December 4, 2013
10:00 am until 11:52 am
Sewing Studio in Maitland, Florida
24 members and guests in Attendance
Meet and Greet
Raffle Basket
The basket was won by Ellen Gordon.
Block of the Month
The December Block of the Month was won by Yanick.
Jodi announced the January BOM is a butterfly 8.5 inches square. Please use oranges, pinks and yellows on a white background.
Boggy Creek Quilts
Each team made a progress report on their quilts.
Election Process
Alejandrina outlined the Election Committee. The members of the Election
Committee for the current election are: Debbe King, Julia Hunt and Zonetta Glenn.
Committee for the current election are: Debbe King, Julia Hunt and Zonetta Glenn.
Ongoing Election Process
As the guild continues to grow, we need to formalize some of our procedures and let members know what those procedures are. The Board just outlined the following procedures for the Election Process.
As the guild continues to grow, we need to formalize some of our procedures and let members know what those procedures are. The Board just outlined the following procedures for the Election Process.
In November of each year the OMQG Board will select a committee of 3 members in good standing to serve as the Election Committee. The members of the committee are ineligible to run for office during the election for which they serve on the Election Committee.
The committee will be charged with the following responsibilities:
Advertise the upcoming election, discuss duties and qualifications of positions with membership and accept nominations no later than the regular January Membership Meeting.
The Election Committee will accept absentee votes from members in good standing who are unable to attend the February Meeting. This will be done in a time period selected by the committee sometime during January up through the day before the February Meeting; the committee has leeway to establish a specific date range during this time period. The purpose of absentee ballots is to encourage as much member participation as possible. Our bylaws do specify that the ballots are secret, so it is anticipated that the committee will develop a confidential manner to handle absentee ballots.
Those voting in person at the February Meeting will be given a printed secret ballot.
The committee will track names of those eligible to vote (members in good standing) and will record all receiving a ballot, either absentee or in the person the morning of the vote. The committee members will conduct the voting, tally and announce the results at the February Membership Meeting. (Exact vote counts will not be part of the public announcement, though the information is to be recorded in the event that any member requests the exact count.)
A simple majority of those voting is needed for a candidate to win the position.
New officers will assume their roles effective March 1.
Ongoing Election Process-There are some adjustments to the process for the current election as we developed the guidelines midway through the election process.
The ongoing process as outlined above will be followed except for the following date changes:
The Board is appointing an Election Committee to begin work during December 2013.
All nominations are due by December 15th as previously announced.
DEMOS
The committee will be charged with the following responsibilities:
Advertise the upcoming election, discuss duties and qualifications of positions with membership and accept nominations no later than the regular January Membership Meeting.
The Election Committee will accept absentee votes from members in good standing who are unable to attend the February Meeting. This will be done in a time period selected by the committee sometime during January up through the day before the February Meeting; the committee has leeway to establish a specific date range during this time period. The purpose of absentee ballots is to encourage as much member participation as possible. Our bylaws do specify that the ballots are secret, so it is anticipated that the committee will develop a confidential manner to handle absentee ballots.
Those voting in person at the February Meeting will be given a printed secret ballot.
The committee will track names of those eligible to vote (members in good standing) and will record all receiving a ballot, either absentee or in the person the morning of the vote. The committee members will conduct the voting, tally and announce the results at the February Membership Meeting. (Exact vote counts will not be part of the public announcement, though the information is to be recorded in the event that any member requests the exact count.)
A simple majority of those voting is needed for a candidate to win the position.
New officers will assume their roles effective March 1.
Note: According to the OMQG Bylaws any current officer, who is available to continue in his role is eligible to continue in that position without a vote if there is no other member running for that office.
The Board is appointing an Election Committee to begin work during December 2013.
All nominations are due by December 15th as previously announced.
Alejandrina asked members to indicate their interest in demos (about 20 minutes in length) at Sew Days in 2014. On what topics would you like to see demos? What demos would you be willing to do?
Festival of the Trees
Debbe discussed with OMQG members her idea for the members to create and donate a Modern Tree Quilt (for sale) for next years Festival of Trees (held each year at the Orlando Museum of Art.)
Member Topics Discussed
Quilt stores being informed about Modern Quilting
Shopping Locally
Moving up the Vote on Joining MQG to January
Holiday Party
The party will be held during Sew Day at Dr. Philips (SW Branch of the Orange County Library System) on Friday, Dec. 13 from 10 am until 4:45 pm. If you want to participate in the gift exchange bring a mug rug in a brown paper bag. Also please bring festive foods to share.
Show and Tell
Wish I Had Made That
"I Wish" was won by Sue.
To my understanding, Debbe's discussion was about making a modern quilt to have as a donation which could then be raffled as part of the fundraiser. (Not to make a full tree for sale.)
ReplyDeleteThanks! You are right. I went back and corrected the minutes!
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