Hi, there, just a general comment, as I am not a member of AIOLI and don't want to influence their practices, but here in Australia, we always have all day classes for 2 or 4 days at our AGM. The AGM starts on Sunday evening, usually with drinks and dinner to meet everyone, and to get the instructions for the week. Classes are run on Monday and Tuesday from 10am to 4pm, with a meeting or slide show after dinner, around 7.30pm" Wednesday is free, with one or two excursions planned by the Committee for those who want to go, then we start anopther set of classes on Thursday and Friday, same times. Some of the classes are continuations of the first set, or you can start a new class if you wish, the teachers teach both newies and people with 2 days experience :-) On Saturday, we have the AGM, Suppliers'Fair, and an extra nice dinner in the evening where we dress up, and Sunday morning, we say farewell. I have never heard anyone complain about the length of the day classes, usually it's more like groans from everyone because it's finished already. I can see that some people might find them tiring, but we do have handicapped people participating , and they seem to cope all right. Of couse, having a whole day means that you don't need to hurry so much to catch up with the teacher, and she has more time to get back to everyone who needs help. You can also usually stay back at the end of the day, or during lunchtime if you're not an enthusiastic eater like me :-). I am very happy with the all-day classes, and would resent it verty much, I think if they changed to half a day every day. The only thing I would be happy to change is only having suppliers on the Saturday, but since many of them are also lacemakers, and are either studying in or giving a class, I can see that it would be difficult for them!
Yours in lace, Helene, the froggy from Melbourne ...I rather like the idea of having one class all-day for 2 days, followed by a different class all-day for two days. I can use the same equipment for the second class, which means I pack half as much. I can think only about that class and not get those instructions muddled with the other, which means I'll get more out of each class..... http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
