Minutes from June Meeting

GRANDMOTHERS OF STEEL MEETING
Tuesday, June 12, 2007, 7:00 pm
192 Sherwood Rise, Hamilton
Members present- Rose Janson, Jessie Kaye, Mary Beech, Kay O'Sullivan, Maggie Thomas, Leslie Wiens, Shelley Porteous, Lisbie Rae, Eileen Benson, Georgina Hewitt, Anne Philpot,Theresa Randles
The meeting was informal, and we had a potluck dinner.
Anne went through a few things:
-at the meeting in May the topic of a speaker's package had come up. Jan was looking into putting one together during the summer. Theresa has contacted Mary Partridge of the Toronto Regional group to inquire as to whether the SLF had a package on the go. Mary replied that yes Mary Anna Beer of the SLF was making one that would be available soon.
-Anne said she saw the Great Canadian Quilt in Nova Scotia. It is filled with signatures of well-known Canadians. It was not the quilt that Georgina had mentioned at the May meeting. Anne did not feel it would draw large sums as a fundraiser.
-Blooms for Africa have 2 events coming up: the Garden Tour late in July, and a celebration of the 25th anniversary of Today's Family Early Learning and Child Care. Anne Craig is going to meet with Theresa re. the sale of cards and prints at these events.
-coloured prints and cards of the Masai mother and children are now printed. The cards will sell individually for $5.00, and the prints will sell for $50.00. A new set of cards with the 6 new drawings is in the making. These packages will contain 12 cards and sell for $20.00. Theresa found a printing company that will print the cards for $290.00. Anne will look into finding the best price for envelopes.
-Kay went through our accounts. A cheque for $2,930.00 went to the SLF, and there is a balance of $2,113.18 in the account. This means that we have raised over $10,000.00! Kay also brought record books so that money transactions can be handled more efficiently. She will meet with Anne and Theresa to get the new system started.
-venues for meetings was discussed. Maureen Godden has confirmed that the Church of the Resurrection on the West Hamilton mountain will be available on Thursdays. Jessie said that St Paul's Anglican in Westdale has rooms available on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. The venue for September's meeting will be chosen later. The next meeting will be later on in September.
-Shelley sold raffle tickets for the quilt and the draw was made- Jessie won the quilt.
-Theresa is planning a musical evening fundraiser at her school in November.
-Lisbie showed the group a CD of Canadian roots music produced by a Toronto group as a fundraiser they call the tia anita project. The CD sells for $20.00. All group members ordered one from Lisbie. Any other members interested in ordering one can contact Lisbie.
-Lisbie mentioned the tote bags produced by the Mississippi Grannies of Almonte, Ontario. She will bring one to the September meeting.
-Lisbie also announced that the Village Theatre in Waterdown is putting on The Hobbit in September, and taht the preview night (Sept. 20?) will be a Grandmothers of Steel fundraiser. Members will be encouraged to bring their grandchildren out to enjoy this production.
-Rotary in Waterdown meets Monday nights and would like a speaker to present information on the Grandmothers to Grandmothers campaign some time in July. Lisbie cannot make it. Anne and Maggie will do it.
-Anne announced that she will be stepping down as Chair-person of the group to be able to work on fundraising at the SLF. She will remain a member of Grandmothers of Steel and chair September's meeting. She recommended co-chairs be selected then.
-meeting adjourned