Sunshine Gogos - Powell River
Business Meeting Minutes – May 12, 2015, 7:00 pm / Janice Rayson’s Home
In Attendance: Janice Rayson, Maggie Hanson, Marilyn
Carey, Jan Burnikell, Jan Padgett, Faye Perry, Lesley Lasure, Ronnie Ulhmann,
Juliet Potter, Maureen Tierney
Welcome: New member Leslie Lasure!
1)
Agenda: The agenda was approved.
2)
Minutes: Minutes of the March 23, 2015 meeting were
approved.
3)
Financial Report: The financial report was approved.
·
Balance in the account as of the April statement
is $4,153.94
·
A cheque for $290.14 was issued to Maureen
Tierney for the purchase of beads and fabric
SUNSHINE GOGOS MEETING – MAY 12, 2015
First
Credit Union balance as of February 28 statement = $4,001.82
March
– Deposits of $ 326.00/Bank charges of $ 3.50 = $4,324.32
April
– Deposits of $ 56.00/Bank charges of $ 3.50,
Sewing machine $ 222.88 = $4,153.94
Sewing machine $ 222.88 = $4,153.94
Deposits
are proceeds from merchandise sales (totes, potholders, baby hats) as well as
annual membership fees
Sewing
machine was purchased for the production of the totes. The sewing of the mesh portion of the totes,
especially, is very hard on sewing machines.
The machine will ‘live with’ Maggie Hanson (head “Tote Tart”) for the
foreseeable future
4) Updates:
Chair – Janice - o
No updates
Chapter / Regional Events and Information –
Maureen, Maggie - The Island Regional meeting was held last
weekend; no one was able to attend from Powell River
Publicity / Advocacy – Jan B., Faye, Malerie - Malerie is working on finalizing the design for
the car magnets. The group liked the
latest mock up and provided suggestions and feedback. Malerie will follow up with Impact Signs
Lesley operates the concession at the Recreation
Complex and has offered to display our posters and notices of events, etc.,
rather than us paying for a window display.
We can also join her with a table of merchandise and information when
she is working an event
We encourage all members to visit the Sunshine
Gogos blog and tell others about it!!
Membership – Malerie - Malerie was not at the meeting; no update
Fundraising Sales Reports:
Totes and Merchandise – Maggie
There haven’t been events since the last meeting however Maggie has sold 14 totes, some potholders and cotton children’s hats from home
There haven’t been events since the last meeting however Maggie has sold 14 totes, some potholders and cotton children’s hats from home
Kazuri Jewellery – Janice
Janice emailed and ased when the jewellery needs to be returned and if we can purchase the remainder of the stock? Also, will jewellery be available from another source? What will happen to the women’s collective that makes the jewellery? So far, she has not had a response. Janice will try contacting the women in Ontario to see if she can get answers to these questions
Janice emailed and ased when the jewellery needs to be returned and if we can purchase the remainder of the stock? Also, will jewellery be available from another source? What will happen to the women’s collective that makes the jewellery? So far, she has not had a response. Janice will try contacting the women in Ontario to see if she can get answers to these questions
Mabel’s Labels and Potholders – Maureen
Some purchases of labels have been made, but not
many
Maureen has completed 12 more pairs of potholders and will continue working on them to get as many as possible made for summer events
Maureen has completed 12 more pairs of potholders and will continue working on them to get as many as possible made for summer events
Cotton Knitted Children’s Hats – Helen
Maggie reported for Helen that she is still
making hats. Helen will determine which
are the most popular styles and colours and will concentrate on making those
for future events
5) Upcoming
Events:
April 25/26 – Open Air Market (first of the
season)
o
It was decided not to pursue this event
May 26 – 30 – BC Festival of the Performing
Arts, Recreation Complex
o
We will enquire if it is possible to set up a
table for one or two days and if so, an email will be sent to members for
volunteers to cover shifts
June 15 – 27 – PRISMA, Recreation Complex
o
We will enquire if it is possible to set up a
table for one or two days and if so, an email will be sent to members for
volunteers to cover shifts
July 1 – Open Air Market, Canada Day
o
Janice
and Maggie will book a space and
help with set up. Faye, Jan P., and Maureen
will coordinate and send out an email for volunteers for shifts
First Nations Paddle Event
o
Maureen
will find out the exact dates and what is involved in becoming a vendor. She will send out an email with details and a
request for volunteers if we are able to participate
August 15 – 16 – Art in the Park, Willingdon
Beach
o
It was decided that we may want to choose
between the First Nations Paddle and Art in the Park events. A decision will be made when we have more
information and when we know how many people are available to volunteer at
these events
September 19 – 20 – Fall Fair, Open Air Market
o
Maggie
and Janice will follow through and
book space for this event. A request for
volunteers for happen at our next business meeting on August 31
November
14 – Lund Craft Fair, Italian Fall
o
Maggie
will follow up and request our usual space.
Requests for space are accepted in September
December – Hospital Christmas Sale
o
Charlotte usually arranges this event for the
Monday following a payday. We will ask
her to do so again this year. Baking was
a huge success last year so we will continue with this addition to our
merchandise this year
6) Other
Business:
Malerie was not able to report on the idea of
hosting a Regional Grandmothers meeting.
We will ask her to pursue this idea with our counterparts on the island
The scarves we discussed at our last meeting,
that are to be worn by volunteers at our fundraising events, are made and will
be available at each of our fundraising events
Next Meeting: August
31, 2015, 9:30 am, Julie’s Airport Cafe
