<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpa93eee3yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The link below leads to the NCQC Summer Newsletter if you are interested. Good info about teachers, and a good read about Linda Schmidt's experience being asked to design an opportunity quilt. (We had her as a teacher a couple of years ago.)</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">NCQC is the Northern California Quilt Council to which we belong.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div class="ydpa93eee3signature"><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><em>Sharon Lau</em></font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><a href="https://northerncaliforniaquiltcouncil.wildapricot.org/EmailTracker/LinkTracker.ashx?linkAndRecipientCode=yUzXpT%2fAW0nI3JLtGQHiixvxkbFw98emdVQ0jbRnsItsjpNxiVd%2bGhD54k1KeeCEGzXQ6%2fBJjuVpDhmg40c%2fg1WPfmfn6Al912CS6B6wzuw%3d" rel="nofollow" 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style="line-height:22px;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;" class="ydpd36edd31yiv3122708942font"><span style="font-size:14px;" class="ydpd36edd31yiv3122708942size"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="ydpd36edd31yiv3122708942font"><span style="font-size:20px;" class="ydpd36edd31yiv3122708942size"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="ydpd36edd31yiv3122708942font"><span style="font-size:22px;" class="ydpd36edd31yiv3122708942size"><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="ydpd36edd31yiv3122708942colour">For distribution to all Members of NCQC and Please share with all members of your guild</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br></h3><p style="display:block;margin:16px 0;">OK to open PDF in full screen mode on desktop for best viewing. It takes a bit to load; I can see it best on my tablet scrolling down page by page. <br></p><ol style="line-height:22px;"><br></ol><p style="display:block;margin:16px 0;line-height:22px;"><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="ydpd36edd31yiv3122708942colour">This Wednesday is the zoom meeting regarding "Guild Membership & Retention" Some of the region's finest guilds will share their growth strategies. </span><br></p><p style="display:block;margin:16px 0;line-height:22px;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;" class="ydpd36edd31yiv3122708942font"><span style="font-size:14px;" class="ydpd36edd31yiv3122708942size"><span><span style="font-size:16px;" class="ydpd36edd31yiv3122708942size"><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="ydpd36edd31yiv3122708942colour">Roberta Burke</span></span></span></span></span><br></p><span style="font-family:Helvetica;" class="ydpd36edd31yiv3122708942font"><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="ydpd36edd31yiv3122708942colour"><a 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