Help Wanted

The Bay Lakes Knitting Guild is in need of a Program/Events Chair.

Don't stop reading because you think you can't help or because the idea of doing it scares you.

Now is the best time to take on the job because a great majority of the work is already done for you (or you and a friend, two people can do this together--half the work, double the fun).



Carol has planned and scheduled an April Sock KAL and Kris K. is set to coordinate it.








Glenyss from the Grafton Yarn Store is already scheduled to teach Fair Isle at the May meeting, spend the night, and teach a full morning Fair Isle class for those interested the next day (for a small fee).  Barbara Boville stepped forward to coordinate.  All that's needed is to contact her to make sure that she solidifies the plans, times, and materials.






June is the annual picnic, the venue is set and Della M. and Diane W. have stepped forward to coordinate that.




 So the Program/Events Chair needs to coordinate.  Delegate.  Oversee.

• You need to check that the coordinator for that month's program is up to speed, has contacted the teacher or venue, and has what they need to get the job done.  
• The Program/Events Chair needs to make sure that the coordinator of each program gets any "homework" needed for the next month to Kathy P. in time to put it in the newsletter.
• July and August are months we have no programs but right now there is nothing lined up for September, October, and November.
• Carol has the interest surveys that we all filled out earlier this year.  The survey is filled with ideas to help the Program/Events Chair with planning.

One thing to keep in mind:  if you figure that we have 30 members taking turns and figure that there are 6 "big" volunteer jobs (President, Secretary, Treasurer, Program/Events, Newsletter, Charity Coordinator), 30 divided by 6 equals 5.  That means that we'd each only have to do one of those "big" jobs once every five years.  Think of it, if you step forward this year to coordinate the Programs/Events, you're off the hook until 2024.

Plan to Come Next Year

 



An even dozen Bay Lakes Knitting Guild members drove off to Cedarburg on a fine Wednesday a week ago to spend two nights at the Washington House Inn right in the heart of downtown.  If you've never been to Cedarburg (and I hadn't) it's a quaint little town with all sorts of specialty shops up and down the three-block-long main street.  And the Washington House Inn is right in the center.  (that's my second-floor room window right above the stoplight)

 



We were given the use of their lower level meeting room for sitting and knitting and talking and laughing.  Being in the middle of town let us wander to shop or eat as the spirit moved us.  There was no expectation that we'd move around in a group, people stayed or went as they wanted.  The Inn hosts a wine and cheese hour in the Gathering Room each evening and the breakfasts were amazing.  This was no "continental" breakfast either, this was coffee, tea, eggs, meat, coffee cake, quick breads, fruit & juice, cereal, milk, yogurt, toast.  All delicious.








 






On Friday morning we packed up and drove the three or four miles to the Grafton Yarn Store where Glenyss gave us all a quick lesson in knitting backwards which is not as useless a skill as you might imagine.  She recommended it for short rows, baubles, entrelac, and toys, just to name a few uses.  To thank her for her time and expertise we might have bought a little yarn.  


 







Plan to come along next spring when the Bay Lakes Knitting Guild once again travels to Cedarburg for a little late winter/early spring knitting getaway.  You won't be sorry.