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Hello again ladies
What a perfectly awful evening. If that wind blows much harder I can see our little home being at the bottom of the hill in Asda's car park.
Now that all three of the clubs have had their first 2011 meeting & I have mentioned at each one my ideas etc I thought I would put the information here.
First - the meetings themselves. We have been running with the same format since the clubs started & I see no point in changing it, but thought I could add a little "spice" or added interest? So I have introduced a change to the Show & Tell - where you will put your cards on a table at the front of the room at the start of the meeting & place underneath them your names (which I will have typed out on a piece of card) - these names will be in a little plastic box. Then at some point in the evening everyone will come up & vote for the three nicest cards. Voting will be done by placing a button against each of the chosen three designs. I will then add up the buttons & the person with the most that evening will get a small prize. The votes will be recorded & added up at the end of the year when the person with the highest number will receive a special prize. That change seems to have been happily accepted by everyone.
Next - was the announcement that Sue & I will organise a one day workshop for you & that Sue wanted me to ask how you felt about paper making as one of the session. That session at the moment mainly for Mold & Mold II. Now, CSNW ladies don't fret - there is also a one day workshop in the pipeline for you with myself & my friend Caroline. I hope to have more information on those workshops at your next meetings.
The big one - I spoke at all three meetings about organising a weekend workshop extravaganza. To explain again I am going to outline the weekend here. There would be 4 workshops each day (the same workshops both days), & those attending would be divided into 4 groups. On the second day you would attend the two workshops that you had not attended on the first day. There would be tea, coffee & biscuits provided about 3 times each day. When I costed the weekend it was based on 40 people attending & each of the 4 tutors charging a certain fee, plus the hire of the rooms (2 or possibly 3) & the refreshments. I then did a second costing as just mentioned but with the addition of a buffet lunch both days. The venue being looked at for the workshops is the Beaufort Park Hotel, Mold. I have three tutors agreed & am awaiting a fourth to reply. I am not going to put the two price options on here on the blog - but will give out the information again at your next meetings. I had hoped that this weekend could take place this year - but it is looking more & more like next year - if in fact it goes ahead, because as I say I have to have a minimum of 40 attending. Overnight stays (B&B) would be available at a separate cost. My calculations have obviously been made based on current costs - if this has to be left to 2012 - prices could alter.
So there you have it - that is what my brain has been up to in those "lazy??" weeks last year. We will see - I was approached about this a couple of years ago but never had the time. Now I have the time - but perhaps the opportunity has gone.
This weekend I will be working on the next 3 months of your programme & will be putting the information onto your club page. As always please remember let me know if there is something you want to learn - or ideas you wish to share. Also don't forget if you have something you can show your club friends let me know & we will fit it into the programme for the year.
Phew! that was a lot of blogging. I am off to bed now & read my book. I have a meeting to go to tomorrow - handing over of another one of my jobs - but I am hoping to have some crafting time when I get back.
Take care if you are out in this gale & I hope you do not suffer any damage.
Night night.
What a perfectly awful evening. If that wind blows much harder I can see our little home being at the bottom of the hill in Asda's car park.
Now that all three of the clubs have had their first 2011 meeting & I have mentioned at each one my ideas etc I thought I would put the information here.
First - the meetings themselves. We have been running with the same format since the clubs started & I see no point in changing it, but thought I could add a little "spice" or added interest? So I have introduced a change to the Show & Tell - where you will put your cards on a table at the front of the room at the start of the meeting & place underneath them your names (which I will have typed out on a piece of card) - these names will be in a little plastic box. Then at some point in the evening everyone will come up & vote for the three nicest cards. Voting will be done by placing a button against each of the chosen three designs. I will then add up the buttons & the person with the most that evening will get a small prize. The votes will be recorded & added up at the end of the year when the person with the highest number will receive a special prize. That change seems to have been happily accepted by everyone.
Next - was the announcement that Sue & I will organise a one day workshop for you & that Sue wanted me to ask how you felt about paper making as one of the session. That session at the moment mainly for Mold & Mold II. Now, CSNW ladies don't fret - there is also a one day workshop in the pipeline for you with myself & my friend Caroline. I hope to have more information on those workshops at your next meetings.
The big one - I spoke at all three meetings about organising a weekend workshop extravaganza. To explain again I am going to outline the weekend here. There would be 4 workshops each day (the same workshops both days), & those attending would be divided into 4 groups. On the second day you would attend the two workshops that you had not attended on the first day. There would be tea, coffee & biscuits provided about 3 times each day. When I costed the weekend it was based on 40 people attending & each of the 4 tutors charging a certain fee, plus the hire of the rooms (2 or possibly 3) & the refreshments. I then did a second costing as just mentioned but with the addition of a buffet lunch both days. The venue being looked at for the workshops is the Beaufort Park Hotel, Mold. I have three tutors agreed & am awaiting a fourth to reply. I am not going to put the two price options on here on the blog - but will give out the information again at your next meetings. I had hoped that this weekend could take place this year - but it is looking more & more like next year - if in fact it goes ahead, because as I say I have to have a minimum of 40 attending. Overnight stays (B&B) would be available at a separate cost. My calculations have obviously been made based on current costs - if this has to be left to 2012 - prices could alter.
So there you have it - that is what my brain has been up to in those "lazy??" weeks last year. We will see - I was approached about this a couple of years ago but never had the time. Now I have the time - but perhaps the opportunity has gone.
This weekend I will be working on the next 3 months of your programme & will be putting the information onto your club page. As always please remember let me know if there is something you want to learn - or ideas you wish to share. Also don't forget if you have something you can show your club friends let me know & we will fit it into the programme for the year.
Phew! that was a lot of blogging. I am off to bed now & read my book. I have a meeting to go to tomorrow - handing over of another one of my jobs - but I am hoping to have some crafting time when I get back.
Take care if you are out in this gale & I hope you do not suffer any damage.
Night night.
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