The meeting was called to order at 12:30 PM by President Bert Garino.
J.J. Stinson is present to collect the 71 quilts made by our members for the premature babies in the neonatal intensive care unit at Inova Fairfax Hospital. Anyone who made one of these quilts needs to sign in so Bert can get the names to J.J.
The February minutes stand as written.
Treasurers’ report: Dotty Eisenhour reported the balance. The chapter is in good financial shape. We now have 95 members.
Vice President: Ellen Patton announced the programs for the next few months: the Karen Kay Buckley workshop on March 24th is full; Margaret Miller in April (the business meeting and program meeting will be swapped). Margaret Miller’s workshop (“Strips That Sizzle”) has 9 more openings.
Ellen is working on a strip for the Alzheimer Awareness Quilt which will tour the country. Anyone who knows someone with Alzheimer’s can sign that person’s name on the strip.
Nominating Committee: Contact Libby Dudley if you want to run for an office. We still need a volunteer to be Mt Vernon’s representative to the big QU Quilt Show for 2011. Our job at next year’s show is programs and cards.
2010 Quilt Show Rep: All information is on the blog. There is a meeting on Friday for the committee.
Webmaster: Make sure to check out the blog to see all of the changes that Agnes has made to streamline the site.
Hollin Hall: Mary Stauss reminds everyone that you must update your senior center registration form every year. Make sure to write “quilt guild” at the top of the form.
Retreat: The retreat is next week.
Spring Luncheon: Pat Alfredson and Mary Mazzuchi will start taking reservations in April.
Community Service: On March 30th we will have a work day from 11:30 am to 3:30 pm to work on pillowcases for various causes. So far our chapter has donated 59 quilts, 71 preemie quilts, 7 sets of doll clothes, 45 pillowcases, $250 gift cards, books and miscellaneous items to various charities.
Kathy Edwards will take donations of used rotary cutter blades to donate to a local artist. Kathy Zahaczewsky reminded everyone that the Woodlawn Needlework show runs through the end of March.
Unfinished Business: We need a Quilt-In Committee chair for March 2011. We also need a boutique committee chair and 5 volunteers for this year’s show.
New Business: Report of big QU board meeting on March 3rd:
- QU is looking for educational facilities to make monetary donations to (e.g. quilt museum)
- The Quilt In is this Sunday, March 14th
- Proposed slate of officers for QU:
o VP Karen Loftus (Burke)
o Secretary Karla Vernon (Vienna)
o Treasurer Gen Meyer (Burke)
o Nominations Sandra Rees (Burke/Fairfax)
o Membership Cindy Pedder (Fairfax)
o President Ex Officio Susan Fernandez (Burke)
o Artisans United Board Diane Carnes (Annandale)
o Newsletter Nancy Miller (Fairfax)
o Other nominations are still being accepted and the vote is at the annual meeting on May 20th.
- If there is enough interest Bert will have the sewing machine repairman come to a bee in April
- Please turn in the quilt blocks for the big QU president, Susan Fernandez, by March 30th
- QU now has donation forms that you can fill out for tax purposes
- McLean’s auction is on March 23rd at 9:30 am
- There are more raffle tickets available
Gail Franchi says a woman who works at In Stitches is looking for someone to put a back and borders on a quilt.
Show and Tell: Lynne Fishburn, Sierra Smith, Ann Marlin, Mary Stauss, Bert Garino, Kathy Edwards, Cathy Hanratty, Dotty Eisenhour, Jim Melton and Joyce Keating shared some of their work.
The meeting was adjourned at 1 PM so we could enjoy the refreshments provided by Gail Franchi, Lois Altz and Joan Bingman.
Respectfully submitted,
Cathy Hanratty
