It would seem that many of us have come home from Denver in a high state of excitement for attending IOLI Conventions, certainly a tribute to the Rocky Mountain Lace Guild. I am still unpacking and going through the ephemera that I collected but didn't read very carefully during the convention looking for information about next year's convention in Montreal. In fact, I have just visited the website of the hotel, _http://montreal.hyatt.com_ (http://montreal.hyatt.com) . It looks like a very pretty hotel. All the discussion about the table ribbon has me considering entering the contest for the first time ever, as I am consumed with the cerebral challenge of producing an item to such unusual and exacting requirements. I thought I understood what 2D meant until Tamara dissected the term. Now it seems like a very difficult concept, sort of like quantum physics. I lie awake at night thinking about how I could produce something meeting the requirements, but looking nothing like a table runner. I anxiously await the centimeter calculations of depth that will be forthcoming after Tamara measures various gimps with a calipers and produces the new and more scientific description of the contest dimensions, so that then I can push the rules to the limit! :-) It is unfortunate that the calendar for planning the events of the convention and the calendar that each family uses for planning their vacation are pretty much the same. It is just about at this time that we start to outline next year's expenditure of vacation time and money. It occurs to me that this is a very critical time for explicit information about the convention to influence vacation decisions. In our family, the other family members are presenting ideas about what they would like to do for vacations this year. If I were to know about specific classes, speakers, trips etc, now, I could be frustrating their plans with greater ruthlessness. For instance, the information about whether there will be any speakers or activities about the Ursuline's lace making activities at the Convention might be quite critical in keeping the convention "on the table" in family negotiations, and override any beneficent tendency that I might have to let someone else in the family choose a vacation spot. My suspicion is that others are like me and that the more information that is available about a convention in late August, early September, the greater the turnout a year later. Devon basking in post-convention glow
- To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
