Minutes May 2015
Diablo Weavers Guild
May 29, 2015
This meeting was held at the home of Margie Kaplan, during the Woven Shibori
Dye Day. Meeting was at the lunch break. There was no formal opening to the
meeting.
First discussion was about next year's slate of officers. All slots were filled
except Program Chair. More on this later.
Upcoming Programs:
June 12, 2015: Note meeting time is 11 a.m. at Vilija's house. Bring an item for
the Pot luck lunch. Also, bring your completed Woven Shibori project from today,
and bring the references for whatever project you did today.
Sept. 2015: At Carol Causey's home. Topic: What I did last summer, as well
as the usual sell/exchange.
Oct. 2015: TBA
Nov. 13, 2015: Guest speaker Darryl Lancaster
Dec. 2015: Holiday Luncheon
Jan 2016: TBA
Feb 2016: TBA
Mar 2016: TBA
Apr 2016: TBA
May 2016: TBA
June 2016: Picnic Day Potluck Luncheon
Linda Van Heertum and Vilija introduced the upcoming Darryl Lancaster sewing
workshop. It will be held Nov. 8 - 12. At this time it is expected to cost $250 to
$350 per participant. The location for the workshop hasn't been settled yet. If
you know of a reasonably priced place, please contact Linda or Vilija.
Next we brainstormed program ideas for the 2015-16 year. Some of the ideas:
1. Woven square exchange. the woven square to be used in a finished project.
This could also be a possible guild project for the 2016 Conference.
2. Shibori Square exchange - or- weave a textured solid color square for the
exchange.
3. Joan Anderson volunteered to contact Suzy Taylor for a possible program,
perhaps in Oct. 2015.
4. Kris Peerand suggested we use some of the talent in the guild and do some
type of home grown program.
5. Madelyn van der Hoogt's video on comparing weaving software
6. Other weaving video programs on varying topics
7. Carol Gray will contact a friend in the rug business for a possible program on
rugs.
Back to the election...
Next year's officers:
President - Kris Peerand
Secretary - Pam Murdock
Treasurer - Vilija
Hospitality - Joan Leon
CNCH Liaison - Vilija
Programs - Chair TBA with a committee of volunteers
The slate of officers was accepted unanimously.
CNCH Liaison Report
Joan Anderson reported that the 2017 alternative conference will be held the first
week of May at Asilomar.
2016 will have 2 conferences - the main "big" conference in Modesto in the
spring, and a 1 day annual meeting type of conference in the fall at the Alameda
County Fairgrounds.
Kris shared around 3 copies of "Shuttle, Spindle, and Dyepot" featuring some
work by Lillian Whipple.
Meeting was adjourned.