Chisholm Trail Quilt Guild Austin, Round Rock, Georgetown areas, Texas | ||
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Welcome to our guild How to find out what’s going on Our membership year runs from April 1 to March 31. Everyone, new and long-time members, needs to complete a membership form and pay dues. There are two items on the membership application that need explaining. One is how you want to receive your copy of Trail Tales, our monthly newsletter. If you want to receive a copy on paper, mailed to your house, you can still do that. However, to save on paper, copying, and postage you can receive your newsletter via your e-mail. Our Tales editor, will send an e-mail to you every month with a PDF attachment. You will need Adobe Reader to open and read the file. (Adobe Reader is available free from www.adobe.com. Chances are it’s already on your computer.) Check yes or no on your membership application, or send an e-mail to our newsletter editor. The second item is the Yahoo Groups e-mail list. Yahoo Groups is different from Yahoo, though your user ID may be the same. Yahoo Groups allows a group of people with e-mails to privately share information on the web. Our group is CTQGTX, but you can’t search for it; when we created the group, we made it private because we only wanted our members joining. The e-mail list is used to communicate guild business and occasionally a paid ad. Check this item on your membership application, or send an e-mail to our webmaster. One of the most important things in any organization is communication. Announcements at our general meetings, newsletters, e-mails, and a website are what we use to make sure our members know what’s going on. How to win friends and influence people Our guild meetings exist primarily to report to our members what’s going on in our guild and present programs. Socializing, as you know, is best done in small groups. With almost 200 members, meeting people with your same interests is difficult. Here’s four ways to make friends: Join a bee. That’s where the social sewing goes on, where friends help with your quilt making, give and receive advice, and so on. The new Linus Pride bee that meets all day the third Monday of each month is great for newcomers. Contact our Linus coordinator or our bee coordinator. Take a workshop. That’s the same kind of social sewing as a bee, but you have a shared background, the workshop project. Serve on our board or help a coordinator. You can contact anyone on our board and say, “I’m interested in this position. Can I assist you and learn the ropes?” If someone you approach says no, let our president know. Help greet people at meetings. We usually don’t have enough people and time to greet and get to know guests and new members. Ask our membership chair, to direct any new members or guests your way. Here’s your chance to introduce yourself to someone who is in the same boat. CTQG would love to be a small, cozy organization where everyone knows each other, but it’s just not going to happen. We’re relying on you to make social connections that meet your needs. | ||||
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