RE: [lace] Seven Competition and Exhibition

2007-07-25 Thread Sue
Thanks for the list of winners.  I am looking forward to going to the
exhibition early September with the Norfolk Lacemakers, a few of our
members have a side shoot to the Norfolk Lacemakers called Bishy Barnaby
who have won an award of excellance for their entry we saw pictures of
it at the last meeting and I was well impressed congratulations well and
truly earned.  (in case anybody is wondering Bishy Barnaby is a Norfolk
name for Ladybirds)

Happy lacing
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK
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Subject: [lace] Seven Competition and Exhibition


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Re: [lace] Seven Competition and Exhibition

2007-07-25 Thread bevw
Thankyou. I was!

On 7/25/07, Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


  (in case anybody is wondering Bishy Barnaby is a Norfolk
 name for Ladybirds)


-- 
Bev in Sooke BC (on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada)

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[lace-chat] Re: IOLI Membership Message/e-mail list

2007-07-25 Thread Jane Partridge
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tamara P
Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
With the 
guild-membership type of subscription, if you happen to join the 
organization close to the end of its subscription year, you get 4 
issues, of which 3 are way out of date and may not be of interest. And, 
to rub the salt into the wounds... as soon as you get your first 
*current* issue, you also get a renewal slip for the new year. 

Not with all Guilds - some, once past the third issue, will hold new
subscriptions until the new year, unless specifically requested
otherwise. It is also (correctly) strongly recommended from the powers-
that-be that those wishing to take out memberships late in the year are
made to understand that the renewal date is in xxx month, so that they
know they will be asked for a further subscription then. (This is from
spending several years demonstrating at a national needlework show in
March for a certain organisation that has renewal in July...) 

Do lace patterns and articles (other than forthcoming events and lace
days) really go out of date that quickly? I think if *all* of the
information in the issues is that quickly out of date, I would think
twice about it being worth a subscription in the first place.

-- 
Jane Partridge

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[lace-chat] help

2007-07-25 Thread Melinda Weasenforth
Hello all,

I am going out on a limb here because I usually get reprimanded for anything
that is spiritual.  Five years ago I lost a son (27) to drugs, well this past
Sunday night my youngest daughter took two handfuls of amiatripitilene and
another handful of zeprexa, all over a man.  Any way, if you believe help, if
you don't she is starting to come out but is still very incoherent.

So there it is, I know that if this is considered my third strike that I will
be banned from this group.

Thank you, Lynn. WV.

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Re: [lace-chat] help

2007-07-25 Thread Bev Walker
Good luck to you Lynn.
blessings

-- 
bye for now
Bev in Sooke, BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada)

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Re: [lace-chat] Re: IOLI M/ship reminders

2007-07-25 Thread Bev Walker
On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Is there any way that computerization could be used to send postcards? I

What we do for the Canadian magazine is tuck a renewal slip in the last
magazine - we need to keep the weight down of the package - so trade part
of our loose supplement for the weight taken up by a return envelope.Makes
it convenient to renew, and everyone knows when - because it's the same
time for all.

I don't undertand why a member of an organisation wouldn't want to know
what went on in the current year, as would be reported in the current
year's issues if there is someone joining 'late' but if so, then there
could be a cutoff date for the renewing. As we do, past a certain date
(June) we ask if the person wants the current year of mostly back issues,
or do they want their $ applied to the coming year.

But then, we don't do an AGM which requires current membership - and if
so, then my first thought applies, that that individual attending the AGM
should want to know what the year previous entailed...

etc. etc.

I really think IOLI should have an internal system for such discussions
then I would keep my oar out of it ;)


Bev in Sooke, BC

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Re: [lace-chat] help

2007-07-25 Thread Carol Melton
Dear Lynn, I am so very sorry this has  happened to your family.   
Please know I will be keeping you close to my heart and praying for  
the best possible outcome for your daughter.  I hope she gets a new  
start at life.

Hugs, Carol


On Jul 25, 2007, at 12:56 PM, Melinda Weasenforth wrote:


Hello all,

I am going out on a limb here because I usually get reprimanded for  
anything
that is spiritual.  Five years ago I lost a son (27) to drugs, well  
this past
Sunday night my youngest daughter took two handfuls of  
amiatripitilene and
another handful of zeprexa, all over a man.  Any way, if you  
believe help, if
you don't she is starting to come out but is still very  
incoherent.


So there it is, I know that if this is considered my third strike  
that I will

be banned from this group.

Thank you, Lynn. WV.

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Re: [lace-chat] Re: IOLI Membership Message/e-mail list

2007-07-25 Thread Dmt11home
Tamara is correct that older members will undoubtedly rise from the grave  to 
renew in August, having learned the hard way that failing to read the August  
issue, cover to cover, will result in a nagging feeling in October that  
something is missing. Most of the people on arachne probably fall into this  
category.
 
Personally, I really would like to make things as easy as possible on  
Laurie, but I am a little concerned that we will lose newer members. Over the  
years, I have had the experience several times where people joined and then  
after 
a year or two said to me, They just stopped coming, but I never  got a 
renewal notice. People in the US are trained to expect to receive  postcards 
in the 
mail to tell them when things are expiring. My preference, for  the group at 
large, as long as I am not doing the work :-), would be  for a brightly 
colored postcard to arrive in the mail and sit among the bills  where it will 
be 
processed with the things to be done. The magazine itself  tends to migrate 
to 
the living room or bedroom for leisure time reading and does  not reside with 
the things to be done.
 
My concern is that we are currently at a very low membership. I used to  
license photos for a bulletin to be sent to 1634 people. Now I seem to be  
licensing them for 1320. I also find myself busy and forgetful, so that it  
becomes 
increasingly the case that only those items that are banging me over the  head 
get done. As it so happens, there are a lot of other organizations banging  me 
over the head with ever greater effectiveness and I imagine this is the case  
with new members who are not so intimately bound to the IOLI. (There are, for 
 instance, three bird watching organizations that write us weekly to beg us 
to  rejoin.) My preference would be for it to be as hard as possible to fall  
off the IOLI membership rolls through inattention. Singing renewal  telegrams, 
perhaps? (I suppose I will have to do the singing for Northern New  Jersey, 
now :-).)
 
As usual, the volunteer duties expected of volunteers at the IOLI  far  
exceed the amount of time most people have excess to the requirements of 
living.  
We all owe Laurie a big thank you for taking on this task. I know Laurie is  
working very, very hard, already. Of late, she has been personally  trying to 
straighten out a membership gone astray of one of my friends,  with admirable 
fortitude and even the skills of a detective. She is a  superb membership 
chairman, and we are very lucky to have her. The idea of a  helper for Laurie 
sounds 
like a good one to me, as it is really unreasonable to  ask her to take on 
any more work. It is already a miracle that we can get  anyone to volunteer for 
these jobs, without making them harder.
 
Is there any way that computerization could be used to send postcards? I  
know that postcards represent an added expense, but as the membership declines, 
 
the expense of producing each individual bulletin goes up, since the rule in 
the  printing world is that the more you print, the less each one costs. Also, 
the  more members we have, the greater the volunteer pool to help run the  
organization, so as not to kill the volunteers we already have.
 
Devon
 
 
 
 



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[lace-chat] Geese

2007-07-25 Thread Jane Partridge
This was posted to the list quite some time ago by Helen Clarke;
November 14th 2000, to be precise. I think there are one or two on the
list who need the encouragement, so I'm re-posting it. Laurie and the
editorial team obviously need the help of the IOLI flock, and I'm sure
there are far more than two geese flying with Lynn and her daughter at
the moment


--Author Unknown

This fall, when you see geese heading south for the winter flying in a
V formation, you might consider what science has discovered about why
they fly that way. As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an uplift
for the bird immediately following. By flying in a V  formation, the
whole flock adds at least 71 percent greater flying range than if each
bird flew on its own.

People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where
they are going more quickly and easily, because they are travelling on
the thrust of one another.

When a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and
resistance of trying to go it alone - and quickly gets back into
formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird in front.

If we have as much sense as a goose, we will stay in formation with
those people who are headed the same way we are. When the head goose
gets tired, it rotates back in the wing and another goose flies point.
It is sensible to take turns doing demanding jobs, whether with people
or with geese flying south.

Geese honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep up their
speed. What message do we give when we honk from behind?

Finally - and this is important - when a goose gets sick or is wounded
by gunshot, and falls out of formation, two other geese fall out with
that goose and follow it down to lend help and protection. They stay
with the fallen goose until it is able to fly or until it dies; and only
then do they launch out on their own, or with another formation to catch
up with their own group.

If we have the sense of a goose, we will stand by each other like that.
-- 
Jane Partridge

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