Meeting Notes November 2019

Diablo Weavers Guild

November 22, 2019

meeting notes

President Reba Siero welcomed everyone and called the meeting to order at 10:10 a.m.

There were no guests today.

Treasurer's report: approximately $800 in checking, and $1,004 in savings.

Hospitality: someone will need to take over the coffee service due to Vilija's move.

CNCH: no new announcements. Registration for 2020 conference is still open. CNCH is asking each guild to do a display and also to donate a gift basket for the raffle. This supports CNCH conference grants.

HGA Convergence and Complex Weavers conferences: Registration is open for HGA, and registrations opens for Complex Weavers in February. The conferences are consecutive this time with a 1 day overlap.

Member announcements:

Susie Hodges announced Golden Gate Weavers will have a display in Oakland at the EBMUD Building on 12th St. The display will run from mid January until mid February 2020. There will be a reception on Thursday, Jan. 16.

Carol Gray told us about a Gilmore loom and other equipment for sale. She will post details on the website.

Mary Helen Binger is destashing 10 skeins of churro wool. Please see Mary Helen.

Programs:

The next meeting will be held on December 13, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Vilija's house. It will be a holiday potluck luncheon. Bring a dish to share and a gift for the exchange.

There was a discussion about ideas for upcoming programs. Carol Gray is working with someone to find an agreeable date to do a presentation about rugs and rug weaving.

Other ideas presented were to have Kris Peerand review her program on weaving software, and to have guild members present programs .

Susie suggested programs by local speakers: Debra Corsini on Wedge Weave,

Joyce Purlburt, a textile restorer, and Joy May Hilden, on Bedouin weaving. She has contact information for these suggested speakers.

Study Group: next topic for the study group is deflected weave. There was a proposal to purchase the Madelyn van der Hooght DVD on Deflected Doubleweave. The motion was approved by acclimation.

Library: Due to Vilija's move, we will need a new librarian who is a member of both Diablo Weaver's and Treadles To Threads to take the DVD collection to both meetings. Tina Butler volunteered.

Next was Show & Tell, then a break for refreshments

After the break, we watched portions of a video from PBS's "Craft In America" series. The segments we viewed featured Randall Darwall and Consuelo Underwood.