Actually, if remembered correctly, different nations have declared different dates as being International Lace Day. I think we wrote in the past that all the major lace organizations should get together and standardize this celebration, if it is to be called "International". It would be nice if our major guilds communicated with each other, and if one major guild volunteered to take this on as a special project. I'd suggest one officer in each group should be assigned this responsibility. Maybe the corresponding secretary? Probably OIDFA has the best network to provide oversight. What do others think?  We need to preserve and develop as much consensus as possible about lace, and that means cooperating.  We are a small percentage of the world's population. No one nation's lace experts has all the answers. If all could agree in spite of national, traditional, and language differences, we might die knowing organizing lace activities will survive to the 22nd Century and beyond.  Do you remember when two major annual lace conventions/congresses were scheduled for the same dates? It was really a problem for lace teachers and students who could not be in two places at the same time. That got resolved (permanently, we hope).  We have a universal Internet to use. Agreeing on one International Lace Day per year is just one of several things that need attention in order to be "united-in-lace".  Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center ---------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 6/25/2018 10:56:45 AM Eastern Standard Time, devonth...@gmail.com writes:
 Reading Lin's email this morning I was eager to post International Lace Day on the International Organization of Lace's facebook page. I tried to confirm the date. I think that it is actually July 1, this year. So there is still a little bit of time to organize your lacemaking and to post about your participation on the Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/groups/InternationalLaceDay/ Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
