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The Madison Knitters Guild has many committees and positions to manage the multitude of MKG activities. Click on a committee or position name below to see job duties.

Advertising	Hedge Becker
Community Projects	Kristi Schultz
Hospitality	Adrianna Crawford
I.D.E.A.L.	Kay Simmons
Knit Along (KAL)	Kimberly Vrubley
Knit-Aid	The Sow's Ear
Knit-In	Hedge Becker
Library	Kirsten Almo
Membership	Kimberly Vrubley
Education/Neighborhood Knits	Anne Lies
Newsletter	Carolyn Grede
Programs	Programming Committee
Social Media	Amber Lucsay
Special Events	Nancy Hilmanowski
Website/Communications	Amber Lucsay

To contact a committee, please use our contact form and select the appropriate committee or position name from the category list. Your message will be routed to the correct committee. Alternatively, click on "contact this committee" at the end of the committee's description below.

MKG Committees and Positions - Job Duties

Advertising

Solicit advertising for newsletter.
Work with newsletter committee as needed.
Schedule vendors for Guild meetings (Sept-April).
Update website with advertiser and vendor information.

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Community Projects

For a description of the Community Projects Committee, its projects, and its volunteer opportunities, see the Community Projects pages.

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Hospitality

Staff the Hospitality Table:
- Welcome meeting attendees
- Facilitate door prize sign-up
- Distribute and collect event registrations
- Provide directions
- Sell fundraising items
- Distribute advertising flyers
Show and Tell

Encourage participation
Organize sign-up
Collect project information slips

Brown Bag Exchange

Organize all aspects of the exchange
(Each October, participants bring yarn appropriate for the chosen project type in an opaque bag, then trade bags with another participant. All participants take a bag of yarn home, knit the designated project, and bring it to the May meeting. The person who submitted the yarn receives a project made from that yarn.)

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Knit Along (KAL)

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Knit-Aid

Expert knitters available at each Guild meeting to help with projects, and general knitting issues.

They help knitters fix mistakes, interpret patterns and wind skeins of yarn into balls.

Please stop by the Knit-Aid table with your questions!

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Publish the monthly newsletter, Knitters' Knews, from August through May.

Volunteers on this committee:

Plan content of each issue
Accept submissions from MKG board, MKG committee chairs, and MKG members
Perform pre-publication edits of all submissions
Use desktop publishing software (Microsoft Publisher or Adobe InDesign) to layout the issue using stored templates
Proofread final draft and produce a final PDF file
Set up the PDF file for download from the members-only website
Publish the finished issue via e-mail to MKG membership
Assist in archival and other bookkeeping of finished issues.