PIECE BY PIECE QUILTERS OF MORGAN HILL
P O BOX 724
MORGAN  HILL, CA  95037
Business Meeting Minutes
April 28, 2011

Those in attendance:  Carmen Kovach, Carolyn Golowka, Diane Kirkpatrick, Ginny Grimsich, Laurel Blakley, Laurie Perez, Linda Elia, Lisa Siebert, Nancy Redmond, Nancy Brown, Louise Coombes,  

The meeting was called to order at 6:45 p.m. by Co-Presidents Nancy Redmond & Lisa Siebert at Quilt & Things in Morgan Hill

The minutes of April 2011 were approved, with the following correction:
	There are two keys to the mailbox.  Carolyn Golowka has one and Lisa Siebert has the other.
	The meeting started at 6:45 instead of 7:45.

Treasurer’s Report:  (Linda Elia) 
1.	Cash on hand is $10,092.37.
2.	The tax form has been filed as of April 15th.

Program Chair: (Nancy Brown, Marsha Warthen)
1.	May – Purse ladies:  Roseanne Lauters and Pamela Day (Program only) The workshop has been cancelled to due not enough signups.
2.	June – Shuvunda – Nancy Redmond will ask Jackie Morton and Ferris Coughlan to be the auctioneers
3.	July 16thWorkshop by Lisa, Cheri, Louise & Nancy – Stack n’Whack  $30/person.  The Church has been reserved.  Louise will do the sign-up form.
4.	July  - Ice Cream Social - mixer
i.	Workshop by the FFQ’s is Stack-n-Whack – July 16 9:40-4:30.  There are 17 signed up – only two openings left.
5.	August	TBD
6.	September	 TBD
7.	October – Donation quilts
i.	Sue Hice is looking into the Veteran’s group in Gilroy.  Will know by the middle of May.
8.	November  - Trunk show
9.	December – Holiday Party
i.	The Community Center has been reserved for December 8th  5:30 – 9:30
ii.	Carolyn will Email those who have volunteered for the Holiday Party to start meeting.

A suggestion for a possible program would be to have Dave People’s come and do a program about fabric – similar to what he did at Technique Night.   This could be either the August or September meeting.  

Other suggestions for programs:
1)	Either invite Anna Lee Belden or have some of the guild members teach one of her patterns.  Per Laurie, if our guild members taught, each participant would need to purchase a book and templates.
2)	Apron workshop
3)	Advertise workshops that our guild is having to other guilds, such as Pinnacle in order to get more sign-ups.
4)	Since Joe Wood has been here, can probably fill a workshop in a few months
5)	Teri Creech is a new member who has a pattern published.  Maybe she would be willing to teach a class.

Committee Reports 
1.	Newsletter (Louise Coombes)
a.	The registration form for Stack-n-Whack will be included in the newsletter.
2.	Fun Day 2011 (Ginny Grimsich)  (April 9th)
a.	Fun Day was a huge success.  There was $2,181.06 left.  May need to use some for postage to mail some newsletters.
b.	Need a committee for 2012.  A hard sell will need to be done at the next guild meeting to compile a committee.  They should begin meeting in June/July.
3.	Philanthropy (Diane Kirkpatrick)  N/A
4.	Breast Cancer Quilt – Quilt is still being completed.  Nancy Redmond will ask the committee if the Breast Cancer Quilt will come to one of the guild meetings so members have the opportunity to purchase tickets. 
5.	Membership (Carolyn Golowka) 
a.	52 members signed in at the April meeting.  There were 13 guests, 3 new members and 2 renewals.
6.	Procedures/Standing Rules
a.	Carolyn is working on and will update at the next meeting
7.	Standing Committee  (Diane LeGore)   N/A
8.	Members at Large –  (Ginny Grimsich & Diane Blake)  
a.	Nancy and Ginny are working on the yellow information sheet.  This can be handed out to the guests, etc. at the guild meetings.  Once completed, they will send Carmen a copy to put on the website.
9.	Sunshine – (Ginny Grimsich)
a.	Nancy Bain 
b.	Marsha Warthen

Meeting adjourned at 7:40 p.m.                                  

Respectfully submitted by Laurel Blakley , Co-Secretary.