River Spinners

Membership Benefits

Fiscal Year runs September 1, through August 31. Dues for River Spinners is $20 a year. Youth (high school - 21 years old) Dues rate is $10. No fee for first meeting to come try us on. $5 fee per meeting for non members who come to multiple meetings but don't join. $5 for nonmembers on Dye Days unless otherwise specified. Membership includes . . .

• Monthly business meeting and social gathering
• Priority placement and discounts on workshops
• Membership lists and handouts
• Priority placement of links and events on web site
• Mini topics at every other guild meeting - members will share in their areas of expertise
• Fleece Sampling Project - where we meet the animals - assist in shearing and skirting where possible - receiving a small amount to wash, dye, spin and chat about at meetings regarding our experience with that fiber and techniques that we have used with it.

• Discount on Interweave Publications and other various offers
• Guild Dye Days (weather permitting of course)
• Use of guild equipment

  Drum carder - Strauch "Finest"
  
  
  Hand Combs - Valkyrie Viking two pitch
  
  
  English Combs - Indigo Hound five pitch
  
  
  Inkle Loom
  
  
  Tapestry Loom
  
  
  Verilux Lamp - Full Spectrum Lighting

  
  
  Contact us to reserve and borrow guild equipment

2007-2009 Guild Officials
Two Year Terms all expire in September of odd number of years

• Fearless Leaders - Cathy McKenny
• Purse - Nancy Hellekson (this is who you pay the dues to!)
• Pen - Alison Schantz
• Queen Key Fairy - Diane Golding
  Key Fairies - Vikki, Kim, Leslie, with Cindy and Linda as backups
• Treat Troll - Jenna Konesko
• Keeper - Susan Lathrop
• Web Mistress - Elizabeth Szczesniak-Johnson
• Committee for Workshops - Linda Gordon, Diane Golding, and Cathy McKenny

2008-2010 Guild Officials
Two Year Term expire in September of even number of years

• VPN - Maureen Clark

Job Descriptions

• Fearless Leader - Runs meetings, works with committees, membership morale, pr, coordinates other volunteers, reserves space for Business Meetings
• VPN - "Very Pushy Nudger" Prodes and pokes the fearless leader. Term is on a separate election cycle to improve continueity. This is not necesarily a fearless leader in training due to the election cycle.
• Purse - Collects dues, writes checks as necessary, bi-monthly balance reports, communicates with Pen on membership
• Pen - Ewesful News content (emails and website), email reminders, contact for guild (Spin-off, NHA, etc.), maintain gmail account, makes sure no brilliant ideas are lost, maintains list of members and friends, occasional correspondence
• Queen Key Fairy - coordinates who will get the key - checks in with Key Fairies the Monday of the Business week to confirm schedule
  Key Fairies - Picks up key from Brattleboro Savings and Loan prior to 5 pm the day of the business meeting
• Treat Troll - $10 monthly budget for the business meeting to supply snack - suggestions welcome - primarily healthy treats with some sweets
• Keeper - Stores equipment, keeps calendar, and coordinates monthly trades off
• Web Mistress - Updates website based on info from Fearless Leader and Pen
• Social Butterfly - Proposed position - Coordinates the following - Farmers Markets, Dye Days, School Visits, Fairs, Farm Visits, and Spin-ins. Tabled at 9/6/07 meeting