Re: [lace] RE: Convention.
I got my none choice. All booked before I logged on. So I'll be down for two days with my pillows in a public space hoping for advice!!!(and shopping!!) Sent from my iPhone and if I'm driving please excuse Siri derived typos. > On Apr 23, 2017, at 6:56 PM, Sue Babbs wrote: > > I got my first choice too!! Hurrah!! Looking forward to Philly in July > > > Sue > suebabbs...@gmail.com > > - > 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] RE: Convention.
I got my first choice too!! Hurrah!! Looking forward to Philly in July Sue suebabbs...@gmail.com - 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-public day
It's been a number of years since our group hosted IOLI so I may not be remembering correctly. However, I think we had a very small charge, like $3.00, for public visitors who wanted to shop. People had to have a nametag to enter the vendor's hall. The charge covered the nametag. If they took a class or two that day, then there was a one-day registration fee. The exhibit hall was open to any visitor. That I know because I was in charge of it, and we did not check for nametags when people came in. If the conference guidelines do not specify rules, then the hosts can probably do it however they wish. There's usually a very small number of public visitors that day so it isn't a major problem. Alice in Oregon -- where we had one day of sunny, but chilly, spring - then back to rain for the next week. On Friday, April 21, 2017 12:14 PM, Anita Hansen wrote: I haven't found the words with the exact policy for this year, but in the past the vending and display rooms have usuall been open FREE to the public on Wednesday. The mini-registration fee usually is only necessary if signing up for a class on that day. - 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-public day
I stand corrected. I was mistaken about having to pay the mini-registration to attend the public day. I have checked with the highest authorities in the convention and I am told that the public day, Wednesday, July 19th, is free to attend. One may go to the exhibits, the sales room, the lecture (7-8) and the Tat-Off (speed tatting competition) 8-9:30. One need only pay the mini-registration if one is registering to take the Introduction to Bobbin Lace class being taught by Kim Czerwinski, which will occur from 8:30 am until 4:30 with a break for lunch and costs $88, all materials provided. Devon - 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-public day
That has always been my understanding as well. Thank you Anita, for pointing that out. Clay Sent from my iPad > On Apr 21, 2017, at 3:07 PM, Anita Hansen wrote: > > I haven't found the words with the exact policy for this year, but in the > past the vending and display rooms have usuall been open FREE to the public > on Wednesday. The mini-registration fee usually is only necessary if signing > up for a class on that day. > Anita Hansen > > Sent from my iPad > > - > 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] 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/
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 - Money
On the off chance that this proves helpful to someone, I thought I'd pass this along: When I went to my bank branch this morning to try to obtain some Canadian currency, I learned that my bank (BankAmerica) has a relationship with a bank in Canada (ScotiaBank), whereby I won't have to pay any bank fees to use Scotia's atm machines. Since BA charges $5 if I use a non-Scotia atm machine in Canada, plus whatever the host bank charges, this was definitely a good tip. I think the nearest Scotia atm is about 1/2 mile away from the convention center, but I think it will be worth the walk. Thought that some of you might find it worth calling your own banks to check if they have similar partnerships. Looking forward to seeing you all in Montreal, Carolyn - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Convention - Money
Eileen has made an EXCELLENT point!! Last year, a friend was unable to use her card because she was suddenly miles away from home and the card company suspected fraud. Clay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One more thought on traveling to any foreign country, or even across the USA. If you are using any credit or debit cards, be sure to contact the customer support people at your financial institution and tell them when and where you are traveling. If you don't, you might not be able to use it at all. With increased security for fraud, many institutions are getting very strict about that. Eileen Collins Snohomish, WA Currently in Hiroshima, Japan - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: convention report!
One day as I was leaving class, I happened to look up at the elevator (glass...) as it went up. Tall, thin, and beautiful Weronika had her table resting over her shoulder and was wedged up to the glass face first (nose was not against it, but nearly...) and the elevator was packed like sardines with women (mostly NOT tall, thin, but beautiful anyway!!), pillows, and purple tote bags!! Hearing the elevator bell ring when one more person stepped on (overload??) was a common occurrence, and embarrassing when the *I* was the person who set off the ring!! There were lots of opportunities to laugh in Denver!! Clay - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: convention report!
On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 11:04:32PM -0400, Tamara P. Duvall wrote: > On Aug 9, 2005, at 13:16, Weronika Patena wrote: > > >Running between two classes with my big block pillow and stand was a > >bit frantic, but doable, > > When one is 21, jumping from Vesuvius to Everest is "doable", also > If it was "a bit frantic" for you, I suppose I should be counting my > blessings - instead of feeling sorry for myself - that I cancelled > while I still could :) I've been told that it's a good idea to either just take one class (24- or 12-hour), or take one BL class and one in something that doesn't involve as much equipment. That would have helped. Another potentially useful thing would have been to have some sort of common storage room downstairs to put our stuff between classes or such... But we were already strained for space. > PS I appreciate your wearing the "wedding cuff" to the Banquet - I've > had some very nice compliments on it from people who've attended Yes, everyone liked it a lot. Thanks again! Weronika -- Weronika Patena Stanford, CA, USA http://vole.stanford.edu/weronika - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Convention-help bookmarks
If you're willing to "wrap" them (put them into a bag, or an envelope) before assigning them to bags, then it's the luck of the draw. There are always malcontents, no matter what you do, and often what I think is ugly, someone else thinks is lovely. Then we can trade--I've done it with banquet favors. One banquet, I traded *everything*, one-by- one, and some things received in trade got traded again. It became a game at our table. Some of it was stuff I didn't want (and I asked to trade), some was stuff others didn't want (and I offered to trade). Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA (formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Are you trying to explode the IOLI? How could anyone decide > who's equal (and gets the photocopy) and who's more equal than others > (and gets the real stuff)? I can just see the resulting discontent, - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Convention on campus
*My* "whine" (to use Alison's term ) has always been: why can't we have conventions at University campuses? Their accomodations (room and board) are likely to be cheaper than those at hotels that are fancy enough to sport Conference Centers. And, their classrooms ar likely to be beter fitted for workshops than a hotel's conference rooms... I was told that, although it was possible in Europe, it wouldn't "play" in US. That Americans liked to be able to take a lift (elevator) from the bedroom to the dining room, to the classroom, to the meeting room, instead of having to walk from hall to hall. Ah, well... :) Baloney The Northwest conferences are held on college campuses. It works out very well. Lacers take over the dorm lounges between classes and do a lot of socializing while making lace. The dorm-food-class locations are usually very close, and no further than we had to walk in Santa Clara or Tulsa to get from our room, wayy to the other end of the building to the vender's room and classrooms. We do have to venture out into the weather -- and take our chances on that but it usually isn't too bad for the five minutes it takes. Modern dorms and class buildings have elevators, also. Usually, we are the only people on campus, but sometimes there's another group there also. We've shared grounds with weaving groups (fun to see their stuff too) and other similar groups. Once it was a choir conference, and they sang for us. It's true that the accommodations on campuses are not quite as deluxe as big hotels, but they are much kinder to the pocketbook. It's the lace and contacts that are important, not the pictures on the wall. A sewing group I belong to always uses campuses for the lower cost and lots of classrooms. I imagine that there are some people who think that a college dorm is not acceptable, but there are more who are grateful for the lower cost. The less spent on the room, the more available for the vender's room. That extra $40-50 a night means several bobbins or spools of thread. Or a video. Or new pillow. Or book. For the above reasons, campuses are in demand. Finding one with the time and space available might be the problem. I'll get off my soapbox and go finish my bookmark. And start a new one. This will be number three this week. I'll have some on hand if/when I need one. Happy lacing, Alice in Oregon (Secret Pals -- have you sent your January package?) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
