May 21, 2020: Our May meeting at Rolling Meadows is cancelled, but we are working on a virtual meeting. See our Zoom news below!
July retreat: It is with great regret that we are cancelling the Hilton Garden Inn retreat for July in compliance with the Governor’s stay at home order. Please see the retreat page for more details.
Welcome to NSQG!
Join us for our monthly meetings on the third Thursday of each month (except December) at 7PM at Rolling Meadows Community Center (3705 Pheasant Drive). (Please see our alternate plans elsewhere on this page during the COVID-19 lockdown.) Click here for map and directions.
May 21 Meeting - Virtually!
As our stay at home order stretches into May, we’re all learning new skills, and a lot of those are online. The guild acquired a license for Zoom, and your board used it to meet to conduct business in April. We have contacted our speakers for May and June and we’re excited to announce that they’re going to work with us to try to have online meetings! Either way, your board is determined to provide value for your membership dues, even during this time of extreme change. We will have programming for you, even if it isn’t quite “business as usual.”
If you haven’t used Zoom, it’s free! You can download the software for your computer at zoom.us, or get the app for your phone from the Apple Store or Google Play Store. Zoom has lots of great online tutorials.
We will also have Zoom “office hours” on Wednesday, May 13 from 6:30 to 8PM, and Saturday, May 16 from 4 to 5 pm. Watch for an email from our president on how to join one of these practice sessions and our meeting at 7pm on Thursday, May 21.
This value is for our members only. If you’re not a member, dues are half price through June. It’s a perfect time to try it out and see what we’re all about! And stay tuned this month for more details!
March/April Block of the Month
Ooops! With the quarantine we’re a little bit behind. So here’s the March and April block of the month… See you in May!
March: Dutchman’s Puzzle
April: Morning Star
Elections are Coming
- If you haven’t read your spring Patchwords newsletter, the slate of officers for the coming election was announced. For your convenience, the candidates are listed below:
President – Maria Ross
1st VP: Programs – Linda Nemec
2nd VP: Membership – Karen Snell, Valerie Kuster
Contracts – Jonnie Staggs
Recording Secretary – Kathleen Haaker, Susan Leverenz
Corresponding Secretary – Theresa Benson
Treasurer – Sue Nowakowski
We also announced the method we would use for virtual voting. To read the detailed instructions, please review the newsletter. But the basics are:
–Send floor nominations to nominate@nsqg.club no later than May 15, 2020. Any nominations will be reviewed by the nominating committee and a final ballot will be published by the May 21 meeting.
-Once the final ballot is sent, FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE NEWSLETTER and send your votes to vote@nsqg.club. Voting will be open from May 21 through May 28.
Even though we will be “meeting virtually” in May, we will still use the virtual process outlined in the newsletter for this election.
Looking to Change Up Your Quarantine Routine? Join NSQGs Stay at Home Challenge!
Inspired by past NSQG speaker Cheryl Sleboda, we are going to make one quilt per week for four weeks. Yep, that’s right.(Cheryl did it for five years!) Never fear, think SMALL. Get all the challenge’s details and definitions here.
Week 1: Comfort entries
Week 2: Journey entries
The week 3 theme is Freedom. Be sure you send pictures and descriptions by 6pm on Sunday, May 24. Good luck, and stay comfortable! 3
