Minutes

Scrappy Ladies Quilt Guild Minutes – October 12, 2026

The meeting was called to order by Cheri Walker with 23 members present.

A motion was made by Carolyn Baker and seconded by Deb Behringer to accept the minutes from our previous meeting as published. Motion carried.

Tracy Dempsey shared a thought for the day titled, Quilter's Beatitudes.

The Treasurer's report was given by Nancy Shaw in Margaret's absence. We have a current balance of $ 10,301.60 in our General Fund. Our quilt giveaway account has a balance of $ 2,783.91.

Nancy Shaw will start collecting membership dues for 2027 next month. Please note that the dues have been raised to $25.00.

Carolyn Baker reported that $ 5,944.83 is due to the Retreat Center for our 2026 retreat. Also, we have paid a deposit of $650.00 so that they would save the dates of September 27, 28, and 29, 2027, for us.

Carolyn Baker reported that the Nominating Committee has the following slate of officers for 2027:

         President – Cheri Walker

         Vice President – Julie Racine

         Treasurer – Margaret Arnot

          Secretary – Kris Sparks. 

Nominations will be taken from the floor at our November meeting with elections taking place in December.

Sandi McGoff has volunteered to take over the quilt giveaway until the end of the year. Please be sure to buy your tickets. $5.00 each.

After some discussion it was decided that we need to purchase another bolt of batting to be used for our charity quilts. Carolyn Baker made a motion with a second by Nancy Shaw that we purchase a 30-yard bolt for approximately $206.84. Motion carried.

Cheri is looking for items to use for an In-House Giveaway starting in January 2027. Diane Birner, Darlene Ealey, Carolyn Baker, and SandiMcGoff have volunteered to help with this fundraiser. If you have items to donate, please hold onto them until further notice.

Vicki Shafer had nothing new to report today. Please remember that wecneed to continue to make charity quilts so that when a need arises, we cancstep in to help.

Our November meeting will be a Sew Day to make the quillow kits that were donated to the guild. If you want to work on them during the meeting, please bring 1 ½ yards X 44 or 45" and another scrap of batting approximately 18" square as the batting isn't included in the kits. You will need your sewing machine and sewing supplies.

Our Christmas Luncheon will be a Mexican Plate at Hollydot Golf Course. It will be our normal meeting date of December 14, 2026. We will have a short meeting before the festivities begin. The cost is $22.00 which includes your gratuity. Coffee, tea, lemonade, and water are included. If you want something else to drink, you will have to pay for it, separately.

It was reported that Carol Clark is in rehab at Life Care Center of Pueblo. Her home address is 1590 Amalfi Ct., Pueblo, CO 81008. Her son will see that she gets any cards sent to her home address.

Also, Marilyn Centa's husband passed away recently. If you would like to send her a card, her address is 1611 Horseshoe Dr., Pueblo, CO 81001.

Show and Tell was shared.

Our meeting was adjourned for those taking the Christmas Tree Skirt class.

Respectfully submitted by Kris Sparks, Secretary