General Membership Meeting – November 9, 2024

Join us for our General Membership Meeting on Saturday, November 9th, 9:30AM to approximately 1:00PM. The meeting will be at the Live Oak Grange, 120 Gardiner Street, Rogue River, OR. We welcome anyone with an interest in quilts in all their forms and at all skill levels.

REMEMBER – If you didn’t pick up your 2024-2025 Membership Packet at the September, it will be available at the Sign-In Table.

9:00 – Sign-In Table opens where you can:

• Pick up your ticket for door prizes
• Enter the emoticon drawing (look for it in the current newsletter)
• Get a ticket for each ““Happy Thanksgiving” fat quarter you turn in (solids or prints, a single color or a combination of colors).
• Get a copies of the latest newsletter, the meeting agenda, and Treasurer’s report.
• Buy a chance to win a Lifetime Free MSQG Membership! $20 per ticket, cash only.

Just past the Sign-In Table is the Block Party display. Turn in your “Pretty Pumpkin” appliqué blocks and/or your “Nine-Patch Variation” pieced blocks that were presented at the September meeting. Across the room is the Quilts of Valor display where you can turn in blocks or quilts you made (just remember to put your name on each QOV item). You can also pick up a pattern or kit for the next QOV project.

9:30 – Early Bird Class. (To be announced later.)

10:45 – Lunch will be provided by the guild. The Hospitality crew will be serving meatball subs with a side salad and dessert. For vegetarians there will be a plant-based meatball sub with marinara sauce and cheese.  For anyone needing gluten-free there will be a calzone made with a gluten free pizza dough, stuffed with ground beef, marinara sauce, and cheese. The vegetarian and gluten-free options will be available for those members who signed up for those. As always, regular and decaf coffee will be available plus hot water and tea bags for those who prefer that.

11:15 – Business Meeting begins. It includes presentations from the Board and Committee Chairs plus drawings for door prizes, emoticon, fat quarters, and Block Party.

12:00 (approx.) – Speaker/Presentation.  Dana Keeler, is the new owner of Pacific Rim Quilt Company. She’s teaching the “2 Fabric Application Class” on Friday and will be at the guild meeting the next day to do a presentation for us.

12:45 (approx.) – Show and Tell. This will immediately follow the Speaker Presentation. Bring your latest creations to show to the group and remember to state your name when you come up on the stage so we can give you credit when we post the photos of your quilt on the website under Show & Tell.

At the conclusion of the meeting we ask that you help put away the tables and chairs.

Note: If you aren’t already a member of our guild and are interested in joining, we have information available at the Sign-In table.