​How HAAQG Works

​Hands All Around Quilt Guild is a member-led organization. Our elected board provides leadership, stewardship, and continuity for the guild, while committee chairs and volunteers turn ideas into programs, activities, community service, and Quilt Spectrum.
Serving on the board or a committee is one way members can contribute their experience, interests, and skills to the future of HAAQG. Leadership does not mean doing everything yourself—it means working with other members, communicating clearly, making thoughtful decisions, and helping the guild carry out its purpose.

​What Does It Mean to Serve on the Board?

Board members have responsibilities beyond their individual positions. Together, the board:

• keeps the guild focused on its mission and purpose
• makes decisions in the best interest of the organization
• provides responsible oversight of guild finances and resources
• supports committees and special projects
• helps establish priorities and policies
• plans for the guild's future
• communicates with members
• encourages participation and develops future leaders
• helps ensure continuity when officers and committee chairs change

​How Committees Fit In

The board helps guide the guild. Committees help make the guild happen.

​Committees organize much of what members experience throughout the year. Committee chairs coordinate the work, but successful committees depend on members who are willing to help with individual projects, recurring tasks, or occasional activities.

​What Our Committees Do

​Programs

​Plans and coordinates speakers, presentations, and educational programming for guild meetings and related workshops.

​Mentoring

​Creates member-to-member learning opportunities where quilters can develop skills, try new techniques, and complete approachable projects.

​Block of the Month

​Selects and coordinates monthly quilt blocks and provides members with patterns, instructions, and program information.

​Community Projects

​Coordinates quilts and other handmade items created by members for organizations and individuals in the community.

​Membership

​Supports member registration and records, welcomes new members, provides membership information, and helps strengthen member connection and participation.

​Guild Library

​Maintains the guild's collection of quilting books and resources, manages borrowing and returns, and helps members discover useful materials.

​Newsletter

​Collects, edits, and organizes current guild information into the newsletter so members know about programs, activities, deadlines, and opportunities.

​Social Media

​Shares appropriate guild news, programs, activities, Quilt Spectrum information, member highlights, and quilting content through HAAQG's public and member social-media channels.

​Website

​Maintains HAAQG.com as the guild's primary source for current public information, member resources, program details, forms, Quilt Spectrum information, and organizational content.

​Quilt Spectrum

​Plans and coordinates the guild's major quilt show, bringing together quilt displays, vendors, volunteers, publicity, visitor services, and the many logistical pieces required to produce the event.

​Raffle Quilt

​Coordinates the annual raffle quilt, including the quilt project, ticket activity, promotion, display, and drawing in coordination with guild requirements.

​Ways & Means

​Coordinates approved fundraising activities that help provide financial support for guild programs and operations.

​Historian

​Preserves information, photographs, documents, and milestones that tell the story of HAAQG and its members over time.

​Retreats

​Plans and coordinates guild retreats that give members dedicated time to quilt, work on projects, learn from one another, and enjoy fellowship in a relaxed setting.

​Publicity

​Promotes HAAQG programs, events, Quilt Spectrum, and other public activities through appropriate community outlets, helping increase awareness of the guild and its work.

​Challenge Quilt

​Develops the annual challenge theme and guidelines, communicates requirements to members, and coordinates the collection and display of completed challenge quilts.

​One-Time Help Matters Too

​You Don't Have to Hold a Position to HelpHAAQG depends on many kinds of participation. A member might:

• help with one meeting
• assist at a workshop
• photograph Show & Tell
• sew for a community project
• work one Quilt Spectrum shift
• help welcome visitors
• share a skill
• assist with publicity
• serve on a short-term project team
• join a committee without chairing it
• eventually consider a board or committee leadership role

Every contribution helps the guild work.

Interested in Getting Involved?

If something matches your interests or skills, talk with the committee chair or a board member. You do not need previous leadership experience to begin helping.