June Meeting Minutes

Minutes of General Board Meeting

Orlando Modern Quilt Guild

June 3, 2020

Meeting was opened at 10:05 am   

President Ede Nault opened the meeting and welcomed everyone on the Zoom virtual format 

President – Ede Nault 

Ede reported that there have been a few issues using codes for Zoom and apologized for any confusion. Members are using their own Zoom accounts for the sew days; there is no account available from the guild. She thanked all members that are willing to use their own account.

She also mentioned that Bluprint (formally Craftsy) is going out of business and just thought it wise to mention to members that if they have downloadable patterns or classes they are encouraged to do so before the site is unavailable.

She also reported that there is a new feature in the newsletter, the “quarantine diaries,” It’s just a fun way to keep up on what members have been doing during the quarantine time. If you would like to participate please email member at large Love Sullivan with your quarantine diary!

A short video was presented by Kelsey from the Sewing Studio, our usual meeting site hosts.

Vice President – Debra Jalbert 

Debra Jalbert thanked Paula for work on the newsletter this month. She screen-shared the newsletter for the It’s a Wrap section and the Mystery Quilt regarding information on those challenges. Debra mentioned that virtual sew days are coming up and that the Zoom meeting code would be sent to members in an email before the sew day. 

On June 24 from 7 to 8 PM there will be a virtual discussion with members of the guild who are longarmers. This was a topic that was brought up last year on the survey, so there are some questions that have already been pre-set for the longarmer’s discussion, but if anyone has a question, they should email it to Debra. There will also be a chat option on the Zoom meeting call.  Ede mentioned that she shared a recipe in the newsletter. 

Yanick discussed the block of the month tutorial. It is an improv tutorial with strips inspired by Victoria Finley Wolfe. Yanick provided a link to the instructions on the blog. There will be three different sizes and hopefully they can pick more winners if there are lots of blocks made for the challenge. Colors should be bright colors, with no neutrals. She also asked that everybody answer a survey question that is on the blog post regarding the mailing of BOM since we are not meeting in person right now.

Secretary -Paula Kennedy 

Secretary Paula Kennedy reported that the YouTube Channel will only be accessible through a direct link and meetings and posting videos will not be searchable; it is designated as “hidden” on YouTube. If anyone has missed the link, or needs it, one can be sent through email. ( this has since been updated since the meeting and videos will not be hidden, but made public )  

She also said that the directory will be going out next week and that each member is responsible for verifying their information. Kathy Aber has gone through the changes from the membership forms, but please check your information when you get the first copy of the directory- any necessary corrections will be made.

Please send any photos of completed projects to Paula to be shown in the July Virtual slide show, or hashtag it #orlandomqgshowandtell.

Community Outreach – Sue Kenard 

Sue Kenard , Community Outreach reported that placemat collection has dwindled down a little but mostly because we have not been meeting in person to collect them. Several people are still making masks. She asked members once again to keep track of the masks they are making, and a survey of the guild will be done to keep some kind of track of how many masks were donated from our members.

Sue also announced the new community outreach initiative for this year; it will be baby quilts to be made for children in the foster care system ages birth to three years. It is a faith -based initiative by Summit Church. Any size baby quilts, and any type are acceptable. Sharleen Jespersen had the original contact and has been working with Sue on this project. They will be collecting and storing the quilts as they are made; Sue is anticipating a major drop off of the quilts in November. 

Sue also mentioned that at the moment the QuiltCon quilt is on hold, but the Festival of Trees quilt is a definite possibility. The Orlando Museum of Art is still dealing with how to put on the Festival of Trees and would be greatly appreciative of the Guild’s donation of a quilt for their fundraising efforts. 

Education- Marge Cree 

Marge reported that most teachers and workshop instructors are trying to figure out how to go virtual and take their classes online.  Amy Friend will not be traveling to Orlando in August for our original slated class, so she is trying to come up with a solution. Currently Jackie Gering and Rayna Gilman are on the schedule for next year. More information will come as situations with the instructors develop. A special surprise is in store for a guild educational opportunity in August. 

Ede showed sewing room videos that have been contributed by members including Karol Evans, Linda Casey and Caroline Garnier. 

          New Business - Programming 

The meeting then moved onto programming, which Yanick presented this month. It was a wonderful program on Japanese quilting and cypher quilts by Yoshiko Jinzengi.

She led a wonderful PowerPoint program and introduced us to this amazing woman and her art. She provided links and told us about books that were available. A few members in the chat room of the virtual meeting mentioned that they had books by this artist, and they would be happy to let anyone borrow them. Debra and Yanick both confirmed that three months of our general programming is about Japanese quilting.

Ede introduced the slideshow of the Show and Tell photos that members have sent in. The slideshow of Show and Tell will be a separate entry on the YouTube channel for members to view. 

Debra asked for any members that have ideas for programming she would love to hear from you, and anyone who is willing to do a program please let her know. It would be greatly appreciated for anyone who can contribute.

Meeting was adjourned at 11:01 AM

Respectfully submitted,

Paula Kennedy