MONDAY MENTION–Thank you to all the dedicated, determined, and delightful member organizers and to all member attendees of The SeatWeavers’ Guild (TSWG) that made our 2nd Annual Gathering on July 31-August 3, 2009, such a great success!
Mindy King and Bonnie Rashleigh, the event planning committee, did another super job organizing the venue at Robbins Crossing in Nelsonville, OH. Thanks to everyone on the staff at The Inn at Hocking College for the fine meeting room, motel rooms and restaurant facilities, too.
We’d also like to thank Norm Fox, the Director at Robbins Crossing, and his very amiable cooking crew for providing us with the space and a fantastic home-cooked (on a wood stove, no less) lunch for all our attendees.
Our theme this year was “Adventures in Advanced Chair Caning Patterns,” and the demonstrators provided quite an array of interesting patterns, most of which were unfamiliar to and never attempted by most of our attendees.
Some demonstrations were actual hands-on audience experiences, some explained their designs, some used handout instructions, and some combined all three.
As in previous years, when we “gathered” in Nelsonville, there was a dedicated time for sharing hints, tips, and tools. This was to help broaden the individual chair seat weaver’s awareness of what’s available to them.
Tips were also shared to help speed up the weaving process in many cases, which made us weavers more productive and improved each person’s bottom line in their business.
Then, too, we had our annual general membership meeting, where we elected board members and ratified our by-laws. As we speak, the incorporation of our chair caning guild is in process.
Our new Executive Board elected in July 2009 consists of:
President, Cathryn Peters
Vice President, Mindy King
Secretary, Allene Hooper
Treasurer, Mical Wilmoth Carton
Member-at-Large, Tom Holtkamp
Member-at-Large, Pierre Amyotte
Member-at-Large, Joyce Curtis
Committee Heads:
Membership: Bonnie Krist
Newsletter & Historian: Jill Wood
Events: Mindy King
Parliamentarian: David W. Dick
Website & Publicity: Cathryn Peters
Please take a look at our website, www.SeatWeaversGuild.org, where we will soon add the 2009 picture albums. Here’s a little video that Mindy King put together for us. Enjoy!
