May 2025 Meeting Minutes

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Northern Virginia Writers Club

May 2025 Meeting Minutes

5/17/25         1:00 PM

  1. Call to order: meeting started at 1:08 PM
  2. Roll call
  3. Attendees – 12 in person, 6 online
    1. Newcomer introductions
    2. Triumphs and failures
  4. Approval of minutes from last meeting
    1. A.J. George moved to approve; Katherine Schweit seconded; unanimously approved
  5. Officer’s Reports
    1. President Carolyn McBride
      1. New regular meeting location: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Education Building (Room 9)
    2. Vice President Casie White
      1. Call for ideas for summer event
    3. Treasurer AJ George
      1. $6,826.47 net assets
    4. Secretary Kevin Connor
      1. Nothing to report
    5. Membership Chair Isabelle Missud
      1. absent
    6. Event Coordinators: Lois Wren, David Wessel, Jennifer Milder, Patricia DiVechio
      1. New banner and bookmarks coming soon
      2. Continued success at B&N events
    7. Website Coordinators: Carolyn McBride, Toby Dorr
      1. Beta testers invitation coming soon
    8. Social Media Coordinator Allie Nelson
      1. Meetup Guidelines posted on website
      2. First Brainstorm & Brew was held at Godfrey’s in Falls Church
    9. Golden Nib Coordinator Suzanne Davenport
      1. Latest info posted to website: https://northernvirginiawriters.org/golden-nib/
    10. Old Business – none
    11. New Business
      1. Upcoming writing resources/contests
        1. Chesapeake Writers’ Conference, St. Mary’s College, June 22-28
          https://www.smcm.edu/annual-events/chesapeake-writers-conference/
        2. Online Chesapeake Writing Workshop, Aug. 15-16
          https://chesapeakewritingworkshops.com/
        3. Eat Local, Read Local Event, Cascades Library, Loudoun County, Sat., Oct. 18, 11-2; email Margolies@loudoun.gov by August 25 with your name (as you would like it to appear in our program) and your preferred email address if different from this one, audience, and genre
        4. Washington Writers’ Publishing House taking submissions until July 15: https://www.washingtonwriters.org/
        5. Night Ginkgo new DMV press: https://nightginkgo.com/
      2. Business from the floor
        1. Katherine Schweit giving VWC talk about sources for crime fiction
        2. Lori recommends The Business of Being a Writer by Jane Friedman
    12. 15-minute networking
    13. Featured speaker Rosslyn Chay – Toward Authentic Expression: Liberating the Writer in You
    14. Adjournment – meeting adjourned at 3:00 PM