----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] >Regional meetings might make a lot of sense. Fly over some teachers and have them teach around the country, combining the costs of flights from abroad. ------------------------------------------------
Some of this is already being done by some lace groups. Groups who want a workshop or class by a teacher will find out when they are coming to the USA or their area for something else, and book them before or after the other group. They contribute to the travel cost but do not have to pay the whole thing. When booking someone with a series of classes scheduled, each group is responsible for getting the teacher from the previous location to their town. If the town is nearby, it could be by car. If it's a distance, it's usually by plane. The groups will house and feed the teacher while she is in their town. She is paid for the number of houses spent teaching, and a travel stipend. No teacher is going to get rich teaching lacemaking, but we hope the fees and benefits makes the trip worthwhile so the teacher will be willing to do it again another year. Denver, Portland and Seattle have worked together to import a teacher, teach in all three places, then return home. The shared travel expenses makes the cost of a top teacher fit in the budget of all three groups. Regional conferences are often not scheduled close enough in time to IOLI to share a teacher. Regionals do not want to interfere with someone attending IOLI because of too close scheduling. For the same reason, teachers are urged not to teach the same class they will teach at IOLI within 500 miles of an IOLI conference, either just before or after the conference. Since many teachers teach more than one kind of lace, this need not be a problem. Communicate with your nearby lace groups and lacemakers. You may be able to work together for the benefit of all. Alice in Oregon - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
