[lace] RE: Convention

[Anita Hansen]

Yes, exciting news that convention confirmations have already hit our inboxes! 
Yay! Everyone has been saying they got their choices  but not what classes 
they chose!  I am ecstatic to say I will be in Louise's Milanese class in the 
morning and Ulriike's Chantilly class in the afternoon!  
Anita Hansen
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Re: [lace] RE: Convention.

[Carolyn M Salafia]

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:
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> I got my first choice too!!  Hurrah!!  Looking forward to Philly in July
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Re: [lace] RE: Convention.

[Sue Babbs]

I got my first choice too!!  Hurrah!!  Looking forward to Philly in July


Sue 


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[lace] RE: Convention.

[lizlace]

I received my Convention confirmation today, too.  Great!!
I am joining you, Susan,  in a Happy Dance!!!  - I got the Wednesday
trip/outing I wanted, too.
Looking forward to seeing you all in Philly, soon!!
I hope there is an Arachne Lunch again. It is so nice to meet Face-to-face!

Regards from Liz. In Melbourne,. Oz.

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Re: [lace] Re: Convention-public day

[lacel...@frontier.com]

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.

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RE: [lace] Re: Convention-public day

[devonthein]

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

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Re: [lace] Re: Convention-public day

[Clay Blackwell]

That has always been my understanding as well.  Thank you Anita, for pointing 
that out.

Clay

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> On Apr 21, 2017, at 3:07 PM, Anita Hansen  wrote:
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> 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
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[lace] Re: Convention-public day

[Anita Hansen]

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

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Re: [lace] RE: Convention

[Rosemary Hemmett]

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

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Re: [lace] RE: Convention

[Jacquie Tinch]

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. 

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[lace] RE: Convention

[lackam]

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

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RE: [lace] Re: Convention - Money

[Carolyn Hastings]

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

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[lace] Re: Convention - Money

[eileen.collins]

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

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[lace] Re: Convention - Money

[robinlace]

 [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.
 
Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 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.
 


Yeah, I just got the other end of this phenomenon.  I got a call Sunday 
morning from some company asking if I'd just placed an order for a 
website hosting.  Nope!  They said the charge originated in Korea 
(which is apparently why they checked up on it).  They'd received my 
card number, my name, and my expiration date with the order.  They said 
they were cancelling the order and to call Discover and report it.  I 
had to have my account closed and a new card is being sent.

If you suddenly are making charges from another country, that's a red 
flag for the credit card companies.  And if they call you, you're not 
home because you're in another country!

Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
(formerly  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
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[lace] Re: Convention, Money

[Tamara P Duvall]

On Jul 17, 2006, at 13:44, Cindy Rusak wrote:


Dear Spiders travelling to Montreal,

I'm not sure what kind of exchange rate you will get at the airport 
but most of those services have a fee associated with them.  You 
should check the conditions of your debit card.


I agree. I've been using my debit card every time I travel, whether 
within US or abroad. My bank charges a fee for withdrawing money form a 
bank other than itself (thankfully, more and more branches of it are 
springing around US g) but it's still smaller than that charged by my 
credit card and the exchange rate always seems better, too. Just don't 
forget to prime up the pump (your checking account) before you leave 
and request a paper slip which will tell you how much you have left.


Clay is right that the cash cows in the Convention hotels tend to run 
dry at the most inopportune moments. It is therefore advisable to scope 
out other possibilities within easy walking distance, or to fortify 
your purse when you're out to dinner/sightseeing, etc.


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Re: [lace] Re: convention report!

[mimi23boyz]

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

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[lace] Re: convention report!

[Tamara P Duvall]

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 g 
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 :)


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


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Re: [lace] Re: convention report!

[Weronika Patena]

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 g 
 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

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Stanford, CA, USA
http://vole.stanford.edu/weronika

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Re: [lace] Re: Convention-help bookmarks

[robinlace]

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)
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From: Tamara P Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Are you trying to explode the IOLI? g 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, 

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[lace] Re: Convention design

[kenn van dieren]

I know that I have been rather quiet the past while.  That is unusal for me
but time was needed for family matters and the fact that I left the Lace
Design contest piece for the convention until late.  But I finally finished
the piece last week and picked up the mat board for mounting the lace
tonight.  So I just may get it all finished and into the post without having
to bribe a postal worker to back date the post mark.  Looking forward to
seeing the other entries.

**
Bobbins by Van-Dieren
Kenn Van-Dieren
2304 Clifford Avenue
Rochester, NY 14609
Tel: 585.654.5711
Cell: 585.750.8842
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Web Site: www.bobbinmaker.com
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[lace] RE: Convention planning

[Panza, Robin]

One thing that was useful when planning an ornithological convention was
that the organization kept a set of files that were passed from one local
committee to the next.  It included budgets (including who you got quotes
from), what you decided to do (and, generally, why), and a post-event
self-evaluation.  This last was meant as a warning to future local
committees about what went well and what was a flop.  

Since this was kept and passed on year after year, you could more readily
learn from several years' worth of past-committee successes and mistakes.
So even if everyone on your committee went to last year's event, there was
also info from years before.

This would be a good thing for IOLI's committee on events/convention
oversight to begin and maintain.  For the ornithological organization, there
were two copies--one held by next year's local committee and one by the
following year's--of all the materials for the past several (5?) years.
When this year's local committee was done, it sent its recommendations and
warnings to the organization, to be forwarded to the future local
committees.

just a suggestion,
Robin P.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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[lace] Re: Convention planning

[Tamara P. Duvall]

On Jan 18, 2004, at 18:37, Clay Blackwell wrote:

It would be a matter of curiosity for me to know the
credentials of the conference committee members with regard
to their experience in IOLI conventions specifically
On the: doctor, cure yourself (first) principle? I don't see why the 
top of a small, no-count (in a larger scheme of things), organisation 
(which Keystone Lacers surely are) should be held accountable, when 
it's not a requirement for any other top...

Ruth, I'd fill all the idiot questions with a n/a (not applicable), 
and let it go at that; chances are that the responses are not 
read/evaluated by thinking humans, but left for the puters to crunch. 
At the same time, I'm happy to have my gut feeling (do not do it!) 
reinforced; I have -- for years -- refused to teach formally (I have, 
actually, been asked to, which amuses me no end), and will continue to 
do so.

Clay, I don't know who you're talking about *specifically* in your:
particularly if they're Honorary Members of IOLI
but, quite a few old workhorses are featured again in this year's 
schedule.

And, new trial baloons have always been a feature of every 
Convention, *as is right*; getting petrified (as in stone-engraved) 
won't do.  Usually -- it seems to me -- the organising commitee tried 
to pull those fresh blossoms from its immediate area, to cut down on 
the transit costs. Sometimes such experiments worked, sometimes they 
didn't. There are evaluation sheets every participant can (and should) 
fill; as a result of those, teachers who bombed didn't get invited 
again; the teachers who were recived with enthusiasm, got invited to 
areas which weren't within their immediate driving area and -- in time 
-- became old workhorses... The problem this year - as I see it -- is 
that there are so many workshops offered (most of them short), that 
it's easy to *miss* a particular teacher one was looking forward to 
taking a class from; too much cake, not enough honest-to-goodness bread 
:)

And in my case, when I do find a class -- even one led by a teacher I 
crave -- and see that it's only 6 or 12 hrs, it's not worth my time to 
go to the gas station to refill the car's tank, never mind driving to 
Harrisburg and staying in a fancy hotel for a couple of nights in order 
to take it...

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Re: [lace] Re: Convention on campus

[Alice Howell]

*My* whine (to use Alison's term g) 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. G  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?)
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[lace] Re: Convention

[Tamara P. Duvall]

On Saturday, Aug 9, 2003, at 22:30 US/Eastern, Kenn Van-Dieren wrote:

Arrived home tonight at 10:15 pm after a 325 mile drive.  The 
convention was
great and the reports should be arriving soon from the attendees.  My 
new
earring received mixed comments but that was expected.
It was a super earring (a small lace doily, pleated to form a sort of a 
fan), but I still think you should have removed the blue price tag from 
it g

Glad you made it home in one piece

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