth!) and Tara brought some yummy brownies!

We had show and tell and saw everyone's new projects, great work everyone!

Happy Holidays and see everyone in the New Year!!

November Meeting

Once again we had a fantastic turnout. The grand total for the auction was $256 Thank you to everyone that brought something nice from their stash for the auction. The proceeds went to "Neighbour to Neighbour" in Hamilton. The excess yarn was also going to go to a charity knitting group.

Member ID cards were passed out. So- if you have paid your dues and haven't gotten one yet make sure you get yours at the December meeting.

The next meeting is December 2. This will be a 'stitch-n-chat', so bring along any gifts you have made for show and tell! Also bring along a little snack to share if you would like!

See everyone on December 2nd!!