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About CNY EGA!
 
The Embroiderers' Guild of America Inc. is a non-profit educational organization founded in 1958 to:
    Foster high standards of design, color and workmanship in embroidery
    Teach embroidery arts
    Preserve our national needle arts heritage
The Guild:
    Serves 20,000 members
    Has a network of over 334 chapters
    Is located in 13 geographical regions
    Offers membership-at-large to those unable to participate in chapter activities

The Central New York chapter holds daytime and evening meetings once a month, usually on the third Tuesday evening and the third Wednesday morning of the month.
 

2007 - 2008 Chapter Officers
President   Susan Kaplan
1st Vice President   Terry Mullen
2nd Vice President   Mary Ann Benkoski
Recording Secretary   Billie Stoughton
Evening Secretary   Shirley Hausner
Treasurer   Jill Sarkodie-Mensah
Assistant Treasurer   Kathy Frankosky
Region Representative   Fran O'Donnell
Contact Us   cnyega@dreamscape.com

Committee Chairpersons and Members
Bylaws Committee   Bobbi Yonai(Chair)
Evening Meeting Coordinator   Joan Murphy
Historian   Bobbi Hemphill
Hospitality   Shirley Hausner
Amanda Noel
Librarian  Joan Murphy
Bobbi Hemphill
Newsletter  Lenore Dudzick
Nominating Committee 
Outreach  Joan Murphy
Parliamentarian  Marcelline Pelley
Publicity  Lenore Dudzick
Sunshine  Julie Rimel
Ways and Means  Mary Ann Benkoski(Chair)
Workshops  Pat Schmidt
Dues: Annual dues are $45.00
Name Tags: Each member is required to wear a hand-stitched name tag at meetings and workshops. There is a 50-cent fine imposed for not wearing a name tag. New members may attend two meetings before the fine is imposed.
Newsletters: Newsletters are published four times a year: March, June, September and December. Advertising is accepted; please email lenored52@yahoo.com for information. Deadline for each newsletter is the Friday after the EGA meeting prior to publication.


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