JCK GENERAL MEETING

Wednesday, August 1, 2012, 7:00-9:00pm    

Scholl Canyon Estates Retirement Community

Agenda

6:30pm: Meet and Greet, Sign In, Get Organized, etc.
    

7:00pm: Call to Order [Evelyn Van Orden, President]
    

    Installation of New Secretary [Evelyn Van Orden, President; Eve Pereira, Incoming Secretary]
    

    Hospitality Report [Evelyn Van Orden for Sue Dietel, Hospitality]
    

    Secretary’s Report [Eve Pereira, Secretary]
    

    Treasurer's Report [Evelyn Van Orden for Cindy Vogel, Treasurer]
    

    Philanthropy Report [Judy Gregory, VP Philanthropy]
    

    Programs Report [Bonnie James, Programs Coordinator]:
       

        L.A. County Fair: Fri, Aug 31 thru Sun, Sep 30; Pomona Fairgrounds
       

        TKGA Knit & Crochet Show: Wed, Sep 12 thru Sun, Sep 16; Reno
        

        La Llama Farm Field Trip: Sat, Oct 13; Apple Valley
    

    Ravelry Report [Eve Pereira, Ravelry Coordinator]
   

    Announcements
   

    ICE CREAM SOCIAL*

    Show and Share
   

9:00pm: Adjourn



Minutes

7:05pm: Call to Order    Evelyn Van Orden, President
    • 15 members were present – Welcome back Donna Hovartos!

    • 1 new member: Karen, member Pat Schnurbush’s daughter
    • 1 guest: Ruth Head, VP Judy Gregory’s daughter

    • Please contact Sue (susandietel@yahoo.com) if you wish to bring treats to a future meeting.

Philanthropy Report    Judy Gregory, VP Philanthropy
    • Judy (judy@judykits.com) sent a box to Afghans for Afghanistan (hats, mittens, socks). One box with smaller items for younger children will be delivered at a later point. Date was extended, so OK to submit more until the mid-August.
    • Sandra Ogden (thadeus40@aol.com) found patterns for knitted prosthetics for women who had mastectomies. There was a plea on a knitting blog for bereavement gowns for babies. Still collecting caps for sea-men. Please contact Sandra for more details.
    • Jerri Thomson (jqthomson@sbcglobal.net) reported that 31 hats were donated by JCK to Knots of Love (KOL). Christine Fabiani sent an email with these statistics about KOL:
        • 3,051 hats donated.
        • 126,125 hats overall.
        • Serves 404 facilities nationwide.
        • Betty White donated $ 500,— to help with financial problems.
        • Register with KOL for Worldwide Knit in Public (WWKIP) Day to find other knitters.
        • Orange County Fair was last week. KOL promoted their philanthropy there and will also do so at the upcoming L.A. County Fair.
        • KOL website now has flower attachment patterns for hats (below regular patterns).
    • Olga Martinez (olga.mar@verizon.net) is collecting hats and scarves for the homeless. 50 scarves made by her mom. Aiming to meet at least last year’s goal of 80 items.
    • Marsha Stoddard (stoddard@pacbell.net) will be collecting for Operation Gratitude for Christmas. Knit & crochet hats and scarves (no wider than 5”, no longer than 60”); dark colors for men and women (unisex dark). Will collect all year at the meetings.
    • The December Meeting will be our 10^th Annual JCK Holiday Potluck Party. Christmas themed preemie and baby hats will again be collected to be delivered to local hospitals before Christmas.
    • Please visit our website home page to find out more about the charities we currently support: Jewel City Knitters.

Programs Report    Bonnie James, Programs
    • La Llama Farm Field Trip: need money and number of people 10 days before the trip, which is scheduled for Saturday, October 13th. Fee of $50/person age 13+ includes lunch, tour of farm, skein of yarn, hands-on class for yarn-dyeing. Bonnie sent around a sign-in sheet. Bring check payable to Nanci Sutton (owner of La Llama Farm) to the September meeting or contact Bonnie (greenbabe17@yahoo.com) for other arrangement.
    • TKGA Knit & Crochet Show: Sep 12-16, Reno: sign up sheet for carpools.
    • Knitting Game: fun idea for future event, possibly in the Fall during a Saturday Charity Knit-Out.
    • If you have any ideas for programs, please contact Bonnie (greenbabe17@yahoo.com).

Ravelry Report    Eve Pereira, Ravelry Coordinator
    • Please join our Ravelry group Jewel City Knitters Group!
    • Eve brings her computer to our meetings and is happy to help with sign-ups/sign-ins, etc.
    • Don’t forget to read and post to discussions. Current topics include:
        • Charity Projects
        • Field Trip to Llama Farm in October

Announcements    None – everybody was ready for ice cream!

8:00pm: First Annual JCK Ice Cream Social
8:30pm: Show and Share
8:50pm: Meeting Adjourned

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Olga Martinez donated this afghan on August 1 for Afghans for Afghanistan. Magnificent, Olga!
Click here to view Eve’s post on Ravelry and members’ comments.