The following officers provided general updates:
- For President, Amanda provided informational updates on QuiltCon, including (i) Black American Portraits show held at Spelman College featuring a quilt by Bisa Butler; (ii) Black Women Stitch is hosting “Sew Black” podcast at QuiltCon; (iii) Tulapalooza is hosting a swap of fabric on Wednesday evening; and (iv) the QuiltCon challenge quilt will be shipped this week. Amanda noted that the storage unit has received an updated list of officers.
- For Treasurer, Beverly noted: (i) there is a new 990 vendor; (ii) the guild has purchased Quicken for financial tracking and reporting; (iii) bank updates are in process; and (iv) outstanding financial documentation is almost finished.
- For Secretary, Pam reminded officers to provide information for the newsletter by the 20th of each month.
- For Vice President of Community Outreach, Linda noted that we have approximately 23 quilts and 25 pillowcases ready to be donated; she is working towards planning an impromptu sew day at a local quilt shop
- Amanda noted an application for Slack for Non-Profits is in process to give the guild greater tools in the Slack tool at no cost.
- Debby will review other password management tools due to recent security issues with Last Pass.
- We are still having difficulty identifying a location to hold Sewcial Saturdays; Amanda contacted the library and learned that the second Saturday, 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM is consistently available; further discussion is needed to identify possible other locations.
- Amanda noted that the price to renew the PO Box and the officers discussed the potential price increase. The officers decided to gather a list of all the places that the PO Box address is used, then determine if the PO Box can be cancelled.
- Amanda noted that Weebly cannot individually personalize a new member welcome letter, but the order confirmation email can be edited.
- Debby will lead the January meeting program on Goals for the Year
- Debby has posted information about the Circus Cabin sew along on Slack in three places but prefers future discussion to be on the #MemberChat channel.
- Pam and Danica will work on the 2023 Secret Stitchers program
- Danica is coordinating on Slack a member meet-up at QuiltCon in hopes to take a photo of guild members in front of their quilt
The meeting adjourned at 6:20 PM.