Originally Posted by BellaBoo

The business meeting part is one I'm trying to change in my guild. I have shortened it to only the essentials. It's boring and very few members care about the behind the scene workings. But the charter members put things in the by laws that are very formal. I have a few charter members still in the guild and it's still their baby so I am going slow in the changes. We get grants for community service projects so being registered as a non profit is a must as well has having elected officers and a board. So there has to be a business meeting and a record of it. It's hard to keep the pace even for the new younger members to feel interested and active and keep the older more set in their ways members non shocked. I'm trying to implement two different workshops instead of the usual one per month. One for new modern patterns, techniques and computer savvy. One for the more traditional patterns and hand work. This way the members can be comfortable in the workshop of their choice. I would love to hear what other guilds are doing to make everyone have a great guild experience.