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PHG has resumed in-Person Meetings. We will follow the MAC guidelines. Vaccinations and masking are encouraged but not required. Please take common sense health precautions to protect yourself & avoid exposing others if you feel unwell. Thanks & stay safe!

PHG Meeting Info

NOTICE: Meetings will be held both in-person and on Zoom until further notice. Zoom links are provided in the PHG Calendar where Zoom participation is available.

PHG meets on the second Thursday of every month during September - June at the Multnomah Art Center.

Morning Meetings 10am - noon, 9:30am social
Evening Meetings 7pm - 9pm, 6:30 social

Meetings are free and open to the public. Meetings generally follow the same agenda:
* Welcome new members and guests
* Show and Share
* Brief Announcements
* Short Social Time
* Program Presentation

Multnomah Arts Center
7688 Southwest Capitol Highway,
Portland, OR 97219-2489
Phone: (503) 823-2787

PHG Board Meeting 1-26-23

Agenda
Portland Handweavers Guild Board Meeting
7 PM, January 26, 2023
Online Zoom Meeting

January 26, 2023

  1. Greetings
  2. Call to Order – Meeting started at 7:00pm
  3. Roll Call: Dan Steves, Lynne Fitzsimmons, Robin Korybski, Sharon Carsten, Tim Prins, Linda Edquist, Kay Inglin, Cindy Fowler, Mike Schlieski
    • Determination of Quorum – 6 Board Members present; 4 required
  4. Approval of Minutes: October 2022 approved without changes

Old Business

  1. New Home Search
    • Dan and Linda visited the Lloyd Center.  Linda reports that there is lots of empty space and potential.  The Portland Chess Club and Portland Bridge Club have spaces which are quite large, even with a little kitchen.  A couple other nonprofit organizations are also there.  There are separate office spaces off to the side.  Rental fees were not listed on the website, so still unknown.
    • “They are trying to bring community organizations in.”
    • Accessible by public transportation, lots of parking, more centrally located than the MAC.
    • Sharon Carsten also mentioned a building by the new OMSI location.  Oregon School of Arts and Crafts site was mentioned; maybe something in Milwaukie.  Might also be something in Multnomah Village.
    • It was noted that many churches have falling membership and lots of space.
    • Not yet answered questions:
    • Our annual outlay to the MAC.  (Plus also workshop rental space).  It may cost more but we can offer more – ongoing weaving instruction.  Folks could bring their own looms in and rent space from us.
  2. New Member Tea
    1. Suggestion that it be a Member Tea, rather than just New Member Tea.  Perhaps we could meeting in a public library space.  After discussion, we’ll try again next fall, or over  the summer.
  3. Donations
    1. Kay Inglin has been helping out with that.  She may want to be our first Donations Director when we have a job description.
    2. Having our own space would be awesome for folks to drop off donations
    3. Having a defined process would be similarly awesome.
    4. Sharon C has helped find homes in smaller guilds for donations we don’t want to keep.  Dan mentioned an ANWG-wide process, but “not sure how we’d handle it”.
    5. Robin mentioned that WEGO did something like that; Cindy was coordinator for the donations for the weavers who lost everything in the forest fire.  She distributed items to weavers/guilds in Southern Oregon, sold the residuals online, and the income went to a fire relief fund for WEGO.
    6. How much do we have to track for selling donations (books and equipment).  Mike is not aware of anything that has to be done; it is just income.
    7. Donor receipts – do we declare the value or does the donor?  Someone has to keep track of the value it was declared it.
    8. Kay noted that for items valued over $500, the giver has to show provenance; a purchase receipt or proof that they own what they are donating.
    9. All the income from the weftover sale is donations.

New Business

  1. Rentals for ANWG Conference
    • We could rent our equipment to attendees coming from outor town.  Guild members need to reserve before the end of March; what’s left would be available for ANWG attendees.  For members, if they do not reserve before the end of March, they’ll pay the ANWG rental prices.
  2. Gathering of the Guilds update
    • All contracts are in, all payments submitted.  8 booths reserved to date, looking for 13 more vendors.  Some of the vendors are new to us.
    • Dan asked if the guild should have a booth.  Don’t know yet.
    • Robin needs the list of equipment to be reserved for the demonstrations, also needs to know who is in charge of demonstrations.  Demonstrations are no longer under the auspices of volunteer hours.  Maybe Janis J will be coordinating demonstrations.
    • Long discussion on required volunteer hour coverage for vendors.
  3. Next Meeting: Thursday Feb 23 at 7pm
  4. Adjourn
    • Meeting adjourned 8:16pm