While it was unfortunate that the situation happened, consider this. IOLI stands for International Old Lacers, Incorporated. That last word has more meaning then most of us give. After all we are just a group of people getting together for making lace. But in fact the organization is required by federal law to fulfil certain functions because of that part of the name. What we see standing at the front of the stage is a friend that happens to be chairing the business meeting that year. In reality she is the CEO of the corporation at that point. The business meeting is required by law, a quorum needs to asertained, and normal business must be conducted to fulfil some of the legal requirements. The convention itself is simply a convienent and enjoyable means of getting the people there at the same time to do so
One would normally not, nor should they, expect to enter a business meeting of, well, let's say, Kodak, I.B.M., Microsoft or Xerox, and not be questioned on their intent. At the least you would ask if you could attend prior to the meeting, and accept the obvious answer when denyed entry. This episode we are discussing is on the same plane. Business must be done in a business like manner. So I would have to say that they were correct not to let you in. This was not a social function at that moment. And for the friend, saying farewell to aquintances should have been after the meeting when people exited ( and you could have been included in that as well). We all like to have an enjoyable time at the convention, but sometimes the real reason for its existance gets in the way. While I am sorry that you had an unjoyable moment while there, unlike lacemaking, we can not retro-lace and redo it. All we can do is understand some of the reasons behind it. ********************************** Bobbins by Van-Dieren Kenn Van-Dieren 2304 Clifford Avenue Rochester, NY 14609 Tel: 585.654.5711 Cell: 585.750.8842 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: www.bobbinmaker.com ***************************************** - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
