COMQG 4th quarter board meeting
10/19/26
Members present: Emily Church, Susie Fabro, Trish Jacquemin, Brooke, Melissa, Libbi, Jennifer H, Susan Shuter, Dorothy, Michele
Susan called the meeting to order at 7:30 PM
Expenditures for next year discussed. Biggest expenses are our insurance and Word Press. Insurance was $374 WP is $67/yr, Zoom is $181.79. Guild dues are $581 to National based on 26-35 members. We currently have 36 members which bumps us up to the next tier and that will be about $200 more. ($799 if over 35 members) $70 to sponsor a 4-H trophy, $155 for community quilt, $25 for De-stash table,
Programming needs. Libbi has currently allotted $900 for programming which includes $25 for presenting guild members. A vote will be held at the December meeting. National Quilt day will be in Sugarcreek and speakers fee is $300 plus mileage so will be about $350 Members will be charged $25 including lunch Stephanie Skardil will be the speaker. Libbi will look into a room block if somebody wants to stay the night. Discussion held on what to make for a swap at national quilt day
Discussion was held on paying guild members to present. Word Press is actually a blog site and is not really appropriate for the guild. Google has a free site that can be used instead however decision was made to pay the December fee and consider the free site later. Discussion was held about forming a committee to discuss moving to another platform.
Brooke led discussion about the benefits of belonging to the national chapter and what benefits they actually provide.
Dues in 2025 were $55 for COMQG. Single membership to national is $55/person. It was decided that next year’s dues will be $75.
Fundraiser total was over $1154 net. The machine is sold for $200 but not included in this because we do not have the cash in pocket yet.
2027 Retreat. Hotel Millersburg has available Nov 5,6, 2027 and she will check to see if Nov 4 is available in order to extend it. $250 reservation fee but we get it back after the retreat. Rooms are reasonable. Discussion was held about possibly skipping a retreat next year. Decision was made to go ahead and make reservation for it.
Holiday Party info provided by Dorothy
Guild Banner from Vista Print will be $57 including postage and decision was made to order one.
Discussion on using the Easton community room for meetings. Concern for gang and security issues that have been in the past at Easton but it appears Easton is addressing those issues. Melissa will try to get to Easton this week to check out their room
Looking at doing some meeting hybrid via zoom in 2027
Michele will look into using some local parks for sew ins.
Meeting ended at 8:45 PM
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