Presidents Report
Newsletter 37 September 2014 - Post AGM
Greetings Everyone,
The time is drawing closer and closer, the show is coming up
fast. Our quilts need to be in Adelaide
by the 20th and then those who are able to attend Festival will be
able to see the AMQA Inc. Quilt Show from Friday night 3rd
October. Prior to that there is judging
day on the 2nd and then the hanging will take place on Friday. If you are attending festival, have some free
time and would like to volunteer some of your time to help with the show or
festival please let us know. president@amqa.com.au
2015 Member’s Challenge – Our new VP is busy preparing the
member’s challenge for 2015 to be released at the show in October. This will give you all a year to think about
and design your entry. The challenge
will be judged in October 2015. We would
love as many members as possible to join in this challenge, it’s a great opportunity
to stretch your skills and/or try a new technique without the commitment of a
full sized quilt. The challenge entries
are around 40” square. We have discussed
these quilts becoming a travelling exhibition but we can’t offer this if there
are less than 10 quilts. This would be
great exposure for your quilting business.
AGM – After the AGM we almost have a full committee so there
is room for more of our members to help maintain the association and share
their ideas. Please make contact to
express your ideas or willingness to be part of the association management
committee.
As the president role remained unelected it was voted that I
remain as president until the EGM being held after the AMQA Inc. Quilt
Show. This is possible according to the
constitution as it is a temporary election.
At the EGM on the 15th October we will need to elect our new
president. The EGM will happen via Skype
linkup as per the AGM so please consider taking part. You will need to send me your Skype contact
details to be added to the meeting.
A number of the committee needed to resign due to personal
and family issues. This leaves the
remainder of the committee to manage the same amount of work and the result is
that we still have areas that we can improve on. Making the membership more worthwhile is one
of those areas. The cost for membership can be daunting but is actually quite
reasonable, We want to make it even more appealing. Your ideas are always welcome.
The Mentoring program has made some progress however there
are still newer members to assign to mentors and make contact with. This is ongoing as new members join. Thank you to those who are our mentors.
I would like
to thank Val Towill and Gayle Dayman for their dedication to the AMQA
Management Committee. They have served
the association extremely diligently for many years, longer than they should
have really. We welcome all new
committee members and anyone else who would like to participate.
The
Newsletter has been in the most capable hands of Jan Foster and we appreciate
the hard work she does and the planning that goes into the newsletter. Thanks to Jan we have been able to be more
regular with this communication to our members.
The need for input from members is ongoing.
Jan is not able to continue producing our newsletter after this edition
so we urgently need a newsletter editor or team. Please consider supporting your association
this way.
The issue of the Secretary needing to reside in Qld or
within 65km of the border is ongoing and for us as a national association has
far reaching effects. We have created an Assistant Secretary position which will
allow us to maintain the constitution but allow us greater flexibility with
members helping in those roles. We now have a secretary team.
To build relationships with the state guilds we have
continued to support the guild exhibitions as many of our members are also
members of their local guild. We also
want to encourage other quilters. We
have liaised with the guilds to determine the direction of the
sponsorship. Some guilds have created a
new award for long arm quilting, others have created awards for frame quilting
and non-frame quilting. All encourage
quilters and this is what we want to do.
Our Quilt Show is now fully sponsored and I want to thank
Barbara Cutmore for stepping in to be our Secretary and following up with so
much of the sponsorship work for our show.
We have 106 entries for this year’s show.
As I have mentioned before the committee position names are mainly
a division of tasks to be done and the committee has banded together where
necessary to ensure things take place. I
sincerely thank the outgoing committee and welcome to the new management
committee for 2014/15. I have learned a
great deal whilst president and can see many areas that we as an association
can help.
So, a brief recap
#The show is coming soon, can you help? Email president@amqa.com.au
#The EGM is coming soon, send me your Skype contact to be
added to the meeting – We need a new president, and newsletter team
#2015 Member’s Challenge will be released at the show, show
us your quilting finesse next year
#Consider joining the committee to make our association
better, send in your ideas
Raylee Bielenberg
President AMQA Inc.
2013/14
LONGARM GET TOGETHER
Our current/outgoing President Raylee Bielenberg seen left in this photo, hosted the last Longarm Get together in Canberra, late August 2014.
Cath Midson, Sharon French and Jan Foster travelled down from Sydney and the Central Coast of NSW to attend the get together, enjoying the Canberra Craft and Quilt Fair the next day.
I’d
just like to say a really big thank you to Raylee for hosting the get-together
last week. I really enjoy the get-togethers and I’m finding it a great
way to meet other quilters, share stories, ideas, problem solve and discuss
various items pertaining to quilting and to running our businesses. I
have learnt a lot, especially about online presence and business management
software. I’m looking forward to our next get-together later in the year.
Sharon
French - Morning Star Quilting
Notice of an Extraordinary General Meeting of
the Australian Machine Quilters Association Inc
To be held on: Wednesday 15th October 2014 at 8.00pm (QLD), 9.00pm (NSW, ACT, Tas) 8.30pm (SA), ,6.00pm (WA), 11.00pm (NZ)
Location: 28 Stendell Street, Wakerley, QLD 4154
with Skype link up for members
Skype contact - thomasnraylee for link up - REMINDER - Please set up this link a few days before the EGM.
Business to be conducted at EGM
To be held on: Wednesday 15th October 2014 at 8.00pm (QLD), 9.00pm (NSW, ACT, Tas) 8.30pm (SA), ,6.00pm (WA), 11.00pm (NZ)
Location: 28 Stendell Street, Wakerley, QLD 4154
with Skype link up for members
Skype contact - thomasnraylee for link up - REMINDER - Please set up this link a few days before the EGM.
Business to be conducted at EGM
- Election of President
If we are unable to elect a President, then AMQA Inc. will have to dissolve as we will be unable to continue without a President. Raylee has kindly agreed to continue as Interim President during the AMQA Show period, but will not be able to continue in the role. Our Association's Constitution prevents any member serving in a position beyond 3 continuous years. This rule is designed to instill new people into the committee to foster fresh ideas and to assist in building a strong association for members. Proxy Forms If you are unable to attend the meeting either in person or via Skype link up, two proxy forms are enclosed. Complete Form 1 if you wish a member present either in person or via phone link to vote at their discretion. Or, complete Form 2 to enable your nominated proxy to vote how you have indicated. Please complete and return to the Secretary by 10th October 2014.
Please find attached the Minutes of the AGM held on August 20, 2014 to find the current members of the committee as well as the Committee Reports.
Kind Regards
Jane Rundle
Secretary AMQA Inc
28 Stendell Street
Wakerley, QLD 4154
AMQA Quilt Show Sponsors
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