Mid Island Weavers and Spinners (and other fibre enthusiasts) Guild

This is the Mid Island Weavers and Spinners (and other fibre enthusiasts) blog page. The group meets the first Wednesday of the month during the fall/winter/spring (September through to June). Meetings are now being held at the library downtown on Commercial St upstairs in their meeting room. Guests are welcome to come...bring your knitting, spinning wheel or other fibre addictions. Meetings usually consist of 5 minutes of business, show and tell (bring something), tea and cookies, and some sort of workshop, seminar or talk where you will learn something fibry and interesting.
We now have an email address: MIWSGuild at gmail.com

Thursday, April 5, 2018

MID-ISLAND WEAVERS / SPINNERS GUILD

Meeting held on: April 4, 2018 at Saint Paul’s Church, Nanaimo

Call to order: 7:05

Guild Executive: Linda Van Os President
________________ Vice-President
Crystal Treasurer
Jeannette Secretary
Liz Web Master

Guild members in attendance: Margo, Liz, Heather, Margaret, Jeannette,Debbie, Joyce, Linda, Elspeth

OLD BUSINESS:

  1. Who has the written guild policies/procedures?

  1. Membership list needs completing - Linda

TREASURER’S REPORT: not available

NEW BUSINESS:

  1. Card sent to Anne Fiddick (room#26 G floor rehab): Elspeth

  1. Nettles Workshop: Liz

  1. Discussion with regards to “business” and what should/needs to be looked at/revised by the guild at the May AGM. Topics raised so far: book reports by members, monetary policies/procedures regarding program(s), job description for executive positions, equipment list updates, financial reporting monthly/quarterly, library inventory updates, bi-monthly business meetings ,hostess duties, adding a membership person to the executive.


A motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting at 8:10 p.m.
The next meeting will be held on May 2, 2018

Hostesses for the ­­­­­­May meeting will be Margo + Lynne.

Please remember that if you are unable to fulfill your duties as hostess to arrange with another guild member to take your place in advance of the meeting date.

Program for the May meeting: Joyce – beaded lace



SHOW AND TELL:

Elspeth – twined baskets, handspun

Debbie – hand dyed/woven tea towels

Jeannette – knit baby sweater/booties/hat

Margaret – handspun

Margo – UFO felt to give away

Liz – boucle yarn samples

Heather – boucle handspun

Joyce – knit shawl (wingspan pattern), knit baby sac