PIECE BY PIECE QUILTERS OF MORGAN HILL
P O BOX 724
MORGAN  HILL, CA  95037
Business Meeting Minutes
May 26, 2011

Those in attendance:  Carmen Kovach, Carolyn Golowka,  Diane LeGore, Laurel Blakley, Laurie Perez, Linda Elia, Louise Coombes,  Nancy Redmond

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

The minutes of May 2011 were approved

Treasurer’s Report:  (Linda Elia) 
1.	Cash on hand is $8,098.34.

Program Chair: (Nancy Brown, Marsha Warthen)
1.	June – Shuv’unda – 
2.	July  - Ice Cream Social – mixer
3.	Workshop by the FFQ’s is Stack-n-Whack – July 16 9:40-4:30 at the Church.  Only 1 space left.
4.	August	TBD
5.	September	 TBD
6.	October – Donation quilts
i.	Sue looked into the Veterans in Gilroy and they only need about 20 quilts.  Sue is researching other charities.  Laurie suggested Meals on Wheels.  Nancy will talk to Sue.
7.	November  - Trunk show
8.	December – Holiday Party
i.	The Community Center has been reserved for December 8th  5:30 – 9:30
ii.	Diane LeGore will start sign-ups at the next meeting for the committee

A suggestion for a meeting would be “Let’s Make a Deal”.  It was thought that this could be done at the September meeting.  Laurel was not sure it could be done in that short of time; more research and planning needs to be done to make it a success.  

Committee Reports 
1.	Nominating Committee
a.	Need volunteers 
2.	Newsletter (Louise Coombes)
a.	Diane LeGore will send Louise the calendar of events to put in the Newsletter
b.	African Folklore Embroidery sent a book as a donation.  This will be given to the Philanthropy committee to include in one of the baskets.
3.	Philanthropy (Diane Kirkpatrick)  N/A
4.	Breast Cancer Quilt – Quilt is almost completed – binding being put on.  Nancy will talk to the Breast Cancer committee to see if the quilt can be brought to the guild meeting in order to sell tickets.  
5.	Membership (Carolyn Golowka)
a.	The guild has over 120 members
b.	Needs help at the door during the meetings.  People are not signing in .    Also, new members and guests need to feel welcome. 
i.	 It was suggested that if the Members at Large are not available, Executive Board members will need to step in and help.   Also, after the meeting starts, Nancy will have the clipboard sent around so people can check their names.
6.	Standing Committee  (Diane LeGore)   N/A
7.	Members at Large –  (Ginny Grimsich & Diane Blake)  N/A
8.	Sunshine – (Ginny Grimsich) N/A

Meeting adjourned at 7:10 p.m.                                  

Respectfully submitted by Laurel Blakley , Co-Secretary.