NORTHERN LIGHTS MEETING MINUTES Sunday, June 19, 2011 Meeting convened at 11:05 am Meeting adjourned at 12:10 pm. Attendees Ann Catelli Jerome Conner - President Kara Conner Janice Dallas Ron Dallas Jill Eastlatke Richard Fine - Secretary Stephanie Fine Allan Kent Harriet Severino Julia Severino Nancy Shapiro Pat Vandenberg Intro ----- Thanks to the Dallases for hosting the meeting and to Ron for cooking everything. Reports ------- Minutes from previous meeting accepted with corrections. President: I was early. Vice President: None currently. Secretary: I'm here. Treasurer: The report went in on time. We have money. Webmaster: None currently. Newsletter: Not at this meeting but: Please submit stuff. ICG Board rep: There is currently a conflict over whether the Maryland group has paid dues. Other things are quiet. Show and Tell ------------- Janice brought: "Punjab Peacock": Fabric from Freddie Farckles. Wood Turnings made by Cynthia Ellis. http://www.WOODbyC.com Business cards from Laura's Sewing School & Fiber Crafts in Arlington http://www.laurassewingschool.com An ICG pendant from Cafe Press. A canine T-shirt. A cover for an iPad. It covers the back. Royal Jewels: From Charlemagne to the Romanovs by Diana Scarisbrick, Cristophe Vachaudex, and Jan Walgrave ISBN 978-0865651937 Two hats, one brown with a plume that came from CostumeCon, and the other black. A program book from The Phantom of the opera on Broadway. A miniature cake for a doll house. Pattern Magic 2 by Tomoko Nakamichi ISBN 978-1-85669-704-4 Costume Design 101 by Richard La Motte ISBN 978-1-932907-69-8 Harry Potter Film Wizardry ISBN 978-0-06-199781-5 Pat says that the lead writer in the September-October 2011 issue of Analog magazine is Janet Johnston. Jill brought a photo of panel that be part of a quilt based on historical sites. Old Business ------------ Jerome took the hall costume award material from Jill to bring to Elizabeth. New Business ------------ Janice says Laura has also volunteered the sewing school (see Show and Tell above) for future meetings. She is also interested in joining our group. She is hosting American Sewing Guild 06/26/2011. If you are on Facebook please "like" the USS Hood page. Also please "like" the Northern Lights page. We are looking for more involvement from the membership of the guild. Please let us know from time to time that you are alive and well. Convention and other activities by members ------------------------------------------ Future Events --------------- Name Dates City/Town, State URL --------------- ------------- ----------------------- --------------------------------- Port Con 06/23/2011 - Portland, ME http://www.portconmaine.com 06/26/2011 Anime Expo 07/01/2011 - Los Angeles, CA http://animeexpo.org 07/04/2011 Renovation 08/17/2011 - Reno. NV http://wsfs.org or http://renovationsf.org 08/21/2011 The Great New 09/16/2011 - Fitchburg, MA http://www.thegreatnewenglandsteampunkexhibition.com/ England Steam- 09/18/2011 punk Exhibition http://www.pr.com/press-release/282287 Wizard World – 09/17/2011 - Boston, MA http://www.wizardworld.com/newengland.html NE Comic Con 09/18/2011 NY Comicon 10/13/2011 - New York, NY http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com 10/16/2011 Albacon 10/21/2011 - Albany, NY http://albacon.org 10/23/2011 Philcon 11/18/2011 - Cherry Hill, NJ http://philcon.org 11/20/2011 Arisia 2012 01/13/2012 - Boston, MA http://2012.arisia.org (note: arisia.org 01/16/2012 still redirects to 2011.) Costume Con 30 05/11/2012 - Tempe, AZ http://costumecon30.com 05/14/2012 Future Meetings (All Sunday unless otherwise indicated) ------------------------------------------------------- Date and Time Hosted by Food Workshop/Presentation ---------------------- --------------- -------------- --------------------- SAT 07/16/2011 02:00pm Jerome & Kara Cookout No meeting 08/2011 SAT 09/24/2011 12:30pm Wendy No Shelburne Museum 10/09/2011 sewing School Undecided (tentatively) Keep an eye on the list for further details on the July and September meetings. For October, the afternoon has been suggested. Please let Janice know your preference. ( janice@dallas-family.com ).