Re: [lace] OIDFA - 2018 Congress Cancellation

[Anna Binnie]

Or we could do both and support all lace enthusiasts!

Anna from a cloudy Sydney



We have two possibilities to go to the lace festival in Bruges in 2018 or
looking forward to the OIDFA meeting in 2020.



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[lace] OIDFA - 2018 Congress Cancellation

[Nancy Neff]

On 29 Aug 2016 Jeri wrote:
...Every dispute has at least 2 sides, and the Belgians have been politely
silent about theirs

Not entirely silent -- for a little bit from the Belgian side of the
dispute, see the LaceNews interview with the President of the Belgian
group:
https://lacenews.net/2016/08/09/interview-veerle-meersschaut-president-of-brugge-2018-vzw/
.

Nancy

Nancy A. Neff
Connecticut, USA

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[lace] OIDFA - 2018 Congress Cancellation (Memo 2)

[Jeriames]

I was taught at an early age to communicate truthfully, though I did know  
when adults were not being truthful to me.  Also, that (without a  college 
degree or even having taken any college courses) I was  recruited by The New 
York Times to work on school newspapers in the early  1960s.  I received 
excellent counseling then from a wise boss - to read at  least 3 different 
newspapers with different agendas each day for a more  realistic and 
comprehensive overall view of the news (those were the  days of the 
Kennedy/Johnson 
presidential administrations and the war in  Vietnam), and to try to not slant 
the *news* - just state the  verifiable facts.
 
Ordinarily, I would not ask this, but feel I should request that  someone 
who received my memo yesterday comment on it (attaching the content of  that 
memo) so that the people who do not receive mail from AOL (my carrier  for 
e-mail) will know what was reported.
 
Hopefully, you all share with lacemakers you know who  do not subscribe to 
Arachne.   Lacemakers are usually wise people with  understanding of how 
something can go terribly wrong with lace you are  making, or with 
relationships between people.  You will understand  the international lace 
community 
(and that includes Arachne members)  needs to stop scuffles between volunteers 
working on behalf of  various lace organizations.  Now.
 
In lace friendship to you all, 
 
Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource  Center   

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Re: [lace] OIDFA - 2018 Congress Cancellation

[Ilske Thomsen]

Laurie Waters send us a link

http://lacenews.net 

in which we find a lot of the details why the OIDFA meeting in Bruges is
cancelled. I won’t discus this because I am not familiar with the law in
Belgium about such events and I wasn’t personally involved in the
discussions between OIDFA and the people in Bruges. But I hope in the next
OIDFA bulletin we will be informed a bit better.
I am wondering why it wasn’t possible to find a solution together. On the
other hand the regulations in associations like OIDFA and in government laws
aren’t always understandable for us the citizens.
We have two possibilities to go to the lace festival in Bruges in 2018 or
looking forward to the OIDFA meeting in 2020.

Ilske

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Re: [lace] OIDFA - 2018 Congress Cancellation

[Jeriames]

At the 2016 OIDFA Congress's gala dinner in Slovenia, I sat at  the Belgian
table, surrounded by 9 very capable experts with extensive  experience when
it comes to Belgian laws and organization of large events.   Conversation
was in English.  Please do not panic if you were planning  to go to Bruges in
2018.  I think it will be very nice and some of you will  definitely want
to attend.

Every dispute has at least 2 sides, and the Belgians have been politely
silent about theirs.

As most of you know, I belong to the large lace guilds of our world, and
try to know what is happening.  I have deliberately avoided entering  into
any large guild's internal politics, though I have some  pretty interesting
opinions of how they "operate", select officers,  communicate, etc.

My dearest friend, Jean Leader, has referred you to the  "official" OIDFA
document about cancellation of the 2018 OIDFA  Congress.  However, I also
have personally received extensive  written information directly from the
Belgians about what has been  happening for the last 4 years - information
that
is not for public  airing!

OIDFA Congresses usually take about 6 years to plan and  execute. The
Belgians have been working on what was to be the 2018 OIDFA  Congress for
about 4
years.  That has been cancelled, as I understand it  from written
documents, because current Belgian laws do not agree with  the official
paperwork of
OIDFA (incorporated as a  non-profit under French laws).  The Belgian lace
group will  continue their planning for a lace event under their own
sponsorship,  including their own financing.

There will be a large lace event very much like the OIDFA  Congresses in
Bruges in 2018.  More detailed information will be coming  from them soon.  I
am much encouraged by what they have told me.

Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
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In a message dated 8/27/2016 5:34:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
jean.lea...@gmail.com writes:

This  week I’ve been asked by a couple of people what will happen now that
the 2018  OIDFA Congress in Bruges has been cancelled. If you are also
wondering about  this you will find a statement from the OIDFA Executive
Council
on the OIDFA  website - go to https://www.oidfa.com/cong.html and click on
the link about  half way down the page.
You’ll also find photos from this year’s Congress  in Ljubljana, Slovenia
further down the page. I was there and thoroughly  enjoyed both the Congress
weekend and the tour  afterwards.

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jean.lea...@gmail.com

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