DECEMBER 2011
NOTES FROM THE PRESIDENT'S DESK
Greetings!
Happy Stitching!
Carolyn
DECEMBER CALENDAR
5 – Sampler Group - Monday at 12:30 PM - Call Susie H.
8 – GGREGA Christmas Party – Thursday at 6:00 PM – Pietro’s Restaurant, Grand Rapids
20 – NEWSLETTER INFORMATION due
No AM or PM Meetings
CHAPTER NEWS
2011 Christmas Party
5:30 PM - drinks,
6:00 PM - Brief Business meeting
and Officer Initiation
6:30 PM - dinner.
The Ornament Exchange will take place after dinner.
We will be collecting hats, scarves and mittens for needy children.
Chapter Bylaws
Newsletter Items
INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL EGA
The December issue of the Inside EGA Newsletter available now at the following link:
www.egausa.org/files/insid_eega/InsideEGA_Dec11.pdf
INFORMATION FROM GLR EGA
GLR Opportunity Baskets
UPCOMING 2012 EVENTS
February is National Embroidery Month
Feb 4 ―Stitch in Public Day
April 15-18 - Fiber Forum
Sept 21 - GLR Executive Committee and GLR Executive Board of Directors at the Indianapolis
Marriott East
Sept 22 - GLR Semiannual Meeting at the Indianapolis Marriott East
Oct 28- Santa Fe Enchantment‖ EGA Seminar 2012
Nov 2 - in Santa Fe, NM Hosted by Rocky Mountain Region
Reminder
Chapter Newsletter
NOTES FROM THE PRESIDENT'S DESK
Greetings!
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. It is a holiday that quite often gets short changed. We have much to be thankful for in our lives.
How are your preparations for the holidays going? Are you running in circles, trying to start (or
finish) shopping, getting cards and letters written and ready to mail, planning meals, and looking at a schedule that is just plain crazy, and trying to finish projects that you have put off until the last minute!? Or do you have everything done, and are able to spend time relaxing with one of your own projects?
During the past few years, I have scaled back on gift giving by a considerable amount, and now focus on enjoying the time spent with family and friends. The memories that are made each year are what is most important, it’s not the things we accumulate.
No matter what you are doing, please take a moment and be in the moment!
Wishing each and every one a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Until next month,How are your preparations for the holidays going? Are you running in circles, trying to start (or
finish) shopping, getting cards and letters written and ready to mail, planning meals, and looking at a schedule that is just plain crazy, and trying to finish projects that you have put off until the last minute!? Or do you have everything done, and are able to spend time relaxing with one of your own projects?
During the past few years, I have scaled back on gift giving by a considerable amount, and now focus on enjoying the time spent with family and friends. The memories that are made each year are what is most important, it’s not the things we accumulate.
No matter what you are doing, please take a moment and be in the moment!
Wishing each and every one a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Happy Stitching!
Carolyn
DECEMBER CALENDAR
5 – Sampler Group - Monday at 12:30 PM - Call Susie H.
8 – GGREGA Christmas Party – Thursday at 6:00 PM – Pietro’s Restaurant, Grand Rapids
20 – NEWSLETTER INFORMATION due
No AM or PM Meetings
CHAPTER NEWS
2011 Christmas Party
The GGREGA Christmas Party will be held on Thursday, December 8 at Pietro's (on 28th St. near Breton. Pietro's offers a semi-private room (the Champagne Room) in their Pietro's Back Door area. The menu is less expensive, more extensive, the food and service are excellent, and it is a bit more centrally located. Although they call themselves an Italian restaurant, they also have steaks, chicken, chops, veal, and of course, great pasta.
We will be following this schedule:5:30 PM - drinks,
6:00 PM - Brief Business meeting
and Officer Initiation
6:30 PM - dinner.
The Ornament Exchange will take place after dinner.
We will be collecting hats, scarves and mittens for needy children.
If you wish to go to the Christmas Party but were not be able to attend the October meeting, please contact Kelly L, as she will be providing Pietro’s with the number of attendees so that enough tables are set up for us.
If you have any questions about the Christmas Party, please contact the Christmas Party committee volunteers: Jane W, Betty H, Alice R, and Kelly L.
Chapter Bylaws
Some of our members have asked for information contained in our Chapter Bylaws. This is to remind you that our bylaws are available 24-7 on our BlogSpot at egaggr.blogspot.com. In the left column under Blog Archive, click on 2009. All of the newsletters from 2009 will come up, along with our bylaws that were approved in 2009. Scroll down the page and you will find the bylaws posted midway between the Sept/Oct and the May/Aug newsletters.
Newsletter Items
Any member may submit items to be published in the newsletter. Anything received by the 20th of the month will be included in the following month’s newsletter. The items can be of general Needlework interest or specific to this chapter.
INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL EGA
The December issue of the Inside EGA Newsletter available now at the following link:
www.egausa.org/files/insid_eega/InsideEGA_Dec11.pdf
INFORMATION FROM GLR EGA
GLR Opportunity Baskets
Once again, we are asking for baskets to be donated to GLR for the Opportunity Baskets during Seminar 2012 in Green Bay. All Region chapters are encouraged to bring or send a basket from your chapter to assist the general operating fund. Raffle tickets are sold and participants drop them into the basket of their choice with one winner per basket. Have fun with your chapter members creating a themed basket or even a one-piece type of entry!!! Carmen H, Fundraising Chair.
UPCOMING 2012 EVENTS
February is National Embroidery Month
Feb 4 ―Stitch in Public Day
April 15-18 - Fiber Forum
Retreat at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, TN. Registration is open to all EGA members and also those outside EGA from now until February
1. Our teacher will be felting artist Geri Forkner. She will focus our workshop on “Felted Surfaces for Embroiderers'”. You can download the informational handout at the Fiber Forum website: www.egausa.org/html/fiber_forum.html
April 22-26, 2012 – GLR Seminar Stitch Down in Titletown in Green Bay, WisconsinInformation about the Seminar is here => www.ega-glr.org/GLR2012Booklet.pdf
Note that GLR chapter members will be given preference for class assignments through December 31. After December 15, non-GLR registrations will be processed according to the postmark.
Registration form is here =>www.ega-glr.org/GLR2012RegistrationForm.pdfNote that GLR chapter members will be given preference for class assignments through December 31. After December 15, non-GLR registrations will be processed according to the postmark.
Hotel Reservations are now being accepted at The Hyatt Hotel on Main. When making reservations, please tell them that you are with The Embroiderers' Guild of America/Great Lakes Region Seminar (not just the Great Lakes Region Seminar).
July 28 - Michigan State Day hosted by the Marshall Chapter.Sept 21 - GLR Executive Committee and GLR Executive Board of Directors at the Indianapolis
Marriott East
Sept 22 - GLR Semiannual Meeting at the Indianapolis Marriott East
Oct 28- Santa Fe Enchantment‖ EGA Seminar 2012
Nov 2 - in Santa Fe, NM Hosted by Rocky Mountain Region
Reminder
Some of our members are allergic to or sensitive to perfumes, aftershaves and other scents. Our EGA Meetings will be Perfume /Aftershave /Scent-Free out of consideration for those who have these sensitivities.
Chapter Newsletter
Our chapter newsletter is provided to our members in different ways: through US mail; via email; and online at www.ega-ggr.blogspot.com When you can’t access your email or find your newsletter, you can always find our newsletter online at our BlogSpot.
