Re: [lace] Conventions
Elizabeth Ligeti lizl...@bigpond.com wrote: However one big difference is that the 12 hour classes are held on 2 full days - not 4 half days. This means that people can go for a shorter time and get in their whole 2 day class without the expense of a full week...[snip]... This might be something to think about another time, - some people could perhaps, manage half a week at Convention, and the Aussie way would give them a full 2 day class. Actually, this was tried in 2004, with the IOLI convention at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Some people loved the new version. Some tried it and didn't like it. There was also a small but very vocal group campaigning against the new format, who 'boycotted' the convention. It was this convention that inspired the bylaw change to make the IOLI board more directly in control of some aspects of convention. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com Parvum leve mentes capiunt (Little things amuse little minds) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] RE: Convention
Hi this maybe true but think of who will be doing all the work to put together 2 conventions - they don't just happen! two sets of venues, teachers, suppliers loss of economies of scale (if there are any) Also suppliers will hve a smaller audience would they want to go to 2 venues with maybe a long journey between; spread over 2 weeks instead of one and the same for teachers (though they would get 2 weeks of work if it fits in with their schedule. There is much more to organising any meeting/convention that is at first apparant Kind regards Rosemary in the UK On 24/04/2013 00:32, lac...@aol.com wrote: If you changed the bylaws like Clay suggested (all member vote instead of quoram) you could concievabley have two smaller conventions a year. If you staggered them two weeks to allow for transportation, teachers could do both East and West, one after the other. You could rotate classes East to West year to year if needed as well as have some offered at every convention. And I do agree that mid July is better but even that issue?could be worked around with two smaller conventions. ? Amber Forest, VA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ -- Kind Regards Rosemary Hemmett mailto:rosemary.hemm...@virgin.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] RE: Convention
If you changed the bylaws like Clay suggested (all member vote instead of quoram) you could concievabley have two smaller conventions a year. If US non-profits are anything like UK charities then having the AGM and needing a quorum may not be a choice that IOLI made. Here it is the law imposed by the Charities Commission. Having a proxy vote is built into The Lace Guild's constitution and we reminded all our members about this right when the details of this year's AGM were distributed. Out of over 3,000 members we had 1 (yes, one) proxy vote. Jacquie in Lincolnshire. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] CORRECT address for blue matte film
That would be http://needlelace.com Sorry!!! Susan Hottle, Erie, PA USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] blue film for needlelace
Hello All! When I was checking out www.needlelace.com for the Stitch of the Month, I happened across her supplies tab found blue matte film! Looks like it might have a grid on it?? Hope this helps the needlelace experts. I don't know Doreen Holmes but I sure like her SOTM feature! Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] blue film for needlelace
I don't know about the blue film that this site is selling, but I have bought it in the past from a different vender and the grid is on the backing paper so when it is on your pricking or pattern outline it does not have a grid. Donna near Chicago where the rain has stop and the rivers are shrinking.. From: hottl...@neo.rr.com hottl...@neo.rr.com To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 1:15 PM Subject: [lace] blue film for needlelace Hello All! When I was checking out www.needlelace.com for the Stitch of the Month, I happened across her supplies tab found blue matte film! Looks like it might have a grid on it?? Hope this helps the needlelace experts. I don't know Doreen Holmes but I sure like her SOTM feature! Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] blue film for needlelace
If you cannot find the matt film just buy the cheap shiny stuff and rub all over with a pan scrub to take the shine off,hey presto matt film. Sue M Harvey Norfolk U.K. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Architect's linen
On 22/04/13 4:57 PM, Jean Nathan wrote: DH was an engineering lecturer and taught, among other things, technical drawing. When the subject started to move to computers, he brought home what the college had because he didn't think computers would catch on (LOL) and knew the college would throw out what they had on the assumption that computers would be the way to go. Of course, DH was wrong and we had half a dozen full rolls of architects linen in the loft for several years until we moved, when he threw it out because it was never going to be needed again and that was long before I took up lacemaking or knew about needlelace. Somewhere at the bottom of a landfill in Essex are six full rolls of architects linen! Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ I have the architect's linen that my husband grabbed for me under similar circumstances. I have also boiled it down to make nighties for me and handkerchieves for both of us. Anna from a sunny cool Sydney - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Lace conventions
I have read with interest all the discussions on lace conventions. Travel costs are the big thing that stand in the way of attending any convention this applies to the US as well as Australia where distances are very similar. And yes we have the same requirements as well. I've been a member of the Australian lace Guild for over 30 years and only managed to get to my first 'convention' 2 years ago. It was within driving distance. In the early 1990's there were conventions within walking distance from my home but I couldn't go. The main reasons were financial and family; conventions were held in school holidays and I was a teacher with 3 children. When the children were finally old enough to be left for a week it was cost that kept me at home. But at the same time I could afford to attend week long Physics, Science and History of Science conferences not only due to tax concessions and support from my employer, but these academic conferences always gave a variety of accommodation options and food could be obtained from a variety of outlets. The registration costs included the cost of key note speakers. I sometimes brought my kids with me and they were made welcome, my daughter was often singled out by a key note speaker during breaks and on one occasion the Governor General approached her and chatted to her during the welcome reception. As a family we regularly attended caving conferences because accommodation costs were kept down; we either camped or the conference was held in a sport and rec grounds where we stayed in cabins or it was held in some variety of community facility and we stayed in a hotel or motel AND there were activities for non-cavers and children. Often these activities arose spontaneously but non-cavers and kids were welcome! I used to make lace or stitch while my husband attended the lectures and workshops and the kids did their thing with the other kids. We all kept an eye out for the children and some of the mums with young children organised their own creche. This year I ran a patchwork workshop for non-caving partners, it was a great success with even more non-caving partners attending than in previous years. This conference was held in a Catholic Retreat Center that had a variety of accommodation options which included camping, apart from workshop facilities for the conference, we also had access to the swimming pool and other facilities which included common rooms and rec rooms. Lace conventions rarely make partners welcome and children are never seen. If I could have brought my husband and kids to a lace 'convention' I would have gone. As far as staying in a venue that includes the meals this is a hit and miss affair. To be totally blunt I hate boarding school food!! While there is lots of it, it is boring and done to a price and hence the quality is not always there. Yet I have been to functions at boarding schools where the food has been simply great. It depends on how much you are prepared to pay for food. Anna in a sunny Sydney - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Conventions
Firstly. - ANZAC Day greetings to all Aussies. I went to the Portland convention in 2010 - as a student, (the other 2 I have been to I was a teacher), - and I had a ball there! Loved every minute! The hotel was very helpful, and class rooms were very good. I have very happy memories. It is so nice to make new friends and meet old ones again, - and meet Arachne people - and find the names on my monitor are Real people!!! I am looking forward to the convention this year. As we were coming over to USA, I waved the IOLI Bulletin before DH's eyes and pointed out that Salt Lake City was not 'That' far from Seattle, and that just a little bypass on the way from Seattle to LA airport might be nice...!!! (LOL). I look forward to meeting lots of you there - at the Arachne lunch as well as around the hotel. (Hang the expense, - it might be my last trip overseas as Travel Insurance for Oldies is almost prohibitive! -- It is costing us the equal of another Air fare from Melbourne to LA!) Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. Lest We forget. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
