Guild Minutes – February 9, 2019
 In Attendance: Connie Vann, Sue Gottsacker, Bev Perkins, Leesa Stevens, Casey Craig, John Craig, Lindsey Doolittle, Stephanie Schneider, Carol Lopez, Chris Lopez, Leslie Godbe, Kendra Iwahashi, Gina Iwahashi, Nancy Pryor, Polli Frisch, Marilynn Clarke, Doris Woloszyn, Carolyn Thompson, Ashley Thibedeaux, Heidi Ericson, Jo Van Winkle
 Treasurer’s Report: As of 1/11/19 we had 6 paid members. We received dues for 15 members. We paid out monies for our Spinster Retreat reservation, 9/13-15/2019 at Davis Creek Park and paid for supplies for our drop spindles. As of 2/8/19 we have 21 paid members.
 Old Business: Farm Days will be held in Fuji Park, Carson City, April 11-12, please contact Nancy Pryor if you are interested in participating or need more information.
 The Celtic Faire will be held May 18-19th at Bartley Ranch. Ashley will give us more details and updates.
 The Black Sheep Gathering will be held July 5-7th in Albany, Oregon at the Linn County Fairgrounds. For more information go to www.blacksheepgathering.org/
 The Nevada State Fair will be held at Mills Park in Carson City June 6-9. For more information go to nevadastatefair.org
 The Comstock Civil War Reenactors would really like to have a Spinning and Weaving section at their Virginia City event August 30-September 2, 2019. They have costumes that we may borrow for the event. For more information, http://www.ccwr.us, Lindsay Wagner.

Our March meeting is at Bartly Ranch Saturday March 9th

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January 2019 Minets

Guild Minutes-January 12, 2019
In Attendance: Alyce Brown, MimiBullard, Janet Schueloler, Cynthia Peterson, Marilynn Clarke, Doris Woloszyn, Gina Caudillo, Chris Lopez, Carol Lopez, Cindy Vogel, Lindsay Doolittle, Janice Johnson, Sandi Steele, Jill Smith, Connie Vann, Judy Wells, Patti Novak-Echenique, Bev Perkins, Susan Palwick, Miriam Volpin, Carolyn Thompson, Virva Porcelli, Jo Van Winkle 

Treasurer’s Report: As of 12-7-18, we had 43 members for 2018. So far we have 6 paid members for 2019.

 New Business: 2019 Slate of Officers: President- Nancy Pryor Vice-President-Virva Porcelli Treasurer-Doris Woloszyn Secretary-Jo Van Winkle FB page/Blog “Web Spinner”- Mimi Bullard Librarian-Heidi Ericson Learning Tree Coordinator- Gina Caudillo Hostess- Carolyn Thompson

Our meetings will be held at:
 February-Bartley Ranch Schoolhouse
 March- Bartley Ranch Schoolhouse
April- Bartley Ranch Schoolhouse
 May- Doris Woloszyn’s home
 June- Mimi Bullard’s home
 July- The Generator
 August-Marilynn Clarke’s home
 September- Spinster Retreat at Davis Creek Park
 October- Bartley Ranch Schoolhouse
 November- Bartley Ranch Schoolhouse
 December- Bartley Ranch Schoolhouse

 The Nevada Small Farm Conference will be held Feb 14-16 at the Atlantis, for more information go to http://nevadafarmconference.com/ The Celtic Faire will be held May 18-19th, Ashley will give us more details and updates. The Black Sheep Gathering will be held July 5-7th in Albany, Oregon at the Linn County Fairgrounds. For more information go to www.blacksheepgathering.org/ We received prices for workshops from The Tin Thimble, Loomis, CA. One of the owners, Hannah Arose gave us quotes. The fees her lodging and expenses. She would provide all materials and each workshop would have a maximum of 7 people. $197.00- Nuno Felting 4 hrs.

November 2018 Minutes

Guild Minutes-November 10, 2018

 In Attendance: Connie Vann, Kate Robledo, Heidi Ericson, Kendra Iwahashi, Meg Lent, Sharie Jones, Michelle Stevens, Gina Caudillo, Alyce Brown, Bev Perkins, Nancy Pryor, Nicole Kelly, Brigitte Koehler, Mimi Bullard, Carolyn Thompson, Virva Porcelli, Doris Woloszyn, Annabelle Younger, Jo Van Winkle

 Treasurer’s Report: As of 11/9/2018, we have received monies for 1 dues, 1 spindle kit and have purchased 4 books for our library. We have 43 paid members.

 New Business: CNCH will be held at Sonoma State University June 20-23, 2019 Hosting a The Tin Thimble Workshop in the space rented by Marilynn and Nancy at the Generator was discussed. Membership to participate at the Generator is $25 per month or $250 per year.

 Our December meeting, Dec. 8, will be held at the Bartley Ranch Schoolhouse from 10-2. It is our Christmas Potluck, Ornament exchange and the installation of the 2019 Officers. If you wish to participate in the ornament exchange, please bring a handmade ornament to exchange.

 Nicole Kelly highly recommended the Mama Fig Store in Graeagle, CA for yarns. Kendra Iwahashi would appreciate any unwanted yarns to make Prayer shawls at her church.

December meeting starts a 11 the doors are open at 10am11

October 2018 Minutes

Guild Minutes- October 13, 2018 In Attendance: Connie Vann, Carolyn Thompson, Marilynn Clarke, Doris Woloszyn, Kendra Iwahashi, Lindsey Doolittle, Maureen Pisani, Meg Lent, Judy Lauder, Deanna West, Janice Johnson, Sandi Steele, Brigitte Koehler, Nancy Pryor, Nicole Kelly, Mimi Bullard, Virva Porcelli, Miriam Volpin, Heidi Ericson, Jo Van Winkle

 New Business: We will be discussing attending a felting workshop at The Tin Thimble, in Loomis, CA. For information about them- thetinthimble.com

 Our November meeting at Bartley Ranch is on Nov.10. It will be our Mad Hatter Batt Party! Bring a carder if you can, and fiber to card with all the additions. Please bring any extra odds & ends of blending elements to share on the “community table”. Mad crazy hats are encouraged!

 Marilynn and Nancy have rented space for teaching weaving at The Generator, for a year. The membership is $25.00 per month or $250.00 for a year. For information about The Generator- www.therenogenerator.com.
Nancy and Marilynn will keep us posted as to progress and times.

 Our December meeting will be our Christmas Potluck, Ornament exchange and the installation of the 2019 Officers. If you wish to participate in the ornament exchange, please bring a handmade ornament to exchange.

See you Saturday Nov 10th for our November meeting!

September 2018 Minutes

Guild Minutes- September 9, 2018
 In Attendance: Cindy Peterson, Carolyn Thompson, Sandi Steele, Gina Caudillo, Gayle Bryan, Anabelle Younger, Jo Johnson, Janice Johnson, Deanna West, Lindsey Doolittle, Myah Dressback, Alyce Brown, Heidi Ericson, Doris Woloszyn, Virva Porcelli, Juli Svoboda, Sharie Jones, Kendra Iwahashi, Jo Van Winkle Treasurer’s Report: As of 9/7/18, we paid out monies for Clemes & Clemes Modern Wheel Maiden repair and have 41 members Old Business:
 Some of us will be going to Lambtown in Dixon, CA, Oct. 6-7, for more information, https://www.lambtown.org/
 The Comstock Civil War Reenactors would really like to have a Spinning and Weaving section at their Virginia City event next year. They have costumes that we may borrow for the event. For more information, http://www.ccwr.us
 New Business: We will be returning to the Bartley Ranch Schoolhouse for our October Meeting. Heidi Ericson will not be our President next year, so we will be looking for members for that position and several others for 2019. Please bring ideas for Learning Trees for next year. Some suggestions were: Boucle, Drop Spindling, Fractal spinning, and Tiny Tapestries.
 Ideas for a Guild Sponsored Workshop are also wanted. Janice suggested a blending board workshop.
 Our November meeting will be The Mad Hatter Batt Party at the Bartly Ranch School House. Bring you drum carders if you have one and all types of fiber to card into batts! Wearing your cute hat is optional

See you October 13th at Bartley Ranch Park School House meeting starts at 11.

August 2018 Minutes

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Guild Minutes August 11, 2018 In Attendance: Nancy Pryor, Carolyn Thompson, Virva Porcelli, Calista Snyder, Susan Palwick, Connie Vann, Lindsey Doolittle, Kendra Iwahashi, Heidi Ericson, Patti O’Brien, Doris Woloszyn, Maureen Pisani, Marilynn Clarke, Jo Van Winkle Treasurer’s Report: Report for 7/14/2018- We received monies for dues for 2 members and 2 spindle kits. As of 7/13/2018, we have 41 members. Report for 8/11/2018- We received monies for 2 spindle kits. We reimbursed Virva for coffee supplies, and reimbursed Heidi for 3 books and 3 bags of Firestar for the Guild. We have 41 members. New Business: We have been invited to have a Spinning and Weaving section at the Living History event in Virginia City on August 31st, as part of their Civil War Enactment. I’m sorry, I do not have the information or contact person if you wish to participate. If you wish to attend, you can find information here, https://visitvirginiacitynv.com/events/civil-war-days/ An Art in Nature event will be held in September, at the Arboretum in Rancho San Rafael. I will post more information as soon as I get it. The Reno Mini Maker Faire will be held on Sunday, October 14, in Wingfield Park. You may go to reno.makerfaire.com to fill out an interest form as applications and details are not available yet.

Next meeting is our Spinsters Retreat at Davis Park Campground. We have our section of campground from Friday Sept 7th noon to Sunday September 9th noon.
Meeting is Saturday the 8th stating at 11 AM

August 11th 2018 Meeting

Our July meeting will be at Marilynn Clarkes 3503 Comstock Dr 89512 on Saturday August 11th. No minutes at this time for our July meeting