Elizabeth Correa -- I look forward to meeting you at the IOLI convention.
We will be there a couple of days beforehand. What class will you be in?
I am in the morning Tatting class - making the necklace shown on the IOLI
convention list of classes. ( class 514 I think).
It is always fun to meet
As I said. being creative and thinking outside the box is characteristic of
most lacemakers !
Louise in Central Virginia
On 05/07/16, Clay Blackwell wrote:
Hi, Louise! LOL at your travel solution! I never heard that story before!
Fast forward (or backward) to 2010 when I went to Belgium.
That is a great idea to provide cheep pillows for members who fly.
The one time I had to fly to IOLI Convention, I was taking 2 classes and needed
20 inch pillows for both. So I got creative and made a 20 inch foam block
pillow, but instead of backing it with plyboard, I used artist's foam bo
>From a PR/mktg standpoint - a priority for many attending is vendors/shopping,
and socializing/camaraderie. Of course people want to learn something, but
may not get into a class that they want to. The lull that sustains is the
first two mentioned, and one has to consider if you will also lose v
I somewhat misspoke. I'm not aware of a SF convention where no one was
local to the area, but I am aware of major conventions where significant
portions of the ConCom (convention committee) were from outside the area;
Westercon and Worldcon have this occur at times. I suspect (read: hope) the
forei
Alice has done a good job in answering your questions. One aspect of the
organization of the Lace conventions is that a local group hosts the
convention. This is a very charming thing, as the host group is always very
gracious and eager to share the special things about their area with the
I'm not familiar with how IOLI rotates the annual conference. In the
science fiction fan community, Worldcon rotates between East
Coast/Midwest/West Coast, with bids from elsewhere in the world acceptable
at any time; Canada being considered part and parcel for the standard
rotation. Anyway, every
Amber wrote:
>I thing what everyone is ignoring here is that for those of us in the US, or
>others near by, is the distance issue. ... Maybe what we need here is to split
>the convention into two
>conventions. .
>
>My other problem with the convention is the timing. For those of us
>(admittedly no
Meant to send this to the group but my computer was not co-operating so I am
sending it again:
?
I thing what everyone is ignoring here is that for those of us in the US, or
others near by, is the distance issue. As travel becomes more expensive it is
just not easy for someone to pick up and travel
Hi Rebecca,
No-one has been informed that they have the class of their choice yet. If
someone has been contacted by the Registrar, it is usually to ask what their
second choice may be because their first choice class is full. If they then
assume they will get their second choice, they are prob
I was speaking to a fellow lacemaker a few days ago and she said she and her
sister already know what classes they are taking. I sent in my registration
before Feb 1 and my check was cashed in February, but I have yet to hear about
the classes I will be taking. When can I expect to find out?
Reb
brands, compared to dozens of sugared
or fake-sugared ones.
Best,Susan Reishus
--- On Sun, 8/9/09, Clay Blackwell wrote:
From: Clay Blackwell
Subject: Re: [lace] Re: IOLI Convention
To: "Susan Reishus"
Cc: "post to Arachne"
Date: Sunday, August 9, 2009, 2:07 PM
Wow, Sus
Wow, Susan - in defending LA, you surely slammed NYC! I've been to the
city many times, and I don't share your view of New Yorkers.
Clay
Susan Reishus wrote:
From: Francis Busschaert
Subject: [lace] our USA ioli adventure part 1
I hope you don't think that Los Angeles, is representative of
Dear Francis - were you just looking for "plain" yogurt? It's readily
available and I like it too.
I do my own baking, but when I have been served commercially baked goods, I
have noticed lately that many things are underbaked - I'll bet they have
discovered that that's one way of giving the s
From: Francis Busschaert
Subject: [lace] our USA ioli adventure part 1
I hope you don't think that Los Angeles, is representative of the US! No
disrespect to LA, but just like Europe, there are cities and farm fields,
friendly and lots of not-so-friendly, I used to travel to NYC all the time
for
Oh, sorry Lacefriends,
I was too quick. I still found some other dates. In 2003 the theme was
"Spiegelungen"/ reflections, can I say so?In that year were only 53 but
4 not for competition s o only 49 from 7 countries.
You see it is different from year to year.
Greetings
Ilske
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To unsubscrib
Dear lacefriends,
Just back from a wonderful lace class full of new ideas but missing the
time to realize them I had a very short look over my 125 mails and will
answer this one.
The congresses of Deutscher Klöppel Verband are a bit in another way as
those from IOLI. We search our hotels or hol
On Aug 7, 2005, at 12:59, Alice Howell wrote:
Cathy had some of Tamara's variations to show us, and a picture of the
techniques incorporated into a larger motif from South Africa.
The fish with the "rose" eye and "roll" scales was from Jeanette
Fischer (also an Arachnean) and the most inventi
On Aug 7, 2005, at 15:35, Dagmar Machyckova wrote:
I couldn't possibly justify going to the entire convention and so I at
least persuaded my newly-wed husband, that Colorado is the perfect
place for Honeymoon.
Indeed! And congratulations on your powers of persuasion - the earlier
you start t
On Mar 23, 2005, at 11:47, Vasna Zago wrote:
That's a new - and very welcome - "wrinkle"; I can't remember
receiving
one of those before (not that I've been to all that many Conventions
), but I appreciate it.
Brilliant idea, Vasna, thanks! And thank the rest of the group; am
looking forward to be
Hi everyone
Yes, this is a most interesting thread - one should certainly never take
for granted the volunteer effort behind the lace
conventions/conferences/seminars/gathering-things.
The first task for any organizer is to identify the choices of 'where'
then eliminate by 'too' - such as too far
> $25 discount) - but now that you mention it... :) The "normal"
> conferences you're talking about are for *professionals*; IOLI
> conference, in contrast, is for people pursuing a hobby. We are not
> attending a conference and the workshops because - armed with all we
> learn there - we hope to m
Some universities have stopped renting to conventions and some never did.
However, there are still many that have a reduced enrollment during summer and
use conventions to make the summer school more cost-effective. I've been to
many scientific meetings at universities, as recently as 2003 (di
The mid-week free day is also the best day to shop. The sales room is closed
during classes and all official convention events, so it's pretty hard to
seriously look at threads or books in the brief bits before class, during
lunch, etc. Wednesday is the day to leisurely browse.
It's also a da
I was at the Pacific Northwest conference at Pacific Lutheran College in
Tacoma a few years ago. The campus was beautiful, I loved having real
classrooms to work in, but the dorms were, well, spartan. There were no
elevators and many lacemakers were very unhappy with the stairs to their
upper
In a message dated 3/16/2005 11:33:09 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
There's but a *single* obstacle (as far as I've heard) to organising
IOLI Conferences on U campuses: the elder membership (the majority of
attendees) is disinclined to *walk* from one building to the
Hi Arachnes,
I agree with Vasna about using schools for classes. Either school is in
session (most of the year) or it is not (potentially the summer) but at that
time, the staff is gone. They do not have food, or many services. Yes, there
would be classroom space, but we would need maintenance s
Some colleges do conferences, and some don't. The Pacific Northwest (USA)
regional conferences have been held at colleges.
Many mid-western colleges / universities would not hold summer conferences
because they are not air-conditioned (and I can tell you that most of us
wouldn't enjoy that expe
At 9:46 PM -0700 3/16/05, Vasna Zago wrote:
Thirdly, I work at a university, and they don't "do" conferences anymore.
School runs year round. Students are in the dorms all year. There
are no extra
spaces, we barely have enough space for our own classes and staff, much less
renting precious classr
Some colleges do conferences, and some don't. The Pacific Northwest (USA)
regional conferences have been held at colleges. My group is hosting the
next one.It took us several months of seeking out the various campuses
to find one that was available and suitable --- and we should have less
On Mar 16, 2005, at 23:46, Vasna Zago wrote:
Geesh, Tamara, sometimes there's no making you happy, eh? ;->
On the contrary... I'm easy to please, as long as my pocket-snake
(which bites whenever I dip im my pocket for cash) remains sleepy... :)
Mild as milk and twice as bland - that's me :)
Any
I don't know if Caltech does conferences, but I know there are lots of free
rooms in the student dorms over the summer, so I'm sure it's possible.
Grad students do tend to work year round, but the majority of undergrads don't.
Weronika
> Your university may not 'do' conferences but others do.
Thirdly, I work at a university, and they don't "do" conferences anymore.
School runs year round. Students are in the dorms all year. There are no
extra
spaces, we barely have enough space for our own classes and staff, much
less
renting precious classrooms out to conferences. Universitie
> On Mar 16, 2005, at 19:50, Janice Blair wrote:
>
> > I have been to all conventions, except Puerto Rico, since the one held
> > in Ann Arbor. I have no recollection of staying at a 5 star hotel and
> > some of them would be lucky to receive 3 stars!
Tamara wrote:
> $100 per night is sky-high f
On Mar 16, 2005, at 19:50, Janice Blair wrote:
I have been to all conventions, except Puerto Rico, since the one held
in Ann Arbor. I have no recollection of staying at a 5 star hotel and
some of them would be lucky to receive 3 stars!
$100 per night is sky-high for some of us, no matter how lou
Spiders,
I meant to send the response below to the list, but
only sent it to Bev!
Diane
> Bev,
>
> I'll be the first to answer your "survey". I am
> attending my 3rd convention. I'm 39, married, one
> 7-year son, work full-time and burn one week of
> vacation for the convention. Last year we
Added to which, there are some husbands who don't play golf, and wouldn't
dream of spending that amount of money just on themselves, over however long
a period. I know - I have one!But he has never begrudged me my
hobbies, and was always very supportive of me taking off for a weekend or
two e
At 11:25 AM 3/15/2005, you wrote:
on average, who attends the IOLI convention? All
ages (if so, many from any age group)? Mostly 'older' - 40 +, 50 + or 60 +
? Anybody's guess?
I can't speak for the whole attendance, but our group will include a 14
year old, though I must admit that most of our
Hi everyone, and IOLI convention-goers
As a matter of interest - and I could answer it myself if I was able to go
to a convention year after year (I'd be like you, Lee-Ann, family in tent
back home...) - on average, who attends the IOLI convention? All
ages (if so, many from any age group)? Mostl
Thanks to everyone for the encouragement! Looks like I'm going!!
At least if I get the classes I wanted.
As for the husband issue, yep, we're students, but the money problem isn't that
bad - it's just that I am actually spending more on my hobbies than he is on
his, so I sort of feel bad about
How do you "Explaining to my husband why I want to spend $1000 on a lace
conference... ?
Does your husband play golf? What's the difference between spending $1000
for a lace conference and spending $100 a week for at least 10 weeks
playing golf?
Same goes for any other spouse hobbies.
In this c
How do you "Explaining to my husband why I want to spend $1000 on a lace
conference... ?
Does your husband play golf? What's the difference between spending $1000 for
a lace conference and spending $100 a week for at least 10 weeks playing golf?
Same goes for any other spouse hobbies.
Barb B
Don't worry - I very much doubt he'd be at all interested in that.
It would be all different right now, but the conference is in the summer, when
we'll actually be living together again, so I don't think he'd want to leave
work for a week basically just to get to sleep with me (since we'd be apar
On Mar 14, 2005, at 13:47, Jeff and Lee Daly wrote:
Weronika,
Please try to convince your husband to go to the convention.
No, no, no; bite your tongue! :) I want to room with her, so we can
practice our Polish (though neither of us knows much Polish for
lacemaking, and we'd love to have a third
On Mar 14, 2005, at 8:29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Clay) wrote:
Actually, I've booked my hotel room at the conference hotel, and the
person I spoke with said that I could cancel up until 6:00 pm the
first night. However, the "fine print" says that they will charge one
night's room rate for cancellati
Wernika,
Please try to convince your husband to go to the convention. The convention
in 1989 was the first one that my DH went to. We spent the weekend in the
Rockies then proceeded to Denver. All the female chit-chat at registration
sent him out of the room, but there were so many things he fou
I'm looking forward to my very first IOLI convention this year!!! Hopefully
it will be the first of many. I am so excited! I'm looking forward to the
Arachne lunch too. I guess I better start doing more "talking" on the list
so you won't say "Who is she?" LOL!
Anita
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
midw
Tamara wrote: > But that's why I refuse to even think about booking the
plane ticket until I know; the hotel room you can cancel without
penalty, but not the ticket. <
Actually, I've booked my hotel room at the conference hotel, and the person I
spoke with said that I could cancel up until 6:
On Mar 13, 2005, at 19:11, Alice Howell wrote (in response to Weronika):
I'm going, along with 8 others from my immediate area.
Me too, I hope :)
Almost every major type of lace has a class, though the most popular
fill up very fast. That's why you have to choose several options.
This year, I gam
On Aug 14, 2004, at 20:25, Jane Viking Swanson wrote:
I forgot to grab the woman with the
Carrickmacross vest with a Carousel and carousel animals -
including giraffes - on it. I really wanted a closer look!
I bet that was Diane Zierold - a silent Arachenan. I shared "the
facilities" in Prague wi
On Jan 26, 2004, at 13:48, Angela Thompson wrote:
for I am coming to teach Romanian Point Lace, beginners and
Intermediate, and also Casalguidi Embroidery. My daughter Jane is
coming to
help in the teaching, yes the hours may seem long when you read about
them,
but when the time comes, become
Dear Spiders,
Just my 2 cents worth about the Convention. One week before the
Convention I tripped off my last porch step and broke my left side of my foot. My
only
question to the Orthopedic was "Can I go to my convention next week? Yes, in
a wheel chair."
This was my DH vacation time! I
On Monday, Aug 11, 2003, at 00:28 US/Eastern, Patty Dowden wrote:
It was wonderful. It was marvelous. It was exhausting and every bone
in my body aches, but I'd do it again in a heartbeat.
It was at least a day too short (just as my first one was at least a
day too long ) -- time flies when yo
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