A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

I hope you all are enjoying your summer.  With the temperature at 110 degrees outside, it is certainly a relief to be indoors working and trying to keep cool!  As I begin my term as your AQG president, I want to first take a moment to thank our outgoing president Gail Piggott for her leadership, support and friendship this past year. The organizational structure and procedures Gail implemented during her term will have a very positive impact on the AQG office for many years to come.  THANK YOU GAIL! I would also like to commend the 2007-2008 Board of Directors not only for their hard work this past year, but also their support as we transition to the new Board.

Your new AQG Board is already hard at work developing goals and objectives for this upcoming year.  As reported in the May issue of the Chatter, AQG will be moving the 2009 Quilt Show to the Mesa Convention Center. This will be an exciting change for AQG, given the fact that ALL quilts will finally be located in one building, in one room and on one floor.  Under the leadership of our 2009 Quilt Show Chair Barbara Harrell, and with your strong support, I know the decision to relocate the quilt show will prove to be a correct one for AQG.

Here are a few reminders to put on your calendars. The 2008 fall meeting will be held on October 11^th, 2008 at ASU West. This year’s theme is “An Autumn Serenade.” A very special “thank you” goes to the A-Z Quilters chapter for hosting this annual meeting. Registration information for the meeting is included in this issue of the Chatter. For those of you who attended the fall meeting last year and remember that we ran out of food, please know that we have taken serious steps to insure that this does not happen again. Last but not least, please don’t forget to register for the Ricky Timm’s Seminar. Registration forms for this show are included herein as well.

As we begin this year together, I ask that you volunteer at the quilt show, support the efforts of your Board and celebrate our combined joy of quilting. I welcome your input, thoughts, ideas and comments. Thank you for bestowing this honor upon me and I pledge to work tirelessly to achieve the goals and objectives of the Arizona Quilters Guild for 2008-2009.

Judy Taylor

2008-2009 AQG President

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