General Membership Meeting – September 14, 2024
September 14 @ 9:30 am - 1:00 pm
Join us for our General Membership Meeting on Saturday, September 14th, 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 – Membership Packets for the new fiscal year (with badges, cards, etc.) will be handed out 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 “Black, White and Red” 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 “Sailboat” appliqué blocks and/or your “Antique Tile” pieced blocks that were presented at the July 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. Debbie Carruthers will be showing us “How to do a Flange Binding”.
10:45 – Lunch is served. Lunch will be potluck – bring a dish to share with the other attendees. 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. (To be announced later.)
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 (blue chairs on the west side of the room, beige chairs on the east side.
If you aren’t already a member of our guild and you’re interested in joining, we have information available at the Sign-In table.