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 attendees. One hears about lace history or enterprises that are known only locally, and one has the chance to experience local teachers. There was one case where a group that lived in Texas, but in a small town, hosted a convention in San Antonio on the theory that more people would like to visit there than in their town. You mention that in the Science Fiction community sometimes a group is willing to organize an event in a different city. How does this work? For our purposes, it seems like it would be very hard for a group to organize a convention in a city where they don't live, although actually, it is often the case that a group is so spread out that some of the members who take an active role in the convention are rather far from its location. But presumably, members of the group are visiting the hotel, counting and timing the elevators :-) setting up tours, doing dry runs of tours, auditioning entertainment and porting large quantities of items into the hotel from home, including slide projectors, easels, items for sale, exhibit items that have been sent to them, items for the competitions, etc. How did the Sci Fi group organize something in another location? How far away would the location be? Devon
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