Dear Jeri
Thank you for your words of wisdom and yes, I'm afraid we are all guilty at
times of taking for granted the various lace bulletins/newsletters that we
subscribe to. I've lost count of the number of times I've been told when
enquiring why an individual has not renewed her membership, that there is
little of interest in it's contents to her. Some folk are very quick to
criticize/voice their disapproval but how often do any of them contribute an
article to a guild bulletin to which they subscribe I wonder?
The odd 'thank you' or acknowledgement would be much appreciated but perhaps
better to send to the individual whose article we have enjoyed reading
rather than have dozens of 'me too's' cluttering up the Arachne mail box.
We'd all do well to remember that without these dedicated folk's
contributions, we might well have no bulletins/articles whatsoever to
read/subscribe to!
Catherine Barley
UK
Catherine Barley Needlelace
www.catherinebarley.com
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From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2014 9:47 PM
Subject: [lace] About Jeri's Posts
Dear Lace Friends Around the World,
Your input has been encouraging. Not only for me, but I hope for the
other regular contributors to Arachne who spend hours in thoughtful
research
to confirm what they write before hitting Send Now. A note to them once
in
a while telling how you used the information they shared would be
encouraging.
When Arachne was very young I begged some prominent American lace experts
to participate. The summary of their attitudes was:
1. It is too much work
2. People do not appreciate volunteer efforts
3. No one ever says "thank you"
4. It is a subject ridiculed both publicly and at home
5. Public disagreement is bad for my lace business
We should wrap up this subject. Before we do - please tell the regular
editors, writers, translators, and proofreaders of your lace-related
newsletters and Guild bulletins how much you appreciate their gifts of
time and
knowledge. It really does take a long time to prepare thoughtful
information for you, requiring much reading, consultation with others,
memories, and
so forth, and then condensing salient details into information bites.
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