There is a discussion area on the <http://www.internationaloldlacers.org> >site called Lace Round Table.
The Old Lacers can always do what the League of American Wheelmen did -- take a survey of the members, announce the results, do the opposite of what the majority wants (be sure to select the silliest-possible name and not do anything else), and collapse utterly when members who feel disenfranchised forget to pay their dues and potential new members fail to say "Wow! New Name! Sign me up twice!". Then re-form under a third name as a "buy your lace at K-Mart" organization devoted to the proposition that it's elitist to expect anyone to see a difference between torchon and chantilly. If people insist on learning to make lace despite your assurance that only the elite can do so, sell them copies of the horror kit. For extra credit, establish a "lace friendly community" program that awards certificates to cities that ban lacing in public and erect, at great expense to the taxpayers, lacemaking shelters with randomly-flashing brilliant lights and frequent falls of black dust. Though you call it a "lacemaking shelter", it's really a roller-skating rink in which lacemaking is grudgingly permitted. -- Joy Beeson west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where they are building the shelters but have not yet forced us into them. To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
