River City Quilt Guild: Committees

Committee -- Goals and Purposes

Birthday Table - manages sale of tickets and drawings for donated gifts
Community Service - distribute supplies to committee members; set up workshops to make kits/quilts/other items for recipients (past beneficiaries have included Parker House residents); provide Newsletter committee with updates
Christmas Lotto - forms committee to select patterns, fabric, prep kits for July meeting, sales, organizes sewing sessions to make tops, drawing at Christmas Party.
Christmas Party - coordinates food, gift exchange, decorations, table set-ups, etc
Education and Programs - coordinates presentations by contracted teachers, suggests and organizes educational technique demonstrations for monthly meetings; hands-on during meetings or on sew days
Fabric/Block Swap - coordinate fabric swaps
Friendship Groups/New Member Activities - Greets guests and perspective members; keeps database of existing “quilting bees” accepting new members; generates listings of members looking to form new groups based on interests, location, and meeting times; coordinates weekend or day trips to out-of-town quilt locations, includes transportation, lodging, schedules
GSQA Liaison - attends GSQA quarterly meetings, reports content to guild
Guild Challenges - annual challenge(s) - picks theme, fabrics, makes presentation
Guild Retreats - coordinates dates and locations for sewing retreats
Lotto Blocks - picks fabric and pattern, prepares kits for sale, drawing (generally in March and August)
Meeting Logistics - coordinates helpers to set up room, presentations, and clean up at meeting's end
Newsletter - produce monthly newsletter
Public Relations - manages RCQG, photographs events, maintains current data, pictures, go-to information about guild, distributes press release to local media; contacts by e-mail follow-up to invite visitors to future meetings
Saturday Sew-In - unlocks and locks the room and assures that proper cleanup take place at the end of the day
UFO Challenge - organizes program and contest during selected month to choose winners based on categories voted on by membership (TBA)

Note that it really takes a village to run a quilt guild......

Upcoming Events

2020/01/02 -- River City Meeting - 6:30p
2020/01/25 - GSQA Meeting
2020/02/01 - QOV Sew Day at St. John's 9a-3p
2020/02/06 -- River City Meeting 6;30PM
Charlotte Angotti - Why Aren't You Making More Quilts?
2020/02/07 - Charlotte Angotti Let's Be Friends Class
2020/02/25 -- Mardi Gras
2020/03/05 -- River City Meeting - 6:30p
UFO Block of the Month Deadline
2020/04/02 -- River City Meeting - 6:30p
2020/04/03 - GSQA Quilt Show - Harbor Center Slidell
2020/04/04 - GSQA Quilt Show - Harbor Center Slidell
2020/04/22-25 -- Paducah Quilt Show
2020/05/14 -- River City Meeting - 6:30p
2020/06/04 -- River City Meeting - 6:30p
2020/07/02 -- River City Christmas in July - 6:30p
2020/08/06 -- River City Meeting - 6:30p
2020/09/03 -- River City Meeting - 6:30p
2020/10/01 -- River City Meeting - 6:30p
2020/10/10 - Gyleen Fitgerald Class
2020/10/29 - 2020/11/01 -- Houston Quilt Festival
2020/11/05 -- River City Meeting - 6:30p

Birthdays

2020/01/02 -- Nanzy Stewart
2020/01/05 -- Louise Porter
2020/01/10 -- Sherry Herringshaw
2020/01/16 -- Mary White
2020/01/17 -- Glenda Parks
2020/01/18 -- Charlene Wilson
2020/01/21 -- Brenda Gauthier
2020/01/24 -- Frances Jones
2020/02/02 -- Paula St. Romain
2020/02/15 -- Joni DeVilbiss
2020/02/18 -- Aimee Leblanc Fairchild
2020/02/19 -- Joyce Perry
2020/02/22 -- Daisy Comeaux
2020/02/26 -- Beverly Yearby
2020/03/01 -- Sarah Leblanc
2020/03/05 -- Caroline Derbes
2020/03/19 -- Jackie Wood
2020/03/21 -- Suzi Montague
2020/03/29 -- Carol Hilton
2020/04/05 -- Cheryl Marts