PRESIDENT’S LETTER: Barbara Wall

Meetings: June 7th – Business June 1st -Night 6:45pm

No day Meeting Location

3900 Lexington Blvd, Missouri City, TX 77459

Contacts: president@cpqgtx.org editor@cpqgtx.org pres-elect@cpqgtx.org webmaster@cpqgtx.org membership@cpqgtx.org workshops@cpqgtx.org

Website: http://cpqgtx.org

Inside this issue:

Comm. Service, QOV,

Baskets, Membership 2

Quilt Show, Appraisals 3

Bees 4

Workshops, Programs

Retreat 5

Birthday, Library,

Treasurer, Rep 6

Advertisements 7-9

How To, Board/General

Mtg minutes 10-

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June 2016 Volume 8, Issue 10

Coastal Prairie Quilt Guild Of

Texas

Guess I qualify as a crazy cat lady, but not just for my furry four footed friends. Years ago, when my boys were in Cub Scouts, I thought it would be fun to have our yard “certified” as a Monarch butterfly habitat. We promised not to use insecticides, to plant flowers that attracted the butterflies and to put in LOTS of Milk-weed plants for the caterpillars to eat. A couple of weeks ago, after rescuing an entire plant full of “cats” from the wasps, and giving them a safe place to cocoon and hatch out, I had the fun of releasing 9 or-ange and black beauties into my front yard. It’s kind of a summer rit-ual for me, although I’ve never had that many survive before. What a thrill it is to watch them, one by one, find their wings and flutter away above the trees. Unfortunately, due to disease and loss of habitat and food sources, Monarch numbers are rapidly declining. If you’d like to help give these “Texas Treasures” a fighting chance, here’s where to start: 1. Butterflies and their caterpillars are insects, so avoid using bug

sprays around your yard, including fertilizers that contain insecti-cides.

2. Add flowering plants to your garden that attract and provide food for the butterflies.

3. The ONLY plant that Monarch cats eat is Milkweed, so if you plant it, they will come. Make sure to buy your Milkweed at a reputable nursery that doesn’t use bug spray on their plants. Don’t be sur-prised when the cute little yellow & black striped buggers totally strip the plants of all their leaves, and you find yourself running back to the nursery shouting, “I need more Milkweed, my cats are starving!” That’s part of my ritual, too.

4. For more information on raising Monarchs, check out the numerous sources available on line or at the library.

Sometimes, when I’m in the yard, a Monarch will actually flutter up against me. I like to imagine that it’s one of mine coming back to say thanks! So what’s all this have to do with quilting? Ever looked at our guild logo? Yep, that’s a Monarch!

Quilt Happy! Barb

NOTICE OF BOARD MEETING RESCHEDULING -- Due to the fact that a majority of board members will be

unavailable for the regularly scheduled July 5th board meeting this meeting has been rescheduled for June 28th at

1:30 pm at the Keegan's Woods Community Center.

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187 Blankets, 41 pillowcases, 17 pillows, and 110 quilts have been donated to our charities so far this year. Thanks to

everyone that donated to community service this past month:

Shirley Grover Katherine Onstott Martha Baldwin Julie Dayton

Judy Kohn Barbara Baxter Sakeenah Mubashshir Anna Saikin

Beth Duffy Pauline Manes Carol Ann Barley Betty Stone

Janie Schexnayder Sandi Winston Susan Jett Cathy Price

Helen Wilems

REMINDER

We still need more UPC's!!

Please remember to clip the UPCs from bags of Hobbs batting that you purchase, or just

bring the bag and I'll clip it! Every UPC that's donated saves the guild money. Because of

your donations, I'm up to 5 UPC's. That's enough for a discount on one roll of

batting the next time we order, but we still need more!!!

Community Service By Judy Wolter

Quilts of Valor By Barbara Baxter

Five quilt tops were turned in this month. Ten ladies came to the sew-in and we all had a joyous time with laughter all

around the room. The next sew-in is scheduled for Saturday, June 25 th. Come and join us.

Many thanks to following for their donation to QOV:

Mary Lou Cooper Martha Baldwin Susie Doe Helen Wilems

Barbara Penning Carol Kettlewell Pauline Manes Kiki Tomson

Shirley Grover Liz Narcisse Betty Stone Wilma Al-Uqdah

Kay Paul Sandi Winston Elizabeth Barrow Sakeenah Mubashshir

Carolyn Reindl Patty Sutton

2016/2017 Membership Dues

The new membership renewal forms will be available online by May 4. You may also pick one up at the evening Guild meeting. As a reminder Membership Dues are due by August 31 and late Septem-ber 1, 2016. However, there is a more important reason to pay early. Quilt show entry forms are due by July 21 with quilts turned in by August 18. Entries will not be accepted if the membership dues have not also been paid. So please make it a goal to have paid your dues when you enter your quilts.

Raffle Baskets: We are collecting items for the raffle basket display at the quilt

show. You can coordinate your own basket or your donation will be included with

other items. These need not just be quilting related. Past theme baskets have includ-

ed teas, coffees, wine, cooking, gardening, children, non-perishable foods, and gift

cards. Quilt related baskets have included kits (patterns and fabric), yardage, pre-

cuts, notions, rulers, irons. All donations should be new items. No problem if you

don't have a basket or other container, we have donations for those also and we will

wrap it all up. Please contact Rita Evans or Peggy Johnson if you have something to

donate.

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Quilt Appraisals Available for Your Show Quilts and Other Quilts

The Quilt Show Committee would like to remind everyone that you can get your quilts appraised during our upcoming Quilt Show. The cost for each appraisal is $50; our appraiser, Jane Hancock, has gra-ciously contracted with us to donate back to the guild $18 (that’s 36%) of each appraisal. So, it’s a deal for you and it’s a deal for the guild.

If you would like your show quilt appraised, please check the box on the back of the entry form and sub-mit your $50 per quilt with your entry form. The appraiser will come during the judging hours to work on appraisals. If you have other quilts that you would like to have appraised you can bring them to Jane’s booth at the show and pay her directly.

Here is a bio of our appraiser, Jane Hancock. She is a certified Appraiser , Specializing in Quilts and Textiles. She has worked at our previous shows.

“Jane Hancock, quilt and textile appraiser has had an interest in quilting and sewing since childhood. She became a certified appraiser of personal property 19 years ago when she earned her certification by qualifying with the Certified Appraisers’ Guild of St. Louis, Missouri.

During her career, she has appraised some 600 quilts and textile pieces. Her appraising skills are daily honed by her studies of quilt and textile history, their fabrics and designs. She has read hundreds of books on the subject over the past years. Jane has studied under experts in all types of quilting, such as Terry Thompson, Bobbie Aug, Libby Lehman, and Bill Kerr, and others. She continues to update her qualifications by attending classes and workshops at museums and quilt shows.

Jane Hancock hold membership in the Alliance Quilts in Asheville, North Carolina, The American Quilt-ers Society in Paducah, Kentucky and The International Quilters Association in Houston, Texas.

Locally, she belongs to the Coastal Prairie and Tri-County Quilt Guilds.”

For more information, please contact Jane Hancock: e-mail: janeh7@sbcglobal.net, 281-213-3216

Quilt Show News by Barb Wall & Allison Etzler

The next time you’re cruising around the internet, why not go to the guild

website, www.cpqgtx.org, click on “2016 Quilt Show” and check out our cur-

rent list of show vendors? Not only are the business names there, but also a

brief description of what they will have for sale. You’ll notice that there’s a

fantastic variety of merchandise. Some of our favorite vendors are back, plus

we have a number of companies that are doing our show for the first time.

The booth fees vendors pay help fund many of the costs of putting on the

show. We need them, and they need us to support their booths. If a business has a “good”

show, they’re likely to come back, but if they don’t… So, take a look at who’ll be there, then

start making out your shopping list and saving your $$$ now. Just tell your significant other

that the success of the quilt show depends on you!

We are still in need of many volunteers to help both before and during the show. There will

be sign-up sheets at all guild meetings up until the show. Please be generous with your time.

The next meeting of the full show committee will be Saturday, July 16, 10:00 am-12 noon at

the University Branch Library. That’s right before the July 21 entry form deadline.

Quilt Happy!

Quilt Show News By Barb Wall and Allison Etzler

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News from the Hive … Quilt Bees … Quilt Bees are fun and friendly!! Our Bee Keeper, Rebecca Trevino, would love to hear from you if you are an aspiring Queen Bee and would like to start a new bee. Call Rebecca with the details and it will be included in the monthly schedule. Please consult the calendar below for bee days & times for June. For the RSVP bees (in green), all you need to do is contact the queen bee and let her know you would like to come on a particular date. If you need additional information about a bee, or want to chat, please contact Rebecca either by phone (H) 832-363-3951 © 832-859-3697 or by e-mail: rmt739@gmail.com.

BEES at a glance (Queen Bee & contact listed): Green = RSVP Bees Blue = Sign Up Bees

Remember……Every Bee is a Social Bee !

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Social/Hand Piecing (10am) Carol Bell jcbell9@att.net

1 Beginners (11-3) Liz Narcisse

2 3 4

6 7 8 Beginners (11-3) Liz Narcisse Beu-lah.narcisse@g

9 UFO Bee (1:00 pm) Rebecca T. Rmt739@gmail.com

10 11

13 14 15 Beginners (11-3) Liz Narcisse Beu-lah.narcisse@g

16 Guild Shop Hop

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Social Bee (6:30) Pattie Fox “Foxy Quilters” pafox7@gmail.

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21 Paper Piecing (12:30 PM) Lisa Patter-son mardanmom@gmail.com

22 Beginners (11-3) Liz Narcisse Beu-lah.narcisse@gmail.com

23 UFO Bee (1:00 pm) Rebecca T. Rmt739@gmail.com

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27 Social/Hand Piecing (10am) Carol Bell jcbell9@att.net

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Bees!!! By Rebecca Trevino

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We will not have a workshop in June, but instead will have our annual Shop Hop.

On July 21st, Nancy Mahoney will be here to teach a workshop on Batik Magic. Nancy is an author, teacher and fabric designer and has been quilting for over 25 years. She has also created over 100 quilt patterns for a number of fabric manufacturers. She has taught at the International Quilt Festi-val in Houston.

Date: Thursday, July 21st.

Cost: $35.00

To be held at the FMUC in Missouri City from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.

A supply list will be posted on the Coastal Prairie website.

Sample:

Workshops By Martha Baldwin

The evening meeting for June will be held on June 1. Our speaker for the evening will be Jan Mathews. She will be speaking on Color and Quilts. She was our speaker for the May daytime meet-ing and she is very talented and interesting. I know you will learn from her lecture on June 1.

The daytime meeting for June is being replaced with a Shop Hop. Be sure to sign up for this fun event.

Programs By Katherine Onstott

Retreat By Sally Staner

CPQG Fall Retreat - new venue!!

Date: Sept 26-29, 2016 (Mon - Thur) Check-in and checkout is 2 pm. However, we may be able to come

earlier depending on availability.

Place: Magnolia Manor Retreat in Waller, TX

Cost: $270 per person

Meals: dinner on Mon; continental breakfast, lunch and dinner on Tues and Wed; brunch on Thurs, Cof-

fee, tea, bottled water, and ice available. Refrigerator and microwave also available.

Accommodations: 4 to a room with private bath, sleep upstairs (elevator available)

You can check out the retreat center at www.magnoliamanorretreat.com

Space is limited to 24 retreaters. To reserve your spot you need to send me a check with the full pay-

ment (non-refundable).

My address: Sally Staner, 703 Montclair Blvd, Sugar Land, TX 77478

If you have questions you can call me: 703-870-9793 or email sjstaner@gmail.com

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5/1-23 Financial Information

Income $1,879. Expense $1,476.20 Balance $33,128.84

Beverly Baumann June 4 Nancie Roach June 11

Nancy Donaldson June 5 Dorothy Kelly June 14

Pauline Manes June 6 Judy Wolter June 17

Jennifer Pazicni June 8 Wilma J. Al-Uqdah June 21

Patricia Lopes June 9 Judith Edmondson June 23

Cathy Merritt June 9

Carol Bell June 11

Some books recently added to our library include: Backyard Bird Quilts by Jodie Davis (18 pa-

per pieced projects), Hop To It! Appliqued Blocks and Projects by Edyta Sitar (12 blocks, 8 pro-

jects, easy applique techniques), Pint-Sized Traditions by Lynette Jensen (19 small quilts), and

Quilts Through the Seasons by Eleanor Burns (a quilt for each month of the year). I’ll bring

these new books to the next couple of meetings. Check them out!!

Just a couple of helpful hints.

To audition grid or template quilting patterns, mark them on a portion of your quilt with a hera (a

Japanese marking tool made of hard plastic). The hera marks by pressure only and can be erased by

simply pressing the marked area with an iron.

When cutting on the bias, place a strip of scotch tape on the fabric and cut down the center of the

tape. Now you have a stabilizer on both pieces. Do not remove until sewn together.

Representative - at - Large By Barbara Young

Birthdays By Barbara Elliott

Treasurer’s Report By Pauline Manes

Library By Linda Towle

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How To By Barbara Young

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Coastal Prairie Quilt Guild Minutes of the April 5, 2016 Board Meeting

(Approved at May 3, 2016 Board Meeting)

The meeting was called to order by Barbara Wall, President, at 1:30 p.m. at the Keegan’s Woods Commu-nity Building.

Board members in attendance: Barbara Wall, Helen Wilems, Katherine Onstott, Martha Baldwin, Paul-ine Manes, Susie Doe, Lisa Patterson and Barbara Young. A quorum was present. Committee members in attendance: Judy Wolter and Carol Ann Barley.

The Minutes of the March 1, 2016 Board Meeting were approved as presented. The Treasurer’s Report for March (reporting through March 31, 2016) was approved with one correction to be made; T-shirt expenses will be listed separately from T-shirt income.

OLD BUSINESS

New Member Welcome – The next New Member Welcome Orientation will be held on April 13th from 6:30 – 8:30 pm in the parlor across from the main sanctuary (near the Murphy Road entrance to FUMC). Carol Ann Barley has send out 14 invitations by mail; only one member has responded to date. An e-mail will be sent out to remind new members, then personal contact with non-RSVPers.

Discussion of Questions about 501(c)(3) requirements regarding m em bers not benefit-ting from guild funds. Pauline Manes read out the relevant passages from IRS information she had found. It was decided that providing water and snacks at certain guild functions (e.g. shop hops) is acceptable as no one particular member is expected to benefit.

NEW BUSINESS

Board Elections/Nominating Committee -- A Nominating Committee will need to be selected at the April general business meeting. Susie Doe will serve as the board representative on the committee. Helen Wilems will run for President as current President Elect. Pauline Manes has agreed to continue as Treasurer. Lisa Patterson and Debbie Garner will move up to the Program Chair and Workshop Chair positions. Judy Wolter has volunteered to become VP for Member-ship. Open positions are President Elect, Program Chair Elect, Workshop Chair Elect, Secretary, Rep-at-Large, and Editor. The nominating committee will present a slate of officers in the June newsletter in lieu of presenting at the June meeting as this date is reserved for our shop hop.

Membership & Financial Records Back-ups – Barbara Elliott submitted a report conveying her concerns about the viability of the current membership program. She believes that “The member-

ship program and database needs to be untethered from any individual member or board member to protect the

database and the ability of the ever-changing membership chair to reliably continue maintaining the Guild’s da-

tabase. The program needs to be future proofed from Microsoft or any other entity making changes to their soft-

ware which might “break” our program. We should not be relying on the charity of any one individual member to

maintain a program that can be broken by outside sources not under our control. The loss of or unavailability of

that one member who maintains the database is the weak point which can cause the loss of the entire database.

The database also needs reliable back up so that if any one member’s computer goes down the database is not

lost. For these reasons it is the strong recommendation of this chair that the board make a budget for the mem-

bership position and hire a third party subscription cloud based service. My cursory research indicates that there

are affordable services that will allow us to bundle the functions of maintaining the database, sending emails,

and also managing and maintaining dues and other financial information. By hiring a third party subscription

membership program we hire support for that program when things go wrong and we no longer become depend-

ent on any one member who has moved on to other responsibilities or is otherwise no longer available.” The board requested that Barbara Elliott should research the third party option more thoroughly and report her findings to the board next month. The board also discussed the possibility of buying a computer for use by the Membership Chairman. The current budget does not include allocation for either of these items and the board suggested deferring this matter for consideration by the

next board. BOARD REPORTS

President-Elect – Helen Wilems There are no donation quilts from other guilds scheduled to be shown at the April evening meet-ing. Helen reminded Barbara Wall that it is time for her to choose a block for her President’s Quilt.

Membership – Barbara Elliott (absent) See report under New Business above. Since the last board meeting we have one new returning member. E-mail invitations for the New

Member Orientation have been sent out. Programs – Katherine Onstott Tomorrow night’s meeting will feature Liz Broussard discussing “How to Cannibalize Your

Blocks”. On April 21st Vally Wills will present her trunk show. On May 4th the evening meeting will con-sist of a 5-6 station schoolhouse presentations. Lisa Patterson reported that IQA has requested a time for a representative to make a short presentation to the guild about volunteer opportunities for Festival. Lisa asked if May 4th would be appropriate; the board suggested that August 18th would be a better time.

Workshop Chairman – Martha Baldwin The workshop by Vally Wills on April 21st on thread painting will cost $35. In May Jan Matthews

will present a workshop on paper piecing; the fee is $35 plus a $20 kit charge.

Treasurer – Pauline Manes Nothing to report.

Secretary – Susie Doe Nothing to report.

Representative-at-Large – Barbara Young

Editor/Advertising – Jennifer Pazicni (absent) Nothing to report.

Program Chair-Elect – Lisa Patterson Lisa reported that she is finishing up getting all the contracts for the approved speakers

completed. Workshop Chair-Elect – Debbie Garner (absent) Debbie is contacting the scheduled workshop presenters to determine the specific work-

shops to be presented in 2016-17. QUILT SHOW Barbara Wall reported for Julie Dayton that the next full Quilt Show Committee Meeting

will be held at the Sugar Land UH Library on April 16th at 10 am. The emphasis for the coming months will be to get member volunteers for the various jobs required before and during the show.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Activities – Open Position No Report.

Bee Keeper – Rebecca Trevino (absent) No Report.

Community Service Report – Judy Wolter No Report.

Donation Quilt 2016 – Kay Paul (absent) No Report.

Donation Quilt 2017 – Lisa Patterson/Debbie Garner Lisa reported that a request asking for additional small blocks to fill in the new quilt design

has been heeded by the membership.

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Hospitality – Carol Ann Barley No Report.

Librarian - Linda Towle (absent) No Report.

Quilts of Valor -- Barbara Baxter (absent) Barbara Wall reported that the next Quilts of Valor Sew-In will be held on April 23rd.

Parliamentarian – Barbara Young The proposed Bylaw change has been published in the April newsletter and read at the

March meeting. It will be presented again at the April general meeting and published in the May news-letter. Voting will be held at the May general meeting.

Retreats – Sally Staner (absent) The Spring Retreat will be held at the Jordan Ranch on April 24 – 28. Currently 13 mem-

bers are registered.

Show and Share - Carol Kettlewell (absent) No Report.

Shop Hop – Sandi Pedersen (absent) The Shop Hop schedule for June 16th was approved by the board. The bus will leave the

church at 8:00 am. We will travel to the Square Quilter in Shiner and to the Sweet Home Stitching Post. Lunch will be at Schobel’s Restaurant in Columbus. A visit to Creative Threads in Sealy is scheduled for the afternoon. Estimated arrival back at the church is between 5 & 6 pm. Empire has quoted ~$1100 for a 35-passenger bus ($1250 for a larger bus); participation fee was set at $35 which includes travel, water and snacks (lunch cost is not included).

Web Administrator – Pauline Manes Pauline said that a new member indicated that finding the guild on-line was not easy. Ap-

parently many sites are still listing our old web address despite efforts by us to update this information. Pauline will check into this problem.

OTHER REPORTS

Quilt Guild Coalition Meeting – Lisa Patterson reported that she attended the Quilt Guild Coalition meeting on April 3rd.

Many items were discussed including: Use of ‘Square’ for workshop payments, workshop attendance, Kingwood show cancellation, length of business portion of meetings, door prizes, IRS considerations concerning Donation Quilts, Bees, and directories. A full report is attached. The next coalition meeting is scheduled for June 27th at 10 am to be held at the La Madeleine at Town & Country (Beltway & I-10).

There being no other business to come before the board the meeting was adjourned at 3:15 pm.

Respectfully submitted, Susie Doe, Secretary Coastal Prairie Quilt Guild

Minutes of the May 19, 2016 General Meeting of the Coastal Prairie Quilt Guild The meeting was called to order by Barbara Wall @ 10:00 am. The minutes of the March 17th general business meeting were approved as posted in the newsletter. The Treasurer’s report for March was approved as presented in the newsletter. Barbara Wall reminded everyone that there would not be a regular meeting on June 16th as this is the day for our 2016 Shop Hop.

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Nominating Committee: Rebecca Trevino announced that Kay Paul and Diane Aleman have agreed to stand for office and are therefore being replaced on the nominating committee by Allison Etzler and Beth Duffy. She also reported that the President-Elect, Program Chair-Elect, Secretary, and Rep-at-Large po-sitions are still open and asked anyone who is considering running for the board to contact her or any other committee member. Election Committee: Barbara Wall stated that a 3-member Election Committee needs to be approved. Debbie Garner, Pauline Manes, and Judy Wolter agreed to serve on this committee. Programs & Workshops: Katherine Onstott announced that the next night meeting on June 1st will fea-ture Jan Matthews speaking on “Quilts and Color”. June 16th will be our guild Shop Hop. Martha Baldwin announced that on July 21st Nancy Mahoney from Georgia will present a workshop on “Batik Magic.” Shop Hop: Sandi Pedersen announced that the Shop Hop schedule for June 16th. The bus will leave the church parking lot promptly at 8:00 am. We will visit the Square Quilter in Shiner and then travel to the Sweet Home Stitching Post. Lunch will be at Schobel’s in Columbus. We will stop at Creative Threads in Sealy with dessert provided. Plans are to arrive back at the church around 5 pm. The cost for the trip is $35 which includes snacks and water; lunch is not included in the price. A few slots are still available on the currently contracted 35-passenger bus. After this bus is full, she will accept names for a waiting list. If an additional 4 people sign up the guild will contract for a larger bus. Charity Quilts: Judy Wolter announced there are ~30 quilt tops which need to be quilted. Several kits for piecing are also available in the breakroom. She also announced that as she is standing for office as Membership Chairman, the Charity Quilts Chair is open for volunteers to take over the position. Quilts of Valor: Barbara Baxter announced the next Quilts of Valor Sew-In will be held on Saturday, May 21st in the FUMC Music Rooms A&B from 10 am – 3 pm. Quilt Show Committee: Julie Dayton and Susie Doe reminded everyone about the importance of filling out their entry forms correctly. Julie announced that we have filled 42 vendor spaces and thanked Alli-son Etzler for her hard work. Everyone was asked to sign-up for show volunteer opportunities on the sheets available in the break room. Rita Evans asked everyone to begin thinking about donating to the Raffle Baskets. Program ad applications are now available at the meeting and on the website. Bylaws Change Proposal – Barbara Young, Parliamentarian, read the proposed addition to Article V, Sec-tion 6 of the guild bylaws which would allow a board vote to be taken, via e-mail, under certain specific circumstances. The proposed changes are as follow: The current section 6 would become Section 6.1 The text of the addition (which would become Section 6.2) is as follows: “In the event that circumstances do not permit the convening of a special board meeting, such as in the case of a time sensitive matter, the President may call for a vote of the board via e-mail, using the following procedure:

The President contacts all voting board members using guild provided e-mail addresses and/or personal e-mail addresses as listed in the most current version of the Membership Directory (or as provided to the Director of Membership).

Members must respond to the original e-mail within 48 hours of the notice being sent. The vote will only be considered valid if a quorum of the board members responds (within the re-

quired time limit). The motion will pass with a simple majority of the respondents.”

Kay Paul moved that the changes to the Bylaws by approved as read. Pauline Manes seconded the mo-tion. There was no discussion and the motion passed unanimously.

The Monarch is published m onthly by the Coastal Prair ie Quilt Guild of Texas. It is distr ibuted, via e -mail, free to members. We are always looking for news items, articles, and suggestions. Inclusion subject to space availability. Articles must be received by the Monday following the Thursday morning meeting for inclusion in the next month’s newsletter. Send articles to editor@cpqgtx.org. If you do not have e-mail capability, legibly written information will be accepted by the deadline. According to the CPQG By-laws, if you need a printed copy of the newsletter, please notify the editor. A fee applies to all printed copies of The Monarch.

OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES CHAIRS President: Barbara Wall President Elect: Helen Wilems Vice President Programs: Katherine Onstott Program Chairman Elect: Lisa Patterson Vice President Membership: Barbara Elliott Secretary: Susie Doe Treasurer: Pauline Manes Workshop Chairman: Martha Baldwin Workshop Chairman Elect: Debbie Garner Representative at Large: Barbara Young Editor/Advertising: Jennifer Pazicni IMPORTANT EMAIL ADDRESSES president@cpqgtx.org editor@cpqgtx.org pres-elect@cpqgtx.org webmaster@cpqgtx.org membership@cpqgtx.org workshops@cpqgtx.org Activities: Diane Aleman

Advertising/Sponsors: Barbara Wall Bee Coordinator: Kay Paul Community Service: Judy Wolter Bo’s Place: Katherine Onstott Cinderella/Cinderfella: Martha Baldwin Project Linus: Elizabeth Barrow Quilts for Kids: Barbara Young Quilts of Valor: Barbara Baxter Donation Quilt: Cheryl Jacobs Fall Bazaar: Linda Payonk and Sally Staner Guild Guide: Rita Evans Hospitality: Carol Ann Barley Librarian: Linda Towle Online Auction: Lisa Patterson Parliamentarian: Barbara Young Quilt Show: Committee Members Retreat: Sally Stanner Show & Share: Carol Kettlewell Web Admin: Pauline Manes

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Donation Quilt 2016 – Kay Paul announced that the guild raised around $154 from showing in Galves-ton and the Woodlands. Treasurer’s Report: Pauline Manes announced that she would be presenting a budget to actuals com-parison report at the next board meeting and the next general meeting. As Webmaster, she asked that members should let her know if there are any problems noted with the website. Membership: Barbara Elliott announced that the 2016-17 Membership Application is now available and that she has begun accepting membership renewals. Dues for 2016-17 are due by September 1st. Everyone was reminded that dues for our organization are still quite low compared to other area guilds. Barbara Eliot announced that 432 charity hours were reported on today’s sign-in sheet. 3556 hours have been recorded year-to-date. Hospitality – Carol Ann Barley introduced 3 visitors. Door prizes were given out and Show & Share held. Meeting adjourned at approximately 10:51 am. The program “Paper Piecing” was given by Jan Matthews. Respectfully submitted by Susie Doe, Secretary, Coastal Prairie Quilt Guild