Bear with me as this is going to be a bit of a lengthy post.\u00a0 I will keep it as condensed as possible but I am trying to share some of what would have been presented during the business part of our January meeting (had it not been for our seventh snowstorm).<\/p>\n
Come April, NOBO Handweavers will be 3 years old!\u00a0 Hooray!\u00a0 This is quite an accomplishment.\u00a0 And in April we will celebrate!\u00a0 However, before then, we have some work to do to insure the continuance of our guild.\u00a0 During our March meeting, we need to be able to know who the new officers will be for our April 2011-March 2012 guild year.\u00a0 We do have a Nominating Committee \u2013 Betsy, Patricia, and Margaret.<\/p>\n
Please come forth to be considered for filling a position.\u00a0 Every member of our guild is highly valued and has much to offer.\u00a0 You do not need several years of weaving behind you to successfully hold a \u201ccourt\u201d position.\u00a0 These positions, though having basic responsibilities, are flexible and you may certainly put your own signature on them. Approach the position of an officer as you approach your loom \u2013 determined, enthusiastic, creatively.\u00a0\u00a0 That is the fun part.\u00a0 There are no shoes to fill.\u00a0 What is best is a change of guard, offering different ways and views.\u00a0 Design a position if you see something is missing.\u00a0 Eileen made a terrific suggestion – consider sharing an office with someone.\u00a0 For example, Lady\/Sir NOBO and Lady\/Sir Heddle could alternate the running of meetings, more of a co-presidency.\u00a0 We all have varied strengths beyond our strong, communal love for weaving.\u00a0 I have seen them first hand during many a guild meeting.\u00a0 Everyone is more than capable.\u00a0 A guild needs the active participation of all members for it to stay strong and especially for it to grow.<\/p>\n
The following is the list of open positions.\u00a0 The least number of members to fill each position is in parentheses.\u00a0\u00a0 Please email me with your interest.\u00a0 A sign-up sheet will also be circulated during the February meeting.\u00a0 Then between February and March, the Nominating Committee will meet.\u00a0 We will present our new officers during the March meeting.\u00a0 The April meeting will be the first of their \u201creign\u201d.<\/p>\n
Lady\/Sir NOBO<\/strong> (1) Head of guild<\/p>\n Lady\/Sir Heddle<\/strong> (1) Second in command<\/p>\n Ladies\/Sirs of the Draft<\/strong> (3) Program Planners, deciding upon a program for each meeting.<\/p>\n Scribe<\/strong> (1) Secretarial duties, such as minute taking and posting on site<\/p>\n Shepherdess\/Shepherd<\/strong> (1) Introducing and keeping track of new members<\/p>\n Town Crier<\/strong> (1) Posting\/Emailing relevant guild info, such as meeting reminders<\/p>\n Keeper of the Written Word<\/strong> (1) \u2013 Librarian<\/p>\n Lady\/Sir Calendar<\/strong> (1) \u2013 Posting guild\/fiber events on NOBO\u2019s site calendar<\/p>\n Victular<\/strong> (1) \u2013 Food coordinator<\/p>\n Organizing Chancellor <\/strong>(1) – Responsible for overseeing\/directing NOBO Handweavers’ involvement with events, Fiber Revival for example<\/p>\n Vicki, our Exchequer, is willing to stay on, thank goodness, as she brilliantly keeps track of our gold coins\u00a0 (Thank you!).\u00a0 Ted, our ever-so-patient In-House Royal Scribe, has also agreed to put up with all of our web\/computer questions for another year (Thank you!).\u00a0 Dave, our Roving Royal Scribe, is sticking with us and will continue to masterly master our website (Thank you!).<\/p>\n The Ladies of the Warp and Weft and Lady NOBO have started work on the Path of Enlightenment, also known as the Levels of Achievement in Weaving \u2013 Apprentice, Journeywoman\/man, and Master.\u00a0 This is a long-term endeavor.\u00a0 I would like to continue with this at the appropriate time (we got slightly delayed by something absolutely wonderful, the birth of Sir Benjamin!)\u00a0 If Mary and Melissa would like to continue on as well, that would be grand.\u00a0 If anyone else is interested, please let me know.\u00a0 A complete change of faces on this doesn\u2019t make sense as we have time invested in some grand ideas (if I may say so).\u00a0 A few more members participating would be welcomed but at the least, we need 3 people to work on this.<\/p>\n The April meeting will be our birthday party and the May meeting has already been taken care of by the present program planners \u2013 a visit with fiber artist Judith Shangold.\u00a0 New Ladies\/Sirs of the Draft will need to figure out programs starting with the June meeting.<\/p>\n Take some time to seriously consider participating in an office for the upcoming guild year.\u00a0 I understand we are all very busy and who needs another commitment, right?\u00a0 But there are ways to work together to make this work for you.\u00a0 Don\u2019t hesitate to approach me with any ideas or questions you may have.<\/p>\n The February 24th<\/sup> meeting will be \u201cWeaving Wearables\u201d.\u00a0 \u201cMarketing \u2013 How to Sell\u201d will be shelved, possibly to reappear another time.<\/p>\n See you next month!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bear with me as this is going to be a bit of a lengthy post.\u00a0 I will keep it as condensed as possible but I am trying to share some of what would have been presented during the business part…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guild-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nobohandweavers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nobohandweavers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nobohandweavers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nobohandweavers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nobohandweavers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nobohandweavers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nobohandweavers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nobohandweavers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nobohandweavers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}