Christmas Charity

Thanks to everyone who donated knitted items to the Montgomery County Christmas Store! I know Devon already posted this pic on our Ravelry page, but in case you didn't see it, here's some of the things that we all made.

We have another project coming up that Sussi will present at this month's meeting (Saturday the 17th).

Minutes!

Hey guys, here's the link to today's meeting minutes.
I hope everyone will have good Turkey Day. 

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=19w6ZaosTfHxVJck5woYFWbRJPj6cOcJvzT8xPN0tgQc

Edit: Ok, hopefully the link works now. 

Repost of July 2, 2011 Minutes

The New River Valley Knitting Guild Meeting Minutes
July 2, 2011

I. Call to Order
David Simpson called to order the regular meeting of the New River Valley Knitting
Guild at 10:05am on July 2, 2011 at the Mosaic Yarn Shop.

II. Roll call
Devon Eckstein conducted a roll call. The following persons were present:

Leigh Faulconer
Franny Howes
Carol Ellison
David Simpson
Gina Bonomo
Lauren Smith
Devon Eckstein
Cathy Gellis
Patricia Bevan

III. Approval of minutes from last meeting
a. Minutes are available on the NRV Knitting Guild blog
b. http://nrvknittingguild.blogspot.com/

IV. Old Business
a. Steppin’ Out
    i. August 5-6
    ii. Need a space, but they’re full.
              1. Xanadu Space?
                   a. Gina or Dave will call
              2. Non-Profit area waiting list?
                  a. Leigh F. will call
                  b. We need to be prepared up to the last second in case a space opens up.
    iii. Need donated items.
             1. Can be knit, crocheted, etc. or yarn, supplies.
             2. Donations can be dropped off at Mosaic Yarn Shop throughout the month of July.
    iv. Will benefit the Women’s Resource Center located in Blacskburg.
            1. Leigh F. will contact to let them know our plans.
            2. Will get brochures from the WRC, so they’ll be available at our booth.

b. Bank Account
   i. The Guild bank account was created at Wachovia
  ii. The associated card is useable by any Guild member for Guild business.

c. Guild banner
   i. Will be generic enough that it can be reused, for instance reading  "NRV Knitting Guild, Charity Sale”.
   ii. Lauren S. will shop around and have the sign made.

V. New Business
a. Project Linus
   i. After Steppin’ Out (August).
   ii. Donations stay locally within the NRV.
   iii. They can take money or items. We prefer to donate items, since we’re able to craft blankets.
   iv. Leigh will call the local chapter president, Penny, about attending a future Guild meeting, either July 30th or the meeting after that.

b. Game day sales in Lot 1
   i. October.
   ii. Need the use of a Lot 1 parking space – Cathy G. will ask.
   iii. Sell Hokie-colored crafted items for $$.

c. Ravelry group for the NRV Knitting Guild
   i. Devon E. and Franny H. will set up and moderate.
   ii. Guild announcements will be cross-posted there, as well as on the blog, etc.

d. Next meeting will be July 30, 2011 at 11am.

VI. Adjournment
Gina adjourned the meeting at 12pm.

Minutes submitted by: Devon Eckstein, Secretary

Hi!

Hello, this is Rachel, your new NRVKG Secretary. I'll be doing the blogging here and I wanted everyone to know that I'm planning on revamping the blog. Changes, they are a comin'.

For example, you should be able to sign up (over there on the right) to get the blog either in your feedreader or as an email. I'm also working on some other organizational-style changes in format. I'll have a few polls about fun things that I've seen other knitting guilds doing, or new ideas that we want to try out.  Keep your eye on this space!

If anyone is interested in doing guest posts, let me know.  I'm planning on this really taking off after the holidays.  

Guild Meeting Minutes for 9/18/11

The New River Valley Knitting Guild

Meeting Minutes

September 18, 2011

I. Call to Order
Charlotte Gellis called to order the regular meeting of the New River Valley
Knitting Guild at 2:20pm on September 18, 2011 at the Mosaic Yarn Shop.

II. Roll call
Devon conducted a roll call. The following persons were present:
Charlotte Gellis
Cathy Gellis
Devon Eckstein
David Simpson

III. Approval of minutes from last meeting
a. Minutes are available via email and on the NRV Knitting Guild blog
b. http://nrvknittingguild.blogspot.com/

IV. Old Business
a. Project Linus
    i. Local chapter president, Penny, was supposed to attend but did not know about the meeting.

b. Game day sales in Lot 1
   i. Not enough time for this to be successful this year. We’ll think about putting it on the calendar for next year.

c. Tax ID / Non-profit ID
   i. If we want to sell items and collect money for charity, do we need a tax ID and /or non-profit ID?
  ii. Do we need to bond our treasurer?
  iii. Charlotte will contact TKGA and accountant.

V. New Business
a. Next meeting will be Sunday, October 16th from 2pm to 3pm.

b. Future meeting times
   i. We need a regular meeting day and time each month.
   ii. Devon will send a poll with meeting days and times.
   iii. Deadline for answering the poll will be 2 weeks from posting.

c. Project ideas
   i. Still want to keep charity donations local.
   ii. Cathy and Devon will start collecting info on local charities
and create a list.
            1. List will be posted online - on blog and/or Ravelry
            2. Individual members of the NRVKG are free to donate time/knit goods, etc. to any local    charities, and we can keep track of said donations as evidence of our charitable giving.
  iii. Squares
         1. We can collect knit and crocheted squares and strips at any time.
         2. We can combine them into afghans for charities such as Project Linus.

d. Stash
   i. For those who wish to knit for charity but do not have the yarn, we can keep a stash of donated yarn designated for that purpose.
   ii. Charlotte will talk to Gina about keeping this stash in Mosaic for guild use.

e. Member list & emails
   i. Devon will check the sign-up list each Wednesday and update the email list.

VI. Adjournment
Devon adjourned the meeting at 3:30pm.

Minutes submitted by: Devon Eckstein, Secretary

Next Meeting is Sunday, October 16, 2pm at Mosaic Yarn Shop

Next Meeting is July 30, 2011 at Noon

The meeting will take place on Saturday, July 30th at 11 am at Mosaic yarn Shop to further discuss our presence at Stepp'in out in Blacksburg and the steps that need to be taken for the event to go smoothly. We got the Xanadu space to sell our donated items, so we need to discuss what's next and who is working.

Next Meeting July 2nd 10am at Mosaic

Be sure to attend our second meeting at 10am, July 2nd, at Mosaic. Our premier newsletter will be an enewsletter in the future to save paper, but we will be handing them out at the meeting. In this newsletter, you will hear from our President, and read about our Indy-dyer David Simpson, where he came from and where he is going. You'll also get some great free patterns. Let's plan our new charity event knit-along! See you there!